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Newsfeed CROWN POINT, IND. Amanwhoalleg- edly confessed to kill- ing seven women in In- diana on Wednesday re- fused to speak or even acknowledge his name to a judge, and a sher- iff explained later that the suspect was upset his hearing was in open court before dozens of journalists. The judge asked Dar- ren Vann, 43, of Gary, Indiana, at his initial court appearance if he understood the rea- son for the hearing in the strangulation death of 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy. But Vann stood unmoving and stone- faced, staring back si- lently at the judge. "Mr. Vann, are you choosing not to take part in this hearing?" Magistrate Judge Kath- leen Sullivan asked Vann sternly. When Vann — wear- ing striped jail garb, with his wrists and legs shackled and flanked by two guards at the lockup — still offered no re- sponse, Sullivan told his public defender to "tell your client that he stays in jail the rest of his life until this hearing takes place." INDIANA Mansuspectedof killing 7 refuses to speak to judge WASHINGTON Come January, nearly 60 mil- lion Social Security re- cipients will get bene- fit increases averaging $20 a month, the third straight year of histori- cally small pay hikes. The 1.7 percent cost- of-living adjustment, or COLA, will also boost government benefits for millions of disabled vet- erans, federal retirees and people drawing dis- ability payments for the poor. Year after year of tiny increases are weighing on many older Ameri- cans. "What is it going to cover? Not even the cost of one medicine," said Louis Grosso, a 66-year- old retired doctor who lives in Philadelphia. "Do you know how much my cholesterol medi- cine is?" COLA Social Security benefits get another tiny increase WASHINGTON Nearly 50 years ago, scien- tists found bones of two large, powerful dinosaur arms in Mongolia and figured they had discov- ered a fearsome critter with killer claws. Now scientists have found the rest of the di- nosaur and have new de- scriptions for it: goofy and weird. The beast proba- bly lumbered along on two legs like a cross be- tween TV dinosaur Bar- ney and Jar Jar Binks of Star Wars fame. It was 16 feet tall and 36 feet long, weighing seven tons, with a duckbill on its head and a hump-like sail on its back. Throw in those killer claws, tufts of feathers here and there, and no teeth — and try not to snicker. And if that's not enough, it ate like a gi- ant vacuum cleaner. That's Deinocheirus mirificus (DY'-noh'-KY- ruhs mur-IHF'-ee-kuhs), which means "terrible hands that look pecu- liar." It is newly reimagined after a full skeleton was found in Mongolia. FOUND IN MONGOLIA Goofy dinosaur blends Barney and Jar Jar Binks By Jeremy Hainsworth TheAssociatedPress OTTAWA, ONTARIO A gun- man with a scarf over his face killed a Canadian sol- dier standing guard at the nation's war memorial Wednesday, then stormed Parliament in a hail of gun- fire before he was shot to death by the usually ceremo- nial sergeant-at-arms, au- thorities and witnesses said. The attack immediately raised the specter of terror- ism, with Canada already on heightened alert because of a deadly hit-and-run ear- lier in the week against two Canadian soldiers by a man who police say was fired up with radical Muslim fervor. "Today is a sad and tragic day for our city and our country," Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said. He said it was a tragedy with "origins as yet not fully known, causes not yet fully understood." Officials identified the gunman as Michael Ze- haf-Bibeau, 32, but gave no immediate details on his background. Canadian po- lice would not speculate on a motive for the shootings. Police said in the ini- tial hours after the shoot- ings that as many as two other gunmen may have taken part. But as the day wore on, the cordon around Parliament was eased, em- ployees were allowed to go home, and it appeared in- creasingly likely that the attack was the work of one person. Witnesses said the sol- dier posted at the National War Memorial, identified as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, was gunned down at point- blank range just before 10 a.m. by a man carrying a ri- fle and dressed all in black, his face half-covered. The gunman appeared to raise his arms in triumph, then entered Parliament, a few hundred yards away, where dozens of shots soon rang out, according to wit- nesses. People fled the complex by scrambling down scaf- folding erected for reno- vations, while others took cover inside and barricaded doors with chairs as police with rifles and body ar- mor took up positions out- side and cordoned off the normally bustling streets around Parliament. On Twitter, Canada's justice minister and other government officials cred- ited 58-year-old sergeant- at-arms Kevin Vickers with shooting the attacker just outside the MPs' cau- cus rooms. Vickers serves a largely ceremonial role at the House of Commons, carrying a scepter and wearing rich green robes, white gloves and a tall im- perial hat. At least two other people were reported hurt. They were listed in stable con- dition. Around midday, Ottawa police spokesman Chuck Benoit said two or three gunmen were believed to be involved in the attacks. Gilles Michaud, assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, called it a "dynamic, unfold- ing situation." In Washington, Presi- dent Barack Obama con- demned the shootings as "outrageous" and said: "We have to remain vigilant." In a telephone call with the country's prime minister, he also offered U.S. help and reassurance to Canada, an ally in the U.S.-led air cam- paign against the Islamic State group. The U.S. Embassy in Ot- tawa was locked down as a precaution, and security was tightened at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Ceme- tery just outside Washing- ton. Tony Zobl said he wit- nessed the Canadian sol- dier being gunned down from his fourth-floor win- dow directly above the Na- tional War Memorial, a 70- foot, arched granite ceno- taph, or tomb, with bronze sculptures commemorating World War I. "I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle and shooting an honor guard in front of the ceno- taph point-blank, twice," Zobl told the Canadian Press news agency. "The honor guard dropped to the ground, and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle." The Canadian Broadcast- ing Corp. had video of the gunman going to his car alone with his weapon af- ter the shooting at the me- morial. The car was later spotted parked in front of Parliament Hill, just down the block. CANADA 2 de ad a e r sh oo ti ng a t Pa rl ia me nt NINAGREWA—THECANADIANPRESS Members of Parliament barricade themselves in a meeting room on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, Wednesday a er shots were fired in the building. Police: Gunman's motive unclear By Connie Cass The Associated Press WASHINGTON Stepping up their vigilance against Eb- ola, federal authorities said Wednesday that everyone traveling into the U.S. from Ebola-stricken nations will be monitored for symptoms for 21 days. That includes re- turning American aid work- ers, federal health employ- ees and journalists, as well as West African travelers. The program will start Monday in six states that represent 70 percent of peo- ple arriving from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Director Tom Frie- den said monitoring would extend to other states in coming days and reach "ev- ery person coming back to the country for the 21 days they are at risk for Ebola." He said it would continue until the outbreak in West Africa is controlled. "We have to keep our guard up," Frieden told re- porters on a conference call. Local and state officials will perform the daily mon- itoring, which may consist of keeping up with people by phone or visits. The first states are New York, Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Vir- ginia, New Jersey and Geor- gia. Individuals arriving from West Africa will re- ceive "care kits" that in- clude thermometers, de- tailed information on how take their temperature twice a day, and logs for re- cording the information. Temperatures must be re- ported to health officials at least once per day, he said. Frieden said the message to travelers is: "If you be- come sick, get care quickly because that could save your life and protect your family." The kits also will include information on whom to call if symptoms occur and a card the traveler can pres- ent to health care providers if they seek care. CDC already was tell- ing its own employees and other health professionals working in the outbreak zone to monitor their tem- perature for 21 days upon return, so Wednesday's an- nouncement adds another step to their ongoing fever watch. The new program comes after authorities announced Wednesday plans to funnel all visitors from the three nations through five air- ports where fever checks and other Ebola screening measures have been put in place. An American video jour- nalist who has recovered from Ebola left the hospi- tal Wednesday and headed home to Providence, Rhode Island. "Today is a joyful day," Ashoka Mukpo said in a statement released by the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The hospital said testing found him free of the virus now. "I feel profoundly blessed to be alive, and in the same breath aware of the global inequalities that allowed me to be flown to an Amer- ican hospital when so many Liberians die alone with minimal care," said Mukpo, who arrived at the Nebraska hospital Oct. 6. The virus has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa, nearly all in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Mukpo caught it while working in Liberia as a free- lance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets. Two American nurses remain hospitalized after catching the virus from a Liberian man who traveled to the U.S. before exhibit- ing symptoms and dying at a Dallas hospital. EBOLA US t o tr ac k al l those coming from stricken nations The Associated Press DENVER Three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State forces in Syria were victims of an "online pred- ator" who encouraged them, a school official said Wednesday, as U.S. offi- cials tried to determine how they made it to Eu- rope without anyone know- ing and whether terrorists' appeal is deepening among vulnerable youth. The Denver-area girls — two sisters ages 17 and 15, and their 16-year-old friend — were detained at the air- port in Frankfurt, Ger- many, and sent home over the weekend. They were in- terviewed by the FBI and returned to their parents in suburban Aurora. Those in the tight-knit east Afri- can community where they live said the sisters are of Somali descent and their friend is of Sudanese de- scent. The episode posed vexing questions for U.S. officials, including about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people in- side the United States and what can be done about it. "Social media has played a very significant role in the recruitment of young people," said FBI spokes- man Kyle Loven in Minne- apolis, home to the largest Somali community in the U.S. Authorities there have been concerned about ter- ror recruiting of the young for years. "What it indicates is we have to be really careful about people in impres- sionable years and what they're doing on the In- ternet," said Jim Davis, former special agent in charge of the FBI in Den- ver. At least one of the girls was communicating with someone online who en- couraged the three to travel to Syria, said Tustin Amole, a spokeswoman for the Cherry Creek School District where the girls at- tend high school. Fellow high school stu- dents told school officials on Monday that the girls had been discussing travel plans over Twitter, Amole said. "There's no indication they had been radicalized in a way that they wanted to fight for ISIS," Amole said, adding that the stu- dents had no prior prob- lems aside from unexcused absences on Friday. She did not elaborate. A U.S. official said evi- dence gathered so far made it clear that the girls were headed to Syria, though the official said investiga- tors were still trying to de- termine what sort of con- tacts they had in that coun- try. Another U.S. official said that investigators were reviewing evidence, including the girls' com- puters. The officials spoke on the condition of ano- nymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name. Still unknown is how the girls managed to get to Frankfurt. The U.S. gov- ernment doesn't have any restrictions on children flying alone, domestically or internationally. Airline policies vary. Most U.S. airlines al- low children 12 and older to fly alone but often with restrictions on interna- tional flights, according to the U.S. Transporta- tion Department. The girls' parents re- ported them missing Fri- day after they skipped classes. They had taken passports and $2,000 in cash. At some point, the U.S. informed German author- ities at the airport about the girls arriving alone on their way to Turkey, German Interior Minis- try spokeswoman Pamela Mueller-Niese told report- ers Wednesday. She said the three were detained by German police, with approval from a judge, and returned voluntarily to the U.S. on Sunday. 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