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Gunman Carefully Planned Attack on Discovery Channel

(Sept. 2) -- The attacker who held three employees hostage at the Discovery Communications headquarters before being shot to death by police told an NBC producer during the siege that he had spent about a month planning the attack. "I did a lot of research. I had to experiment," James J. Lee told the producer, according...

Md. Police Kill Discovery Gunman, 3 Hostages Safe

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Sept. 1) -- Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. Police spent several hours negotiating with the gunman, who...