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(AP photo) $3-95 B reak fast Specials (A P) — A man suspected in the killings o f six hunters in W is consin told investigators he b e gan firing after he was shot at first and some o f the victims called him racially derogatory nam es, ac co rd in g to d o cu m en ts filed T u esd ay . A judge set bail at $2.5 million for Chai Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn., who is suspected in the killings Sunday o f six deer hunters and the wounding o f two others. V ang.aH m ong immigrant from Laos, was arrested Sunday about four hours after the shootings as he em erged from the woods with his empty SKS 7.62 mm semiautomatic rifle. SawyerCounty Sheriff Jim Meier said a dispute over Vang’s use of a tree stand - a raised platform used by hunters - on private property preceded the gunfire. A hunter approached Vang to tell him he was on private property, and Vang started to leave as other hunters approached, the statement Chai Vang said. Vang said the hunters sur rounded him, and some started call ing him racial slurs. Vang said he started walking away but looked back to see the first hunter point his rifle at him and then fire a shot that hit the ground 30 to 40 feet behind him, the state ment said. T hat’s when Vang told investi gators he started firing at the group, and some fell to the ground and others tried to run away, according to the statement. Five people died at the scene and a sixth died Monday in a hos pital. 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Bush and Jimmy Carter had earlier taken the stage while the U.S. Air Force Concert Band played “Hail to the Chief.” Clinton’s colleagues then paid tribute to his tenure. The only other living former president, Gerald Ford, 91, was too frail to attend. Former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton watch the crowd and procession o f VIPs during the formal dedication o f the Clinton Presidential Center. Daughter’s Arms Severed ( A P)— With a calm, dispassion ate voice and a hymn playing in the background, Dena Schlosser con fessed to the unthinkable, telling a 911 operator she’d cut off the arms o f her baby girl. The woman was sitting in her living room covered with blood when police arrived Monday. Her nearly 11-month-old daughter lay investigated on child neglect alle fatally injured in acrib in a bedroom gations earlier this year, but Texas of the fam ily’s apartment in Plano, Child Protective Services had re Texas. 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