Friend of slain cheerleader shot 10 times trying to save her in bonfire shootout
A man in Alabama says he was shot 10 times while trying to protect his friends from a gunman who fatally shot Kimber Mills, a high school cheerleader.
Mills, 18, was shot early Sunday in Pinson, Alabama, in a heavily wooded area referred to as The Pit, according to AL.com. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspect, 27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead, showed up at around 12:24 a.m. and fired his gun several times after a verbal and physical fight. WVTM reported the shooting took place at a bonfire.
Prosecutors charged Whitehead with three counts of attempted murder and he is being held on a $180,000 bond.
Ashley Mills, the victim’s sister, shared on Facebook that Kimber died on Wednesday night. Kimber was a senior at Cleveland High School, where she ran track and was also a cheerleader.
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“Our sweet baby sister went to be with the Lord at 7:08 p.m. last night! She has had the biggest gathering for honor walk the doc has ever seen! She was and is so loved by so many. We will miss you Kimber! Everyone is free to share this post anywhere they feel necessary!” Ashley Mills wrote on Facebook.
“Kimber was caught in the crossfire,” she told AL.com.
Silas McCay, 21, told WBRC he was shot 10 times — in the leg, hip, rib cage, stomach, finger, pelvis and thigh while trying to protect his friends, including Kimber Mills. McCay is expected to recover and could leave the hospital as soon as Friday.
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“I look at her like a little sister to me. I tried everything I could. I wish there was more I could’ve done,” McCay said.
McCay said the suspect was trying to talk to Kimber before a fight ensued.
“My ex-girlfriend came up to me at the party and said he was trying to do stuff to this girl named Kimber,” McCay said. “My buddy and I found him, and we started fighting him. I grabbed him and put him over my shoulder and had him on the ground. My buddy pulled me off him, and that’s when he pulled his gun out and started shooting.”
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Despite being hospitalized, McCay said he visited Kimber on Sunday.
“She was telling me she loved me by squeezing my hand,” McCay said.
Kimber Mills was planning to attend the University of Alabama in 2026 with hopes of becoming a nurse.
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Ashley Mills previously said her sister’s injuries were too severe, adding an honor walk was held on Tuesday afternoon.
“She has too much trauma to her brain,” Ashley Mills said. “She is breathing on her own with an assisted breathing machine… We do have her on a DNR because we don’t want to hurt her anymore trying to bring her back. We’ve already got it set up for her to be an organ donor because that’s what she wanted.”
“She had a little spunk to her step,” she said.
Trussville Police Chief Eric Rush said Kimber Mills was shot in the head and leg and was taken to UAB Hospital in Birmingham.
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Rylie Cirbo, who knew Kimber Mills, told Fox News Digital: “I’d much rather her be known for her sunshine personality and big smile rather than the tragedy.”
“I’m thankful for all the joy she’s brought my other friends,” she said. “She seemed like a very bright light in so many lives.”
WATCH: FOX News anchor confronts Illinois governor with murder stats he tried to deny
Fox News anchor Bret Baier confronted Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., over Chicago’s murder rate on Wednesday.
During an exclusive Fox News Channel interview, Baier and Pritzker clashed over the murder rate in his city. The anchor brought out research data to contest the governor’s on-air claim that Chicago isn’t even in the 30 American cities with the highest murder rates.
“Well, here’s a map –– most populous U.S. cities: 17.47 per 100,000 population. Chicago is number one over Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego,” Baier told Pritzker.
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Baier began by discussing a Fox News crime map showing which of the top most populated U.S. cities have the highest murder rates.
“Why does Chicago have the highest murder rate of all the big cities?” he asked.
Pritzker replied by disputing that claim.
“Well, we are not in the top 30, in terms of our murder rate,” he said. Baier tried to go into the data, but Pritzker kept talking.
“Our murder rate has been cut in half over the last four years, and every year, it’s gone down by double digits. And if you look at all of the violent crime over the last four years, they’ve all gone down,” he said before Baier cut him off and read off Chicago’s number one ranking on his map.
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According to a report from Illinois research nonprofit, Wirepoints, Chicago had the highest total number of murders in 2024 compared to all major U.S. cities in 2024, with 573 people killed that year alone. New York City came in second with 377, and Houston followed with 322 that same year.
Among all major U.S. cities for that year, the research group found that Chicago’s rate of 21.5 homicides per 100,000 people placed it at number six. The number one spot was St. Louis with 52.9 homicides per 100,000.
St. Louis is a much smaller city, which is why its murder rate was higher than Chicago’s in 2024, despite having five times less the number of total murders. The Missouri capital saw 149 murders in 2024.
Though, like Baier’s data showed, the group noted that Chicago’s murder rate was the highest among the top 20 largest U.S. cities in 2024.
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On Fox, Bret replied to Pritzker’s assertion that Chicago wasn’t even in the top 30 cities in terms of murder rate, suggesting the governor was talking about a different metric altogether.
“Now, you’re talking about violent crime,” the anchor said.
Pritzker attempted to dodge the point, saying, “Look, you can pull statistics up, I can too.”
Baier shot back, “No, no, no, these are murders.”
The governor replied, “I’m explaining to you, our murder rate has been cut in half and –– very importantly Bret –– you gotta hear this: very importantly, we’ve been doing the things that are necessary to bring crime down.”
Chicago Police preliminary data revealed that Chicago’s total number of murders from January to August 2025 is one-third lower compared to the same period last year.
Security opens fire on defiant U-Haul truck approaching Coast Guard base: video
U.S. Coast Guard personnel opened fire Thursday night on a U-Haul truck after its driver ignored commands to stop at the entrance of a California base, the agency said.
Dramatic video shows the box truck with its headlights on reversing toward security personnel stationed around a vehicle outside Coast Guard Base Alameda at around 10 p.m.
Moments later, flashes of gunfire erupted as officers shouted orders from a barricade. The U-Haul driver then hit the gas and accelerated forward.
The Coast Guard said security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island had witnessed the U-Haul truck “driving erratically and attempting to back into the base.”
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Officers at the entrance then “discharged several rounds of live fire” after the driver of the U-Haul ignored “multiple verbal commands” to stop and then proceeded to back in toward the base’s entrance, according to the Coast Guard.
“When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire,” the agency said in a statement.
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The Coast Guard confirmed no personnel were injured during the incident.
The U-Haul had been parked outside the base for the better part of the day, CBS reported. The driver then fled after the shooting, the outlet reported.
Photographs from the aftermath of the scene show officials inspecting the abandoned box truck.
Two men arrived at local hospitals for gunshot wounds after the shooting, according to The Mercury News. One of them is believed to be the driver of the U-Haul, the outlet said, citing sources.
The incident followed a protest outside the entrance on Thursday, during which demonstrators attempted to block U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from entering the base, according to WABC-TV.
Dozens of California Highway Patrol officers wearing riot gear tried to disperse the crowd in order to allow civilian employees to leave. Two people were detained and taken away, the outlet reported.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that his planned “surge” of federal troops to San Francisco had been postponed after he spoke with friends of his in the area who said the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making progress in tackling crime. Trump said on Truth Social that he spoke to Lurie and agreed to call off the move for now.
The base was meant to have been a staging area for the troops, local reports said.
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Coast Guard Island is a 67-acre human-made island formed in 1913 in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda. It is federally owned, does not allow visits from the general public without an escort or specific government identification and has been home to the current base, Base Alameda, since 2012, according to a Coast Guard document from 2016 cited by The Associated Press.
‘You’re making me mad’: Charles Barkley erupts during gambling scandal debate
The biggest story in sports, let alone the NBA, was the FBI gambling probe that was announced on Thursday, which involved the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard Damon Jones, among many others.
During ESPN’s “Inside The NBA,” the panel of Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley discussed the situation, but it resulted in a bit of a heated back and forth between Smith and Barkley.
Smith began with his lengthy take on the situation.
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“We look at players who are involved and people who are involved, we’re surprised when you have access and you’re at the top of the game, so to speak as a coach or a player or whatever at the top of the game, you have access to millions of dollars in this league. So, it was surprising that they put themselves in that position possibly. Innocent until proven guilty,” he said.
Smith’s next point is what ticked off Barkley, who was visibly frustrated at the desk.
“I think the other part is you have to realize gambling is an addiction, so the addiction of it is what makes you make illogical decisions,” Smith continued. “… The FBI Director [Kash Patel] said, there’s a man who lost $1.8 million. That means he has a lot of money, so he has an addiction to that. Those ‘fish’ that they talked about bringing in. So, gambling is an addiction which could make you make illogical decisions regardless of your ethnic background, regardless of your physical background, regardless of your financial status. So, let’s understand that.
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“I disagree in terms of the NBA dropping the ball. This is an ongoing investigation. There’s no way that any FBI, or police even, who anyone would say, ‘Hey, this is what we’re doing.’ The surprise element always makes it happen so they cannot overextend the information they’re receiving.”
As Smith told Barkley he would let him talk once he made his final point, Barkley couldn’t hold back.
“I wish you would because you’re making me mad right here,” Barkley said.
“I also think that because there’s people getting speeding tickets it doesn’t mean everyone in the league speeds. So, don’t look at this group of people that started to get investigated as the entire league,” Smith concluded.
Then, it was Barkley’s turn to speak.
“First of all, these are two different things,” he began. “Take Chauncey out of the equation, and the reason I’m mad at Kenny is this has nothing to do with a damn gambling addiction. This ain’t got nothing to do with addiction. These dudes are stupid. You can, under no circumstances, fix basketball games. Under no circumstances. I love to gamble. Rozier makes $26 million. Him giving people information or taking himself out of games, how much is he going to benefit taking himself out of games to hit unders? He’s making $26 million.”
Smith butted in, as he said Barkley was proving his point.
“If you’re making $26 million to try to win $50,000, that’s illogical,” Smith said.
Barkley fired back, reiterating his belief that those involved were not gambling addicts, but rather “that’s stupidity.”
“The notion that guys are making all this money and giving information, stop that. That’s got nothing to do with addiction. It’s total stupidity on those two’s parts,” Barkley said.
O’Neal gave his take prior to the Smith and Barkley debate. He said the league gave forums to inform players about the dangers of gambling.
“All these guys knew what was at stake and I’m just ashamed that they put themselves, put their family and put the NBA in this position,” O’Neal said. “You all know the rules, we all know the letter of the law and it’s just unfortunate. Innocent until proven guilty, but usually when the FBI has something, they have you.”
Billups, a Basketball Hall of Famer like the men on the panel, left an Oregon federal courthouse on Thursday, where he didn’t answer questions after being arrested as part of the FBI investigation. Billups was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, as he was allegedly involved in the rigged poker games investigation.
Billups was released from custody under the conditions of turning over his passport, not contacting any of the 30-plus co-defendants charged, and not participating in any gambling activity.
Rozier was allegedly involved in the sports gambling ring, where schemers were allegedly giving non-public information about who would be sitting out future games or when they would be pulling themselves out early for injuries or illnesses.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Rozier faked an injury to leave a March 23, 2023, game between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier was alleged to have told co-defendant Deniro Laster that he would take himself out of the game so Laster could bet on it.
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The NBA cooperated with the investigation and placed Billups and Rozier on an immediate leave of absence.
Judges confess law clerks used AI in ‘error-ridden’ rulings: ‘This was a mistake’
Two federal judges admitted that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to prepare court orders over the summer that contained errors.
The admissions, which came from U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate in Mississippi, came in response to an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley described the recent court orders as “error-ridden.”
In letters released by Grassley’s office on Thursday, the judges said the rulings in the cases, which were not connected, did not go through their chambers’ usual review processes before they were released.
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The judges both said they have since adopted measures to improve how rulings are reviewed before they are posted.
Neals said in his letter that a June 30 draft decision in a securities lawsuit “was released in error – human error – and withdrawn as soon as it was brought to the attention of my chambers.”
The judge said a law school intern used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to perform legal research without authorization or disclosure that he also said was contrary to the chamber’s policy and relevant law school policy.
“My chamber’s policy prohibits the use of GenAI in the legal research for, or drafting of, opinions or orders,” Neals wrote. “In the past, my policy was communicated verbally to chamber’s staff, including interns. That is no longer the case. I now have a written unequivocal policy that applies to all law clerks and interns.”
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Wingate said in his letter that a law clerk used Perplexity “as a foundational drafting assistant to synthesize publicly available information on the docket,” adding that releasing the July 20 draft decision “was a lapse in human oversight.”
“This was a mistake. I have taken steps in my chambers to ensure this mistake will not happen again,” the judge wrote.
Wingate had removed and replaced the original order in the civil rights lawsuit, declining at the time to give an explanation but saying it contained “clerical errors.”
Grassley had requested that the judges explain whether AI was used in the decisions after lawyers in the respective cases raised concerns about factual inaccuracies and other serious errors.
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“Honesty is always the best policy. I commend Judges Wingate and Neals for acknowledging their mistakes and I’m glad to hear they’re working to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” Grassley said in a statement.
“Each federal judge, and the judiciary as an institution, has an obligation to ensure the use of generative AI does not violate litigants’ rights or prevent fair treatment under the law,” the senator continued. “The judicial branch needs to develop more decisive, meaningful and permanent AI policies and guidelines. We can’t allow laziness, apathy or overreliance on artificial assistance to upend the Judiciary’s commitment to integrity and factual accuracy. As always, my oversight will continue.”
Lawyers have also faced scrutiny from judges across the country over accusations of AI misuse in court filings. In response, judges have issued fines or other sanctions in several cases over the past few years.
‘Bewitched’ actress sets record straight on social media speculation about her looks
Maybe it’s witchcraft?
“Bewitched” alum Erin Murphy shared a barefaced selfie on Instagram Wednesday.
“This is 61…WITHOUT a facelift, without any makeup,” she wrote.
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She added she’s not sure “why so many random people on social media feel the need to speculate that I’ve had a facelift; but I haven’t.”
She said maybe it was a “backhanded compliment” that people think she looks good “for her age.”
“This is me at 61,” she insisted.
Murphy, who began playing Tabitha on “Bewitched” as a toddler, said she has a small scar on her head from a dog-walking incident a few years ago, another under her chin from a childhood fall and “smile lines around my eyes, since I laugh more than I cry.”
“I’ve got some freckles and a little tan, since I love the sunshine,” she shared.
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“Before you sit down at the computer and write something negative, about someone you’ve never met, why don’t you think about something nice you can say, or don’t say anything at all,” she advised. “Get outside and enjoy this beautiful day. That’s where I’ll be.”
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She was quickly flooded with praise in the comments.
“What you have are great genes!” one person wrote.
“Fabulous,” a second person said with a fire emoji and a third follower said, “How did you forget those beautiful blues?” referring to her eyes.
Murphy grew up on television, and the accident that left her with a chin scar was even written into a 1970 episode of the sitcom.
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“How’s your chin?” Murphy’s TV mom, Elizabeth Montgomery, asked as Samantha Stephens when the young actress walked into the kitchen sporting a Band-Aid.
“It’s better,” Tabitha replied.
“Well, that’s good,” her mother said. “Maybe next time I tell you you’re too young to fly, you’ll pay attention.”
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Murphy, born in 1964 — the same year “Bewitched” debuted — began playing Samantha Stephens and her husband Darrin’s daughter, Tabitha, in 1966.
She first shared the role with her twin sister, Diane, before taking it on solo once she was older.
Murphy was 8 years old when the series ended after eight seasons in 1972.
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“I think one of the reasons this show is still so popular is that it kind of appeals to everyone,” Murphy told Fox News Digital last year.
“Everybody wishes they could do magic. Everybody, you know, likes the fantasy element of it. Plus, it was really well done. So I think because it was well-written and well-acted and well directed, it’s held up surprisingly well over the years.”
Murphy also joked she couldn’t believe it had been 60 years since “Bewitched” first premiered on Sept. 17, 1964, “because that means I’m turning 60 this year, too — and that’s impossible!”
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The actress said she’s always thought of her co-stars as family.
“I spent my whole childhood growing up on a television set, so my mom or dad were with me, but they were up in my dressing room and were offstage,” she explained. “So, the actors who played my family were the ones there right next to me, so, I always thought of them as family members.”
Body found in field amid search for missing college senior Lia Smith
A body has been found during the search for a missing Vermont college student who was last seen on campus about a week ago.
Lia Smith, 21, was last seen on Middlebury College’s campus on the night of Oct. 17 and was reported missing that Sunday, the school announced. Smith, a trans woman from California, is a senior double majoring in computer science and statistics and a former Middlebury women’s swimming and diving team athlete.
On Thursday afternoon, around 1:30 p.m., Vermont State Police said they located an unidentified body in a field west of the Middlebury College campus. The location where the body was found is in the town of Cornwall near The Knoll, the college’s organic farm, the agency said.
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Police said they secured the area and began a death investigation. At this time, officials are awaiting an autopsy to confirm the identity of the victim and to determine the cause and manner of death.
That autopsy is scheduled to take place on Friday in Burlington, Vermont. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Vermont Department of Health for comment.
At this time, investigators said they do not believe the death is suspicious.
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Police initially said they would hold a live press update on Thursday afternoon, but canceled it shortly before it was set to begin. The Middlebury Police Department called in additional agencies, including the Vermont State Police, New York State Police and the FBI, to help after trying to find Smith using ground searches and drones for several days.
Middlebury College President Ian Baucom said in a statement on Instagram Thursday that the college is “doing all we can to support our community right now.”
“I know that this is extraordinarily difficult news to receive as we continue to hold Lia and all her family and friends tight in our hearts,” he wrote. “As ever, please care for yourselves and one another.”
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Middlebury College is a prestigious private liberal arts college, known as a “Little Ivy,” in Addison County, Vermont, located in the state’s Champlain Valley. According to the college, the campus population is about 2,800 undergraduate students.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Middlebury Police Department and Middlebury College for comment.
Music teacher with A-list clients allegedly flees country to avoid prison term: report
It’s the encore no one asked for.
A Hollywood piano teacher convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old California client allegedly fled the country rather than face justice earlier this month, according to a new report.
The 69-year-old maestro John Kaleel allegedly skipped town on Oct. 8, shortly after jurors returned their verdict, according to the Los Angeles Times.
He may have left earlier, with his lawyer telling the paper she hasn’t heard from him since the day before.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Kaleel’s defense attorney, Kate Hardie, for comment.
The male victim in the case told police that Kaleel asked to measure his genitalia when he was 15, Los Angeles prosecutors told the court, according to the paper. Then he said that Kaleel asked him to get naked on a FaceTime call two years later, telling him, that’s “what friends do.”
Prosecutors accused him of using marijuana with the teen and engaging in oral sex with him. He faced up to 10 years in prison when he allegedly fled the country.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to a request to comment before business hours Friday.
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Kaleel’s website indicated that his client list includes the children whose parents worked on hit TV series, including “Mad Men,” “Samurai Jack” and “Orange is the New Black,” according to the report. Their testimonials on his website were not visible Friday.
Kaleel, who is originally from Australia, pleaded guilty to the charges but later retracted his plea and appealed after the conviction led to deportation proceedings, according to news.com.au, a major Australian news site.
An Instagram profile in Kaleel’s name states that he studied classical piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in his home country and had been accepted to Juilliard, the elite performing arts school in New York City.
The case went to trial and led to his conviction, but he was free without bail during the latest legal proceeding.
Over 140,000 bottles of popular cholesterol drug recalled
Federal health officials are advising consumers that more than 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication are being recalled due to “failed dissolution specifications.”
Several bottle sizes of Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets, 10-mg (Prescription Only), a medicine used to lower cholesterol and help prevent heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, are impacted by the recall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an enforcement report.
Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets are the generic form of Lipitor and is a medicine from a group called statins. It works by blocking an enzyme in the liver that the body uses to make cholesterol.
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If a medication has “failed dissolution specifications,” it means the drug did not dissolve in laboratory testing the way it is supposed to according to official standards. If a pill doesn’t dissolve the way it should, the medicine might not work as effectively to control cholesterol levels.
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The alert is considered a Class II recall, which is when the use or exposure to a product “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” according to the FDA’s website.
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The medication was manufactured by Alkem Laboratories and distributed by Ascend Laboratories LLC.
There are eight lot numbers impacted with expiration dates ranging between July 2026 to February 2027. The bottle sizes included 90 tablets, 500 tablets and 1,000 tablets.
FOX Business reached out to Alkem Laboratories and Ascend Laboratories for comment.