ARSON SUSPECTED IN STRING OF CLINIC ATTACKS

FBI officials say that a fire that gutted a Southern California abortion clinic early this morning might have been arson, and could be connected to two other attacks on other medical facilities during the past week. The fire was reported at 1:50 a.m. (Pacific Coast time) at a clinic in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Last Thursday, a blaze damaged a Ventura Clinic, and on Saturday, a doctor's office where abortions are performed was lightly damaged by fire.

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