A car bomb exploded near a Shiite shrine in southern Damascus on Saturday killing 17 people and wounding 14 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in a dozen years.
THROUGH IT ALL. RIGHT NOW POLICE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE LOOKING FOR WHOEVER SHOT A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY TO DEATH. POLICE SAY BOBBY ZERTUCHE WAS SHOT AROUND 1-30 THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT POLICE SAY THEY ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL
HIRE HIM---AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T EVER FORGIVE HIM. BUT TONIGHT FORMER LOBO BASKETBALL COACH DAVE BLISS IS BACK IN ALBUQUERQUE. 5 YEARS AGO .... BLISS WAS DRIVEN OUT OF COLLEGE COACHING AFTER USING THE MURDER OF ONE OF HIS OWN PLAYERS AT BAYLOR -- TO TRY TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN. JEREMY JOJOLA IS LIVE AT ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL WHERE BLISS WILL SPEAK AT A COACHING CLINIC IN ABOUT AN HOUR. JEREMY. BLISS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO FELLOW COACHES ABOUT THE X'S AND O'S. HE'S EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TERRIBLE MISTAKES HE MADE....AND HOW PEOPLE CAN LEARN FROM THEM. DAVE BLISS COACHED THE LOBOS FOR 11 YEARS---TAKING THEM THE NC DEOUBLE A TOURNAMENT 7 TIMES--- BUT SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING FOR BAYLOR--HE WAS FIRED ---HIS REPUTATION PERMANENTLY DAMAGED AFTER A FORMER UNM PLAYER---WHO FOLLOWED HIM TO BAYLOR---WAS MURDERED BY A TEAMMATE IN 2003. AFTER PATRICK DENEHY WAS FOUND SHOT IN THE HEAD IN A FIELD OUTSIDE WACO--- BLISS WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PLAYERS TO PAINT DENNEHY AS A DRUG DEALER.... BLISS THOUGHT THAT WOULD GET THE NC DOUBLE A OFF HIS BACK---FEARING ITSX INVESTIGATION WOULD CONFIRM BLISS PAID FOR HIS PLAYER'S TUITIONS---INCLUDIN G DENEHY'S---A VIOLATION OF NCAA RULES. AND NOW BLISS IS BACK TO TALK ABOUT HIS PAST MISTAKES TO NEW MEXICO COACHES AT ELDORADO HIGH. WE ASKED ALDORADO'S PRINCIPAL IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BRING IN A COACHING PARIAH. 'we're looking at it as an education standpoint for our coaches to learn from his horrible mistakes THE PRINCIPAL SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THE SENSITIVITY OF BLISS'S RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE -- BUT SAYS THE COACH HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL. 'and yes people should be angry for what he did. I'm angry at what he did, I'm an alumni of University of New Mexico. At the same time it is important for learning experiences to take place from negatives.' BISS WAS QUOTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS MISTAKE, SAYING HE WAS TOO AMBITIOUS. SINCE THE SCANDAL WAS REVEALED 5 YEARS AGO -- BLISS HAS SAID HE'S RE- COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO CHRISTIANITY. LIVE IN NE ABQ... JJ EYEN. CARLTON DOTSON -- THE BAYLOR TEAMMATE WHO SHOT DENNEHY IN THE HEAD IN THAT FIELD NEAR WACO BACK IN 2003 -- WAS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS FOR THE MURDER. THE TWO WERE ROOMMATES AND CLOSE FRIENDS. DOTSON CLAIMED THERE WERE VOICES IN HIS HEAD THAT TOLD HIM TO MURDER DENNEHY.
