TOY MAKER SUICIDE Zhang Shuhong, head of a Chinese toy manufacturing company at the center of a huge U.S. recall, has committed suicide, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported today. Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd. made 967,000 toys recalled earlier this month by Mattel Inc. because they were made with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead.

CHURCH KILLINGS A gunman in Neosho, Mo., opened fire in the sanctuary of a church Sunday, killing the pastor and two worshippers and wounding several others, authorities said.

CHEAPER GAS U.S. gasoline prices on average dropped 10.7 cents in the past two weeks. Regular was $2.78 a gallon, mid-grade was $2.90 and premium was $3.02, said oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg.

ADOPTION RESCUE Guatemalan authorities searched an adoption home run by a Florida man and his Guatemalan wife and rescued 46 children they believe may have been stolen or coerced from their parents, police said Sunday.

BUS ACCIDENT An express bus overturned today on Malaysia's main highway, killing 19 passengers in one of the country's worst traffic accidents, police reports said.