1.   DeLay, born in the border town of Laredo, Texas, grew up in Venezuela, where his father was an oil drilling contractor.

2.   Offshore oil drilling contractors rose for a second day on expectations of a pickup in exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

3.   The gunfire began when soldiers tried to retrieve several boats that had been stolen by from an unnamed oil contractor in the region.

4.   The gunfire began when soldiers tried to retrieve several boats that had been stolen by youths from an unnamed oil contractor in the region.