Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Youth Pleads Guilty in Killing of Tourist

An hour before his murder trial was to begin, a 16-year-old pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in the fatal shooting of a British tourist and the wounding of his companion at a highway rest stop. Aundra Akins, who was 14 at the time of the 1993 attack near Tallahassee, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder. Under the plea bargain, he faces a maximum 40 years in prison and will testify against John Crumitie, 18, who faces a second trial because a jury was unable to reach a verdict in his first trial. Prosecutors say the youths killed Gary Colley and wounded Margaret Jagger during a robbery attempt.