Rangers and volunteers somberly embraced as Mount Rainier
National Park reopened to the public Saturday for the first time
since an Iraq War veteran shot and killed a park ranger there on
New Year's Day.  "We're here to take back the mountain today,"
park spokeswoman Lee Snook said.  Margaret Anderson, who had
worked as a ranger with her husband at the park for three years,
was shot dead by 24-year-old Benjamin Colton Barnes after he
busted through a snow tire checkpoint.  Authorities say Barnes,
who showed signs of erratic behavior since returning from the
war, had fled to the mountain hours after a house party shooting
in the Seattle suburb of Skyway that left four injured.  After
killing Anderson and shooting at another ranger, Barnes fled for
the woods, triggering a massive manhunt in the rugged terrain.
He was found dead in a creek the following day. An autopsy
showed he had drowned.  On Saturday, small groups of visitors
headed to the mountain's freshly powdered trails on their snow
shoes and cross-coun