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[S]everal reporters and news photographers parked outside the locked iron gate of the Burkett ranch, hoping to get a long-range camera shot or an interview ..

Meanwhile, news that at least one document central to a high-profile national controversy brought unaccustomed attention to the Abilene Kinko's Copies store .. A clerk working alone at the Kinko's counter Wednesday night was interrupted every few minutes by phone calls from the media inquiring about the article.

''I can't even get my job done,'' said the clerk, putting down the phone as she moved to help a customer ..

One local TV station scrambled to meet the request for satellite feeds and other service to national media. ''It's been chaotic,'' said KTXS-TV (Channel 12, Cox Communications Channel 4) News Director Iain Munro. ''Since we have the only satellite truck west of Fort Worth, everybody wants to use it.'' Munro said television stations from around the country called looking for video to use for their newscasts. ''They're asking for us to feed them video from Kinko's, and also Burkett,'' he said ..

The [Abilene] Reporter-News received calls from The New York Times and The Washington Post looking for photographs of Burkett and the Kinko's store. ''I knew we were going to get these calls,'' said Robert Rogers, Reporter-News photo editor. ''It's like running a psychic hot line. I tell them what we have before they start talking."