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Whale kills trainer as horrified spectators watch (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:51 PM PST

In this photo taken on Dec. 30, 2005, Dawn Brancheau, a whale trainer at SeaWorld Adventure Park, poses while performing. Brancheau was killed in an accident with a killer whale at the SeaWorld Shamu Stadium Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Julie Fletcher) MANDATORY CREDIT. LEESBURG OUT; LADY LAKE OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - A SeaWorld killer whale snatched a trainer from a poolside platform Wednesday in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.

Colo. gunman had grown increasingly erratic (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:25 PM PST

Deer Creek Middle School teacher David Benke describes his altercation with school shooting suspect Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood during a news conference at the Jeffco Public Schools administration building in Golden, Colo. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - The man accused of wounding two middle school students in a community still haunted by the Columbine massacre had become increasingly erratic in recent weeks, yelling at imaginary friends and complaining that eating macaroni and cheese made too much noise, his father said Wednesday.

Lawyer: Jaycee Dugard kidnapper is mentally ill (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:04 PM PST

AP - The Northern California man charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has "a serious mental illness" and "may not be competent to be a defendant," his defense lawyer said in court papers filed Wednesday.

Beverly Hills disowns Miss California contestant (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:05 PM PST

AP - Less than a year after dethroned Miss California USA Carrie Prejean stirred up controversy with her remarks against gay marriage, a similar war of words is brewing in Beverly Hills.

X-Games skier dies after fall at Calif. ski hill (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:36 PM PST

File - In this June 26, 1999 file photo, C.R. Johnson flies through the air during a practice jump, at the ESPN X games at Pier 30-32 in San Francisco. Johnson died at California's Squaw Valley Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, while taking a run down a steep chute and hitting his head against a rock outcropping. Jim Rogers, a member of the Lake Tahoe area resort's ski patrol, said Johnson was skiing with a group of friends when he fell while trying to negotiate a 'very, very tight, rocky area.' He fell face first, then spun around and struck the back of his head on rocks. He was wearing a helmet at the time. (AP Photo/Adam Turner, File)AP - C.R. Johnson, a professional free skier who competed in the Winter X Games, died Wednesday after he fell and hit his head on a rock outcropping while taking a run down a steep chute at California's Squaw Valley.

Ex-officer pleads guilty in Katrina killing probe (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:46 PM PST

U.S. Attorney Jim Letten speaks to reporters, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, in New Orleans, after Michael Lohman, a former lieutenant of the New Orleans Police Department, pleaded guilty to conspiring with fellow NOPD officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting that occurred during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - In Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people — killing two — as they crossed a bridge in search of food. For years the case was a shocking symbol of the confusion and violence that swept through the flooded city. On Wednesday it became a mark of shame for the police department.

EPA sharply criticizes military's Guam plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:55 PM PST

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply criticizing the military's plan to move thousands of Marines to Guam, saying its failure to plan for infrastructure upgrades would lead to raw sewage spills and a shortage of drinking water.

Arson charge in famed Philly music company fire (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:23 PM PST

Leon Huff inspects Philadelphia International Records in the aftermath of a fire, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Officials say a two-alarm fire that is considered 'suspicious' destroyed about 40 percent of the memorabilia but spared the recording studio that gave birth to the 'Sound of Philadelphia.' Philadelphia International Records produced many R&B classics of the 1960s and 1970s. Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle and Teddy Pendergrass are among the musical luminaries to have recorded there with producing team Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A man rescued from a fire at a renowned R&B record company had been using a lighter to see inside the building, which he entered while possibly intoxicated, police said Wednesday in charging him with arson.

Snow storms blanket Northeast; 2nd storm on tap (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:55 PM PST

Tony Cordero of Albany bikes in the snow in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. The first in a double-whammy storm has dumped more than a foot of wet, heavy snow on parts of eastern New York, closing hundreds of schools and knocking out power to more than 100,000 customers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - A powerful winter storm dumped a foot or more of snow in the Northeast on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands and stalling air traffic from Boston to Philadelphia, all ahead of a second system packing strong winds that could blanket the area with another foot of snow.

NY governor suspends aide, seeks investigation (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:09 PM PST

New York Governer David Paterson speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, February 22, 2010, following the annual meeting of state governors with U.S. President Barack Obama. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - Gov. David Paterson has suspended a close aide and is asking for an investigation by the attorney general after a published report linked the aide to a claim of domestic violence involving a former girlfriend.

Woman says Abercrombie fired her over headscarf (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:55 PM PST

AP - A Muslim employee of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. alleges she was fired for not removing her headscarf.

Drug kingpin sentenced during closed Texas hearing (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2007 photo released by the Mexican Attorney General's Office taken at an undisclosed location, alleged Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, is moved during his extradition to the United States from Mexico. Court documents show the extradited Mexican drug kingpin whose case has been shrouded in secrecy has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Cardenas-Guillen, once the head of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 in Houston federal court during a closed hearing. He pleaded guilty to five counts, including drug charges. In exchange, prosecutors dropped 12 other counts he faced. (AP Photo/Mexico Attorney General's Office)AP - A drug kingpin who once headed one of Mexico's most notoriously violent cartels was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday and ordered to forfeit $50 million, prosecutors announced after a closed hearing in Houston.

6 Haitian orphans who had been detained land in US (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

American missionaries arrested on child kidnapping charges, Laura Silsby, 40, right, and Charisa Coulter, 24, both of Meridian, Idaho, walk towards the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Six Haitian orphans completed a whirlwind journey Wednesday when they landed in Miami and were united with their new parents, four days after Haitian police seized them and sent them to a tent city because of fears they were being kidnapped.

Father of missing NJ baby charged with murder (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST

Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem appears via video conference in Essex County Superior Court, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 in Newark, N.J. He is charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly abducted his infant daughter in East Orange on Feb. 16. Officials say he snatched Zara Malani-lin Abdur from her grandmother Tuesday and told them he threw the girl off a river bridge. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)AP - A New Jersey man was charged Wednesday with murder for allegedly throwing his 3-month-old daughter off a highway bridge into an icy river last week.

Study: High-fat diets raise stroke risk in women (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 02:21 PM PST

AP - A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind that's in cookies and pastries, can significantly raise the risk of stroke for women over 50, a large new study finds.

Pa. educator says she didn't watch student webcams (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 02:33 PM PST

Harriton High School's assistant vice principal Lindy Matsko reads a statement in which she reports getting threatening emails and denies wrongdoing, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. A lawsuit filed last week by a Harriton student and his parents alleges the suburban Philadelphia school turned on the webcam of a school-issued laptop and captured images of the student at his home. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A Pennsylvania educator named in a webcam spying lawsuit says she never monitored students through webcams or authorized anyone else to do so.

Plan to fire all its teachers roils poor RI city (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:46 PM PST

In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo, biology teacher Nina Petrasek poses for a portrait on a street perpendicular to Vaux High School in Philadelphia. Some of the city's worst schools could see more classroom time, including weekends and summers, and whole new rosters of teachers this fall through the district's 'Renaissance schools' program. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The blue-and-white banner exclaiming "anticipation" on the front of Central Falls High School seems like a cruel joke for an institution so chronically troubled that its leaders decided to fire every teacher by year's end.

Maine seeks to stymie federal law on guns in parks (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers in Maine, home to one of the nation's most-visited national parks, are considering whether to override a new federal law that allows guns in the sanctuaries.

CA thieves make off with $1 million in jewels (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:04 PM PST

AP - Authorities say thieves drilled through the wall of a San Juan Capistrano jewelry store, dismantled the security system and made off with a safe filled with up to $1 million in jewels.
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