Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP)
In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment...

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP)
Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his pa...

Math and English classes could be standardized (AP)
In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 photo, first grader Victoria Bernade copies a sentence as teacher Lori Peck goes over sentence structure during class at Grace L. Patterson Elementary school in Vallejo, Calif.  The nation's public schools are falling under severe financial stress as states slash education spending and drain federal stimulus money that staved off deep classroom cuts and widespread job losses. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that cou...

Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools (AP)
Duane Kelly, member of the Kansas City School Board, reacts during a meeting of the board, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)AP - The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half o...

Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013 (AP)
AP - After a $62 million overhaul, the Coast Guard will have its third icebeaker back in service ...

Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP)
AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign...

Police surprised by teacher-student sex confession (AP)
AP - In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of a...

2 Marine Corps fighter pilots rescued off SC coast (AP)
AP - Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after th...

Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request (AP)
AP - A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom afte...

Va. gov counters state atty. gen.'s advice on gays (AP)
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) during their annual meeting in Washington, February 19, 2010.    REUTERS/Joshua Roberts    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)AP - Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employm...

Sushi restaurant, chef charged over whale meat (AP)
The Hump Restaurant is seen in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed a criminal complaint that charges Typhoon Restaurant, Inc. – the parent company of The Hump restaurant – and Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, a 45-year-old chef who resides in Culver City, with selling Sei whale meat. Sei whales are listed as an endangered species, and the sale of all whale meat is prohibited in the United States by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The federal charges follow a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary, 'The Cove.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant ac...

Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone (AP)
FILE - Juanita Goggins is seen in a 1974 file photo in Rock Hill, S.C. Goggins was the first black woman elected to the the South Carolina Legislature  in 1974, and was hailed as a trailblazer at the time. Three decades later, Goggins died alone and freezing in the home she rented for 16 years, just four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome.  (AP Photo/File)AP - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature ...

Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella (AP)
In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Raymond Cirimele, 55, displays his Costco membership card outside his home in Chicago. Cirimele is one of at least 245 people in 44 states who have been sickened by a recent salmonella outbreak. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries and followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. He said no one asked for his shopper card data, but he would have provided it if someone had. 'I don't have any secrets, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'It's kind of like the whole airport security and all that. I'd rather fly on a safe plane.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hu...

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
FILE - In this May 15, 2007 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle swims at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The turtle was first discovered as a hatchling straggler left behind by his nest mates, and was later released back into the Atlantic Ocean. The federal government recommended Wednesday, March 10, 2010, that the loggerhead turtle be listed as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the logger...

Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war (AP)
Wayne Williamson stands at the pedestrian bridge on March 9, 2010 in Austin, Texas, where one of the three shots were fired about three years earlier in March 2007 that cost him his job. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen)AP - For soldiers patrolling in Iraq and Afghanistan, death can come from a bomb hidden in a tras...