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• Army Recruiter Murder-Suicide: Sgt. Adam Arndt Kills Teen Girl Soldier-to-Be
  Staff Sgt. Adam Arndt, a 31-year-old Army recruiter, was found dead in his Germantown, Md., home Monday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after allegedly killing 17-year-old Army recruit Michelle Miller.
• College 14 Stabbed: New Details Emerge About Knife-Wielding Suspect
  As new details emerged, police said Dylan Quick, the suspect in the Texas community college stabbing of 14 people, reportedly had fantasies about stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school.
• Alec Baldwin Replacing Carson Daly on NBC's Late-Night Lineup?
  Alec Baldwin is reportedly in talks with NBC to join its late-night lineup and replace Carson Daly, a rumor that comes in the midst of a network-wide host shakeup.
• MTV Cancels 'Buckwild' as Shain Gandee's Death Robs It of Breakout Star
  The death of MTV reality star Shain Gandee also means the end of “Buckwild,” the rowdy show on West Virginia's rural youth culture. The cable network was expected to announce the cancellation on Wednesday.
• Navy's Laser Prototype Deploying Near Iran As Tensions Rise in Persian Gulf
  The U.S. Navy has developed a revolutionary prototype for a shipboard laser attack weapon near Iran in the Persian Gulf that will be able to burn through enemy boats and dismantle adversary sensors, rendering them useless, according to an announcement Monday.
• Blue Angels Grounded for 2013, Saving a Fraction of $85B in Military Cuts
  Federal budget cuts have forced the U.S. Air Force to ground about a third of its active-duty force of combat planes and the U.S. Navy to cancel the rest of the popular Blue Angels aerobatic team's 2013 season.
• $1.1B in Cubism Art Donated to NYC's Metropolitan Museum by Estee Lauder Heir
  Leonard Lauder, the 80-year-old heir to the Estee Lauder fortune, has donated $1.1 billion in Cubism art to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Joan Baez Vietnam Visit Includes Hanoi Bunker That Saved Her Life
  Folk singer and activist Joan Baez recently returned to Vietnam to visit the underground bunker that saved her life 40 years ago during the 1972 Christmas bombings in Hanoi.
• Killed Moving Rabbit, Elderly Man Not Last To Die Aiding Injured Animals
  A 79-year-old Wyoming man who was struck and killed by a car over the weekend while trying to remove an injured rabbit from the middle of a highway wasn't the last person to recently die in attempts to help distressed animals.
• Snowboarder Chelone 'Chilly' Miller Dies: Bode Miller’s Brother Had Seizure
  Professional snowboarder Chelone "Chilly" Miller, 29, the younger brother of Olympic gold-medal skier Bode Miller, has died from a seizure near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
• NJ Toddler Shoots Friend, 6, With Rifle While Playing Outside
  A stunned nation is left with unanswered questions after a NJ toddler shoots and kills his 6-year-old friend as the boys played outside Monday.
• Musk vs. Palin: Tesla Co-Founder 'Wounded' by Ex-Governor's 'Loser' Tag
  Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk claimed to be "deeply wounded" by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Facebook post last week that called the electric automobile company a "loser."
• 'Breastaurant' Trademark Captured by Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill Chain
  Hooters, Twin Peaks, and other franchises that feature scantily clad women may no longer use the term "breastaurant" to advertise their establishments now that Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill has captured the trademark.
• Kim Jong Un: 'Grease' Role at Boarding School Shaped North Korean Ruler?
  Before he became an anti-American dictator, North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un reportedly had a role in his boarding school's play "Grease" as a member of the leather jacket-clad T-Birds.
• 97-Month Car Loan Increasingly Common for U.S. Auto Sales
  In order to attract buyers as new-car prices continue to increase, lenders in the U.S. auto industry are offering longer car loans. Some that go as long as 97 months are increasingly common.
• Jay-Z Sells Nets: Giving Up 1% Stake in NBA Team to Become Sports Agent
  Rapper Jay-Z is reportedly planning to sell his small 1% stake in the Brooklyn Nets for the sake of becoming a free sports agent.
• MSNBC Host Under Attack for Saying Children Shouldn’t Belong to Parents
  MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry lit a fuse among critics when she recorded a commercial saying children should belong to their communities, not their families.
• Mehdi Ouazzani, Satan in 'The Bible' Series, Amused by Obama Comparison
  Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazzani, who played Satan in the History Channel's popular miniseries "The Bible," appeared delighted with the similarities many noticed between his character’s physical appearance and President Barack Obama’s.
• Second Rescued Hiker Hallucinated She Was 'Being Eaten by a Python'
  Kyndall Jack, the second hiker rescued after being lost for days near Trabuco Canyon, Calif., says that during the ordeal, she felt like she was trapped in a dream, and hallucinated that she was "being eaten by a python."
• Florida Couple Found in Cuba With Own Abducted Kids
  A Florida couple accused of kidnapping their own sons was found at a marina in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday after setting sail off the coast of Florida last week.
• Rick Pitino Scared: Confetti Surprised Louisville Coach After NCAA Win (Video)
  Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino was so overwhelmed after the Cardinals won the NCAA Championship Monday night, the celebratory confetti canons scared him half to death.
• Caribou Coffee Closing 80 Shops, To Rebrand 88 Others
  Caribou Coffee announced it will close 80 underperforming branches throughout the country next week and rebrand 88 other locations to Peet's Coffee & Tea shops over the next 18 months.
• 2 Navy Divers Drowned ‘Accidentally’ in Maryland Weapons Test Pond
  The deaths of two Navy divers at a Maryland weapons test pond in February were accidental drowning, according to Maryland’s chief medical examiner.
• Nature’s Key Gulf Cleanup Role After Oil Spill Touted by Researchers
  Nature appears to have a self defense mechanism when dealing with oil spills, according to researchers at the American Chemical Society conference who touted nature's key role in the Gulf of Mexico cleanup after the massive BP spill.
• Glenn Beck: MSNBC Promo About Communal Kids Appalling; Palin Agrees
  An MSNBC news host who said that children belong to communities, not their parents, during a promotional spot for her show, has generated a backlash from two conservative commentators, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.

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