Preview: Maleficent

Disney released the first teaser trailer for Maleficent, on Wednesday.

The trailer shows that the movie will very likely be quite dark.

Though that is not surprising as this movie is the story of Sleeping Beauty, from the side of the evil queen, Maleficent.

Amanda Jolie is portraying Maleficent, while Ellie Fanning plays Aurora/Sleeping Beauty.

In the trailer, Aurora says that she knows Maleficent has been watching over her for a long time and wishes to meet her.

Maleficent will go back into the past and show how the queen became evil.

It hits theaters on May 30, 2014.

Ash Tree Quarantine Ordered in Colorado

In an effort to stop the spread of emerald ash borers, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has ordered a quarantine.

The quarantine bans the movement and sale of ash trees in part or in whole.

That includes: chips an mulch, either composted or not; logs and green lumber; trees in nurserys; and firewood of any hardwood species.

Boulder County, Erie, and several other areas around Boulder County are included within in the boundaries of the quarantine.

Anyone found violating the quarantine faces a minimum thousand dollar fine and possible jail time.

For more information on the quarantine and on the beetles themselves visit the Department of Agriculture.

4 Marines Killed in California

Four Marines were killed at Camp Pendleton, in California.

Wednesday's accident occurred during range maintenance.

Little information about the incident has been released, nor has the identities of the Marines been told.

A full investigation, of the accident, is taking place.

3 Wounded in Pittsburgh High School Shooting

Three people were wounded in a shooting outside of a Pittsburgh high school.

The shooting took place Wednesday afternoon at Brashear High School.

Five people were taken into custody, over the shooting.

Police say that they believe a drug related fight broke out.

They also said that the three wounded students are not cooperating with the investigation.

Bombings and Shootings in Iraq Kill 25

Twenty-five people were killed by bombings and shootings in Iraq, on Wednesday.

In Fallujah, the mayor was gunned down in an assassination. One of his body guards was in critical condition, after the shooting.

Later in the day a bomb destroyed two houses, belonging to police officers. As a crowd grew, a second explosion ripped through the massed people, killing four and wounding fourteen.

A single bomb struck Ashura pilgrims gathering in Baquba, killing ten and wounding several dozen.

Six separate incidents, in Baghdad, left ten dead and seventeen wounded. Pilgrims and security forces were the targets in those attacks.

No one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but suspicion is on Al Qaeda.