Workers Continue Search Efforts After Chinese Quake

Rescue workers are continuing their efforts to find missing people after Saturday's 6.6 quake, near Ya'an, China.

One hundred and eighty-four people were killed, nearly twelve thousand, and twenty-four are still missing.

The government has sent eighteen thousand troops to help with rescue efforts, as well as clearing roads of rock slides.

Residents are still considering themselves lucky, as many remember the region's 2007 quake which killed seventy thousand.

Iranian F5 Fighter Goes Down Killing 2

Iranian F5

An Iranian F5 fighter crashed on Sunday.

Both pilots were killed when it crashed into a mountain near Abdanan, Iran.

They had been flying out of Dezful.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fighter to crash.

North Korea Moves More Missiles to Coast

Musudan missiles

North Korea has moved two more Musudan missiles to their east coast.

This brings a total of at least four Musudans and seven TEL missiles, to the coastal area.

According to South Korean sources, the North is planning to test launch a missile.

April 25 may be a target date for a test, as that is the anniversary of the founding of the North's military.

Shooting at Denver's 4-20 Celebrations

A shooting occurred at Denver's 4-20 Celebrations. Thousands of people had massed into Civic Center Park to celebrate marijuana.

Just after 17:00 MDT shots broke out. At least two people were wounded in the shooting. Both of the wounded took bullets to the leg, neither was a life threatening wound.

The Denver Police Department are looking for two suspects. Both are black males. One is described as six foot, one hundred and eighty pounds, wearing a grey hoodie, black pants and a Carolina baseball cap. The second was wearing a black and white checkered shirt.

Multiple road closures were made, while the investigation was underway; at Colfax and Bannock, 13th and Bannock, 14th and Bannock, and Colfax and Delaware.

Denver Dumb Friends League Suspends Dog Adoptions Due to Illness

The Denver Dumb Friends League Quebec Street Shelter has halted taking in dogs due to illness going through their current population.

Over the past week, twelve dogs have come down with pneumonia, five of which have died.

All dogs have been given antibiotics as a precaution.

Adoptions of dogs currently housed at the shelter have been postponed for thirty days as a precaution.

It is believed that the illness was brought in by a stray.

Loveland Pass Avalanche Buries Snowboarders

2012 picture of the pass

An avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon near Loveland Pass, in Colorado.

Six snowboarders apparently caused the avalanche, and were caught in it.  

One of them was rescued, but the other five were killed.

Highway 6 was closed while search operations were underway.

Toyota Expanding Georgetown, Kentucky Plant

Toyota has announced the expansion of their Georgetown, Kentucky plant.

They will be adding the Lexus ES 350, with goals of building fifty thousand a year.

That will bring full plant production to five hundred and fifty thousand vehicles a year.

The expansion will also add seven hundred and fifty jobs.

Governor Brownback Signs Kansas Abortion Laws

Governor Sam Brownback signed into law measures that place new limits upon abortions saying, "All human life is sacred. It's beautiful. With this, we continue to build this culture of life in our state.

The Governor signed them on Friday, thirteen days after they had been passed by the legislature.

One bill bans abortions, which are based on the sex of the baby.

A second ends tax breaks for abortion providers.

The third defined life as beginning at fertilization, but did not do anything to limit abortion.

Opponents of the bills say that they threaten access to abortions, while their supporters say they just clarify things.

However, some supporters are upset that the bills did not go further and do more to limit abortion.

Kansas' laws follow moves by Arkansas and North Dakota to tighten their own abortion laws.

Bostonians Celebrate Capture of Bombing Suspect

Bostonians took to the streets Friday night to celebrate the capture of the remaining suspect in Monday's bombings. They cheered police as they left the area of Watertown where he was captured.

The suspect was taken to the hospital in serious condition, but is expected to recover. It is believed he was injured in Thursday night's shoot out with police.

Officials are using a rarely used public safety exception that gives them the right to interrogate the suspect, for forty-eight hours, without giving him rights. The exception is allowed when there is a clear and present danger to the public. It also allows for any information gained, during the interrogation, to be used in court.

Several US Congressman have called for the time limit to be waived, in this circumstance. Some have said he should be listed as an enemy combatant, which would give the Justice Department an ever freer hand.

While the man hunt was under way, the city of Boston had been completely shut down, by order of the Governor. During the search police, FBI, and military forces went door to door, searching for the suspect. The lock down was lifted within minutes of the suspect's being located and surrounded.

Once the news came that he had been capture, the city emptied into the streets. US flags were waved, patriotic songs were sung, and every emergency vehicle or personnel was cheered as it went by.

Maduro Sworn in While Recount Continues in Venezuela

Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president, on Saturday.

Heads of states from Central and South America, as well as some Arab countries, were there for the inauguration.

Thousands celebrated in the streets, but others protested.

In the initial count, Maduro won with only 50.8% of the vote.

Eight people died in clashes between the two political sides.

Henrique Capriles, the opposition's candidate who took forty-nine percent of the vote, initiated the call for the recount.

He also called upon Venezuelans to continue protesting, but do so peacefully.