[U.S.] Sanford advances to GOP runoff in House race in SC

Sanford advances to GOP runoff in House race in SC
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/03/19/who-will-face-elizabeth-colbert-busch-in-south-carolinas-congressional-election/
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford advanced Tuesday to a runoff in the Republican contest for an open congressional seat, taking a step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair while he ...

Pentagon bans 60mm mortar round after Marine deaths
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/marines-dead-training-explosion-89065.html
Updated 10:11 p.m. ET. HAWTHORNE, Nev. A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured seven more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an ...

NJ father says caseworkers wrongly tried to search home after photo of son, 10 ...
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Family-says-NJ-overreacted-to-boy-s-gun-photo-4368116.php
The ruddy-cheeked, camouflage-clad boy in the photo smiles out from behind a pair of glasses, proudly holding a gun his father gave him as a present for his upcoming 11th birthday.

UCF Gunman's To-Do List Ended With 'Give 'Em Hell'
http://abcnews.go.com/US/ucf-gunmans-list-ended-give-em-helle/story?id=18762704
The University of Central Florida student who planned to massacre his fellow students had ordered more than $700 worth of weapons online, including two packages of ammunition, gun shooting DVDs, and accessories for his weapons that arrived on campus ...

Obama's gun control plans weaken in Senate
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/congress-abandons-the-assault-weapons-ban/
By Thomas Ferraro. WASHINGTON | Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:27pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An assault weapons ban sought by President Barack Obama ran into serious trouble on Tuesday when Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged there was not ...

Administration Official Defends Release of Detainees
http://www.wina.com/Official-says-security-not-compromised-by-illegal-/11458736?newsId=200641
Under fierce questioning from Republicans at a hearing in the House of Representatives, the top Obama administration official in charge of immigration enforcement insisted Tuesday that the release of more than 2,200 immigrants from detention in February ...

83-year-old Pennsylvania man kills wife, self in hospice
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Elderly-man-kills-wife-self-in-Pa-hospice-unit-4367250.php
An elderly man who shot and killed his 83-year-old wife in an eastern Pennsylvania hospice unit Tuesday, and then committed suicide, had apparently decided he couldn't live without her, authorities said.

Supreme Court sides with book reseller in copyright ruling
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100569141
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court gave foreign buyers of books, video discs and other copyrighted works a right to resell them in the U.S.

Dismissing Concerns, Panel Backs White's SEC Nomination
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/dismissing-concerns-panel-advances-whites-s-e-c-nomination/
Mary Jo White cleared an important hurdle on her path to becoming a top Wall Street regulator when a panel of lawmakers overwhelmingly backed her nomination on Tuesday.

Angry man steals stage from KC mayor before security can tackle him
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/angry-man-storms-stage-kc-mayor-speech-article-1.1293393
As Kansas City Mayor Sly James was delivering his State of the City address, a man came up on stage, knocked over a flag and began cursing.

Hearing on Eisenhower memorial ramps up controversy on project's vision
http://www.chron.com/news/gallery/Monuments-to-Eisenhower-and-other-presidents-58666.php
Contrasting visions on the size, scale and scope of a memorial to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower characterized a congressional hearing Tuesday, along with questions about whether to fund the original design or restart the entire process.

Charges Upgraded in Hit-Run Crash That Killed Couple
http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/julio-acevedo-brooklyn-crash-suspect-charged-with-manslaughter-in-glaubers-deaths-1.4842788
Charges Upgraded in Hit-Run Crash That Killed Couple. By J. DAVID GOODMAN. Published: March 19, 2013. A grand jury has indicted the driver accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash this month on new charges of second-degree manslaughter, the Brooklyn ...

Michigan woman, 75, convicted of murdering teenage grandson
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375952-michigan-woman-75-convicted-of-murdering-teenage-grandson?lite
By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News. A 75-year-old Michigan woman was convicted of second-degree murder charges Tuesday for shooting her 17-year-old grandson to death last year.

Sheriff Lee Baca names new jails boss as FBI probe expands
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9032943
As the FBI broadened its probe into violence in the L.A. County jails, Sheriff Lee Baca this week brought in an outsider with a reform background to run the troubled lockups.

Testimony in fake Rockefeller murder case centers on gruesome photos of ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/impostors-lawyer-suggests-missing-wife-killer-18762960
Prosecutor Habib Balian, interviewing Dana Farrar, one of the witnesses called to the stand at the murder trial of Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, known as "Clark" Rockefeller on the second day of the trial onTuesday, March 19, 2013 at Clara Shortridge Fortz ...

Parents Forgive Neighbor For Their Son's Death [VIDEO]
http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/23154/20130319/parents-forgive-neighbor-for-the-death-of-their-son.htm
A Virginia couple said on Tuesday that they forgive the man who killed their son. March 19, 2013 10:04 PM EDT |, 0, EMAIL, PRINT. Caleb Gordley whose parents forgive the neighbor who shot him.

Snow showers ending, a nice day ahead
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/snow-socked-northeast-spring-18766329
Our storm is now moving into Maine after leaving up to a foot of snow across parts of southern New England. You can see the totals below as they were reported today for much of Southern New England.