WARSAW, 4-10-10 – An airplane crash took the lives of the Polish president, his wife and dozens of the country’s political, military and religious leaders. Investigators are blaming human error for the crash in western Russia that occurred in dense fog.
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA, 4-14-10 – The sounds of music will grace the airwaves no more as hard-line Islamist militants have banned it from the airwaves. Music now joins bras, movies and musical ring tones also labeled as un-Islamic by the militants.
PARIS, 4-20-10 – Grounded European airlines continued to lose more that $300 million per day as volcanic ash continued to spew for the fifth day from a volcano beneath Iceland.
HEMET, CA, 4-21-10 – After a series of attacks against the local police dept., including the burning of three police SUVs, federal and local authorities struck back with the arrest of 16 people. 35 homes were raided, and police say most of those arrested were white supremacists.
NEW YORK, 4-21-10 – Academy Award winning actor Michael Douglas watched while a New York judge sentenced his son, Cameron, 31, to five years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamines. The younger Douglas was also ordered to forfeit $300,000 by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman.
TEXAS, 4-23-10 – A former juvenile prison administrator was convicted of sexually abusing a teen inmate more than five years ago. Ray Brookins could face up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced.
BAY POINT, SAN FRANCISCO, 4-23-10 – A parolee from San Quentin Prison strangled his estranged girlfriend before leading police on a car chase three days later which ended when officers shot and killed Gary Costa, 37. Costa approached officers with a knife and refused orders to stop before he was shot.
CHINO, 4-23-10 – Officials are blaming the placement of dangerous inmates in a dormitory setting in a reception center as the primary cause of the rioting that left more than 200 prisoners injured last year. The information was contained in an independent report released by the inspector general.
ARIZONA, 4-24-10 – Republican Governor Jim Brewer has signed into law the most restrictive immigration bill in the country. The new law, to take effect in 90 days, will require police to question anyone who appears to be in the country illegally. Legal migrants will be required to carry at all times paperwork proving their legal status.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 4-24-10 – Convicted murderer Ronnie Gardner has selected death by firing squad for his scheduled June 18 execution. Gardner, condemned for the killing of an attorney during a failed escape 25 years ago, chose the firing squad over lethal injection.