The National Air and Space Museum was open for business and crowded with visitors Sunday, a day after demonstrators swarmed the building to protest a drone aircraft exhibit. Museum spokeswoman Isabel Lara said the museum opened on schedule Sunday morning. She said there were no changes to its security procedures.
The museum closed early Saturday afternoon after security guards used pepper spray to repel more than 100 demonstrators who were told they could not enter the building while carrying signs.
Family accused of leaving woman to die • A Wisconsin woman and her son are facing charges more than two years after investigators say they left a relative who cared for them most of their lives to die on the floor of the family's home. Veronica King, 71, and son Steven, 45, are due in court today in Madison on charges of reckless homicide in the death of Veronica King's sister, Mary Coleman. The Kings also are charged with financial fraud for collecting Coleman's pension and social security after her death.
Police discovered Coleman's mummified remains in the garage of the house the Kings shared in August 2009. Officials say the Kings told investigators Coleman fell three months earlier and that they let her die over two days because they didn't want to be investigated.
Mother pushes tot out of train's path, can't save herself • A Riverside, Calif., woman died Saturday evening when she struggled to push a baby stroller over a gated railroad crossing and was struck by a passing train. The woman's 2-year-old daughter missed being hit and survived.
The woman, Susan Dibene, 33, was pushing her daughter along the sidewalk when railroad safety arms began to lower, police officials said Sunday. Dibene tried to cross ahead of the oncoming train. She was struck and died at the scene.
The child was uninjured and was released to her grandmother.
The 60 passengers on board the train, bound for San Bernardino from Oceanside, were shuttled by bus to their destinations.
'Fast and furious' subpoenas to be issued soon • The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to President Barack Obama's administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war. The chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., suggested on "Fox News Sunday" that Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun trafficking operation known as "Fast and Furious" earlier than he has acknowledged.
Chicago Marathon runner collapses, dies • A 35-year-old North Carolina firefighter who was running for charity died Sunday after collapsing during the Chicago Marathon. Greensboro Deputy Fire Chief Clarence Hunter said the runner, William Caviness, was raising money to help burn victims.
California girls and boys won't get so tan • California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he had signed into law a bill that prevents children under 18 from using tanning beds. The law takes effect Jan. 1. Although Texas has banned the use of tanning beds for children under 16, California is the first state to set a higher age limit. Thirty other states also have some age restrictions on the use, said the bill's author, state Sen. Ted Lieu.
American joins Libyan rebels • Relatives and government officials say they are concerned about an American who spent nearly six months in a Libyan prison and now has joined the rebels fighting against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
Matthew VanDyke, 32, of Baltimore, was captured by Gadhafi forces in March and freed in August after rebels forced open the prison in Tripoli where he was being held. Recent news photos transmitted from Libyan battlegrounds show VanDyke dressed in fatigues and standing alongside rebel fighters.
Robo-deer help catch poachers • State wildlife officials nationwide are using roadside robot deer decoys to nab unscrupulous hunters. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokeswoman Amy Canning says the state now has five robotic deer decoys. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Katie Purcell says Florida is using six decoys statewide. Georgia's program was so successful that the state's robotic deer decoy had to be replaced in 2006 after being shot more than 1,000 times.


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