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Hypothermia a grim concern for missing NFL players

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, shows former University of South Florida football player Nick Schuyler clinging to the engine of an overturned boat in the Gulf of Mexico Monday March 2, 2009. Schuyler, Marquis Cooper, William Buckley and Corey Smith left Clearwater, Fla, on a fishing trip Saturday morning and did not return. The other three remain missing. Schuyler, a former University of South Florida player, told rescuers that the 21-foot boat was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening in rough seas and that the others got separated from the boat, Capt. Timothy M. Close said. Schuyler, who was wearing a life vest, had been clinging to the boat since then. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, HO)
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Two NFL players and a third man missing since their boat capsized off the Florida coast face dwindling odds of survival after more than two days in the water, though their size and good health could help them fend off hypothermia, authorities said.

  • Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during a Pulaski Day Celebration Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Polish Museum of America in Chicago. Brigadier Gen. Casimir Pulaski, known as the father of the American cavalry, died after being wounded in October of 1779 in a battle to take back Savannah, Ga. from the British. Quinn spoke before a painting of Pulaski's final battle. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
    AP review shows new Ill. gov. often paid own way AP - Mon Mar 2, 6:26 PM ET

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Hours before he was removed as Illinois governor, a bitter Rod Blagojevich insinuated that his successor, Pat Quinn, was not the straight shooter many believed him to be and had abused the perks of office by frivolously traveling "all over the world" for his job.

  • Victoria Tinyes, left, her husband Richard Tinyes, and their son Richard, center, pose with a photo of their murdered daughter and sister Kelly Tinyes, in their home in Valley Stream, N.Y., Monday, March 2, 2009. Kelly was murdered 20 years ago by a neighbor. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)
    20 years later, gruesome NY murder gets fresh look AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - It was a murder that shattered a tightly knit suburban neighborhood on Long Island and attracted national headlines for its viciousness.

  • Lisa Pagan is shown with her husband, Travis, right, and her children Elizabeth, 4, and Eric, 3, at their home in Davidson, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. After spending more than a year fighting her recall to active duty, the mother of two has to decide by March 1 whether to deploy to Iraq and abandon her family — a move that would create financial chaos — or refuse to go and possibly face charges. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
    NC mom recalled to Army duty will be discharged AP - Mon Mar 2, 9:52 PM ET

    RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children will be discharged from the military, her attorney said Monday. Attorney Mark Waple of Fayetteville said it wasn't yet clear if Lisa Pagan would receive an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. It also wasn't certain when she would be discharged.

  • Married gays in Mass. sue US for federal benefits AP - Tue Mar 3, 12:08 AM ET

    BOSTON - Mary Ritchie, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, has been married for almost five years and has two children. But when she files her federal income tax return, she's not allowed to check the "married filing jointly" box.

  • This photo released by the States Attorney's Office on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 shows evidence of a heart shape sticker found at the site where Caylee Anthony's body was found in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, has been charged in her daughter's murder.(AP Photo/State Attorneys Office)
    Casey Anthony faces October trial on murder charge AP - Mon Mar 2, 5:31 PM ET

    ORLANDO, Fla. - A central Florida mother will go on trial in October on a charge of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.

  • Brazilian race driver Helio Castroneves talks to reporters at federal court in Miami, Monday, March 2, 2009. Castroneves will face career ruin and possible jail time if he is convicted at a federal tax evasion trial that begins Monday with jury selection in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
    Tax trial opens for 'Dancing with the Stars' champ AP - Mon Mar 2, 5:14 PM ET

    MIAMI - On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing with the Stars" champ Helio Castroneves faces possible prison time if convicted at a tax evasion trial that began Monday with selection of a jury.

  • Iowa gov starts using state e-mail after scrutiny AP - Mon Mar 2, 6:15 PM ET

    DES MOINES, Iowa - In his first two years in office, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver rarely used his state e-mail account, relying instead on a private server and computer in what freedom-of-information advocates decried as an effort to skirt public records laws.

  • This picture provided by the Monroe County (Ill.) Sheriff's Department shows Elyse Mamino. Mamino is charged with attempted first-degree murder of her newborn daughter on Nov. 15, 2008 in Columbia, Ill. Mamino was arrested Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at her residence in Belleville, Ill. Police said they found the remains of another baby born about 2007 at the Belleville apartment. (AP Photo/Monroe County (Ill.) Sheriff's Department)
    Police investigating Ill. mother find baby's body AP - Mon Mar 2, 8:49 PM ET

    COLUMBIA, Ill. - Authorities investigating a teacher's aide accused of trying to drown her newborn girl in a toilet have found the decomposed remains of another infant at her southern Illinois home.

  • NYPD lieutenant sues to get gun and badge back AP - Mon Mar 2, 6:41 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A police lieutenant who once reported seeing a "demon" at police headquarters is suing to get his gun and shield back, claiming supervisors took them from him because of his religious practices.

  • A sign advertising lots for sale is seen in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Port St. Lucie County Commissioner Doug Coward has proposed declaring the county a disaster area. The disaster declaration would act like a mini-stimulus plan, giving government officials access to a $17.5 million county disaster fund usually reserved for natural disasters. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
    Fla. county may declare itself disaster area AP - Mon Mar 2, 5:16 PM ET

    PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Just five years ago, Port St. Lucie was America's fastest-growing large city. Then the foreclosure crisis slammed it like a hurricane.

  • Utah shooting hero pleads no contest in sex case AP - Mon Mar 2, 7:39 PM ET

    OGDEN, Utah - A former Ogden police officer praised for helping to end a deadly mall shooting spree pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery.

  • In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to media as he arrives at his home in Chicago. Blagojevich's publicist, Glenn Selig, said Monday, March 2, 2009, that the former governor signed a six-figure deal to write a book 'exposing the dark side of politics.' Selig says the book also will detail how he selected President Barack Obama's successor in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
    Publicist: Ousted Illinois governor to write book AP - Mon Mar 2, 9:20 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the first U.S. governor in more than 20 years to be removed from office by impeachment, signed a deal Monday to write a book "exposing the dark side of politics," his publicist said.

  • Alex Lotorto, 22, left, of Milford, Pa., and Dustin Seher, 22, of Grand Forks, N. D., rally in front of the Capitol Power Plant as part of an environmental protest in Washington, on Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Thousands rally for legislation on climate change AP - Mon Mar 2, 6:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Several thousand demonstrators on Monday urged Congress to pass legislation to reduce greenhouse gases, and they targeted the government's own Capitol power plant as a symbol of the problem.

  • An unidentified man resident of the community surveys the scene where human remains continue to be discovered on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 along the southwest outskirts of Albuquerque, N.M. Once the site of a halted residential subdivision, investigators and forensics experts have cordoned off the area as a crime scene where the remains of at least 13 bodies have been discovered.The grisly discovery has opened up dozens of cold cases involving missing prostitutes, some of whom vanished as much as 20 years ago.(AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)
    Cold cases reopened after bones of at least 13 people found in desert AP - Mon Mar 2, 4:05 PM ET

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In the desert outside Albuquerque, hikers have sometimes stumbled upon human remains partially buried under the hardy scrub and hard-baked dirt.

  • Jerry Dincin, vice president of Final Exit Network, an alleged assisted suicide ring investigators say may have been involved in as many as 200 deaths around the country, speaks at his home in Highland Park, Ill., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
    Did assisted suicide group wipe scene clean? AP - Mon Mar 2, 3:38 PM ET

    ATLANTA - Members of Georgia-based assisted suicide ring at the center of a growing investigation went to great lengths to hide evidence of their work, authorities say, donning latex gloves, destroying paperwork and bringing along grocery bags to trash items.

Crimes and Trials News

  • A new coalition of police, Internet providers, financial groups and NGOs has been launched to tackle the growing flow of child abuse pictures distributed online, the EU commission announced.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)
    Visa, Microsoft join EU fight against Internet child porn AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - A new coalition of police, Internet providers, financial groups and NGOs was launched Tuesday to tackle the growing flow of child abuse pictures distributed online, the EU commission announced.

  • Brazilian race driver Helio Castroneves, right, accompanied by his sister, Katiucia Castroneves, arrive at federal court in Miami, Monday, March 2, 2009. Castroneves will face career ruin and possible jail time if he is convicted at a federal tax evasion trial that begins Monday with jury selection in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
    Tax trial opens for 'Dancing with the Stars' champ AP - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

    MIAMI - On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing with the Stars" champ Helio Castroneves faces possible prison time if convicted at a tax evasion trial that began Monday with selection of a jury.

  • Jury to get Las Vegas toddler video sex case AP - Tue Mar 3, 6:26 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS - A jury is due to begin deliberating the fate of a man accused of sexually assaulting two little girls in separate incidents in 2003, one of which he allegedly videotaped.