INTERNATIONAL
US missiles hit Pakistan despite request to limit deadly attacks
 
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two U.S. missile strikes killed six reputed Afghan Taliban fighters in a Pakistani tribal region Wednesday, drawing sharp condemnation from Pakistan’s government just days after it asked Washington to limit such attacks.
The U.S. relies heavily on the covert, CIA-run missile program to kill al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s northwest — a program Pakistan publicly denounces but has secretly helped.
Man who killed 12 students in Rio de Janeiro left video of attack plan
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two days before Wellington Oliveira walked into his former school and shot 12 students to death, he recorded a video in which he rambled in an emotionless tone about his plans for the attack and said it was part of a fight “against cruel, cowardly people.”
The video, obtained by Globo TV, first aired Tuesday night and posted on the station’s website Wednesday, shows a close-up of the young man with his back against a wall in a video he apparently recorded himself.
NATIONAL
Video of TSA frisking 6-year-old girl sparks anger among parents
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky mother said Wednesday that federal airport screeners wouldn’t tell her why they were frisking her 6-year-old daughter, whose treatment was captured on a YouTube video that has sparked outrage.
Selena Drexel said her family went through body scanners last month at the New Orleans airport, and her daughter Anna was selected for a pat-down.
She asked why but wasn’t given a reason.
Yale student killed Tuesday when school lab machine snags hair
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University student nearing graduation was killed inside a school chemistry lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment, school officials said Wednesday.
Michele Dufault, a senior majoring in physics and astronomy, died Tuesday night after her hair became caught in a fast-spinning lathe, university President Richard Levin said.
Her body was found by other students who had been working in the building, he said.
STATE/LOCAL
Two New Orleans police officers convicted in handyman death
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans police officer was convicted Wednesday of beating a 48-year-old handyman to death, while a fellow officer was found guilty of trying to help his partner cover up the deadly encounter nearly six years ago.
A federal jury convicted Officer Melvin Williams of violating Raymond Robair’s constitutional rights by kicking and beating him while he and Officer Matthew Dean Moore patrolled the Treme neighborhood on July 30, 2005. The jury also convicted Williams and Moore of submitting a false report and Moore of lying to the FBI.
Captain of towboat involved in Miss. River oil spill sentenced
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The captain of a towboat involved in a major oil spill that closed part of the Mississippi River for nearly a week in 2008 was sentenced Wednesday to three years’ probation for abandoning his vessel and leaving the boat in the hands of an apprentice.
Federal prosecutors said Terry Carver abandoned the towboat to go to Illinois for personal reasons, violating Coast Guard rules.
Third person dies in Bossier City appliance store shooting Tuesday
BOSSIER CITY (AP) — A third man shot at a Bossier City appliance store has died.
Police spokesman Mark Natale says 66-year-old Harold W. Arnett died Wednesday at LSU Hospital in Shreveport.
Arnett and two others were shot inside Bill Norris Appliance Center late Tuesday afternoon. Police say the store’s owner, 77-year-old William C. Norris and 58-year-old Jesse L. Burks, both of Bossier City, were pronounced dead at the scene. Natale says detectives aren’t sure what motivated the killings.