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PERTH, Australia (AP) — If weather conditions permit, a robotic submarine will resume its search on the Indian Ocean floor for the wreckage of a missing Malaysia Airlines plane and its two black boxes. On Monday, the sub returned to the surface just six hours into its 16-hour mission. The Bluefin 21 has a built-in safety feature that won't let it exceed its maximum depth of 15,000 feet.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say the country's deputy public works minister has been kidnapped in the capital, Kabul. Officials say at least five gunmen pulled Ahmad Shah Wahid from his car in northern Kabul as he was on his way to work Tuesday morning. Wahid's driver was shot and wounded when he tried to drive away. It's not clear who's behind the abduction. Wahid is the highest-ranking government official abducted in years.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Anaheim, Calif., say that for at least two months last fall, two convicted sex offenders on parole and being monitored by ankle bracelet, were raping and killing women. Police say there were at least four victims, but maybe more. Franc Cano and Steven Dean Gordon are charged with four felony counts of special circumstances murder and four felony counts of rape. They're scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) — The National Weather Service says it doesn't think a tornado struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but Monday night's storm downed trees and power lines and did some damage at a Mississippi RV park. The storm damaged or destroyed up to 30 RV trailers at the campground in Gautier (goh-SHAY'). TV station WLOX is reporting that two people at the park sustained minor injuries.
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge who ordered Ohio to recognize out-of-state gay marriages says he's likely to issue a stay of his decision pending appeal. Judge Timothy Black is giving attorneys on both sides of the case until Tuesday afternoon to file their arguments over whether he should issue a stay. Black says an exception to the stay would be the four gay couples who filed the February lawsuit that led to the court case. The judge's ruling would not allow gay marriages to be performed in Ohio.
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