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VILONIA, Ark. (AP) — The death toll from yesterday's storms has dropped by two. Arkansas officials say two victims of the massive tornado that swept through the Little Rock area were counted twice. The toll now stands at 14 dead in Arkansas, one killed in Oklahoma and one in Iowa. Meanwhile, much of northern Mississippi is under a tornado watch, and dozens of Alabama school systems are dismissing students early as storms head toward the state.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Campus police at North Carolina A&T State University have lifted a lockdown after a search failed to find any sign of a reported gunman. Police had received a report of a man with a rifle in the General Classroom Building this morning, and students were told to "shelter in place" while police swept four buildings.
NEW YORK (AP) — Congressman Michael Grimm has been indicted on mail, wire and tax fraud charges. The Staten Island Republican has pleaded not guilty to the 20-count federal indictment, accusing him of scheming to underreport wages for restaurant workers and concealing more than $1 million in sales and wages. Grimm says the government is framing him, because investigators couldn't make a campaign finance case against him stick.
UNDATED (AP) — AOL says a security breach may have exposed the private information of a "significant number" of its email users' accounts. The company says email addresses, postal addresses, address books, encrypted passwords and encrypted answers to security users' questions may have been exposed, along with some employee information. AOL says it believes spammers used this contact information to send "spoofed" emails.
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Singer Paul Simon has told a Connecticut judge that it was a rare argument with wife Edie Brickell (EE'-dee brih-KEL') that led to the two of them being arrested on disorderly conduct charges over the weekend. Simon and Brickell held hands during the hearing in Norwalk Superior Court today. They each told the judge they do not feel threatened by the other and see no need for a protective order. The judge asked the singers to return to court next month.
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