Protesters storm Saudi embassy in Tehran...Big cleanup ahead for flood victims...Country singer still missing

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media reports protesters in Iran, angered by the execution by Saudi Arabia of a prominent Shiite cleric, broke into the Saudi embassy in Tehran early Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof. Police finally dispersed the crowd. Shiite leaders in Iran and other countries are condemning Riyadh for the execution and warning of a sectarian backlash.

UNDATED (AP) — The Mississippi River and its tributaries are finally retreating from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people. But residents in the St. Louis area are facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort. The flooding, fueled by more than 10 inches of rain over a three-day period, is blamed for 24 deaths in Illinois and Missouri.

UNDATED (AP) — Searchers in northern Oklahoma are having no luck finding a missing country music singer from Arkansas who disappeared on a lake during severe storms last Sunday while on a duck hunting trip with a friend. Craig Strickland is the lead singer of the band Backroad Anthem. The body of his friend, Chase Morland, was recovered on Monday.

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting at a Southern California cemetery has left three people dead. An Ontario police spokesman says detectives are investigating a possible murder-suicide after finding three people with gunshot wounds at Bellevue Memorial Park on Saturday. He said the deceased knew each other.

NEW YORK (AP) — The management company of a lower Manhattan building where a 25-year-old man was crushed in an elevator is offering condolences to the victim's family. Stephen Hewett-Brown was riding the elevator around midnight Friday when it malfunctioned. Wavecrest Management says the elevators underwent a complete modernization in 2011 and were regularly inspected.