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All 4 in Navy plane crash believed dead

MORGANTON, Ga. (AP) — All four crew members aboard a Navy plane that barely missed a house and crashed in north Georgia woods are believed dead and searchers scoured the site Tuesday afternoon for the final victim, authorities said.

Naval Air Station Pensacola spokesman Harry White told The Associated Press that all aboard were presumed killed in Monday afternoon's crash of the Florida-based T-39N Sabreliner. Three bodies were found. He said authorities concluded the fourth person was dead as an investigative team of at least seven military personnel arrived at in the dense forest.

River searched for missing 5-year-old

SATSUMA, Fla. (AP) — Investigators searched a river Tuesday for a 5-year-old girl who disappeared from her father's mobile home more than a year ago.

Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy would not say why the river was being searched. He said he met with members of Haleigh Cummings' family Tuesday afternoon, but he would not say what he told them.

Closing arguments in teen's murder trial

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — An Ecuadorean immigrant broke the rules when he decided to fight back against a gang of mostly white teenagers and ended up paying with his life, a prosecutor said Tuesday in closing arguments in the murder trial of one of the teens.

Prosecutors contend the November 2008 stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero near a train station was the culmination of an ongoing campaign of violence against Hispanics in an avocation the teens called "beaner-hopping," or "Mexican hopping."

Seven teenagers were implicated in Lucero's death, but only one, 19-year-old Jeffrey Conroy, has been charged with murder and manslaughter as a hate crime, among other offenses, because prosecutors contend he was the one who inflicted the fatal blow. Four of the other teenagers have pleaded guilty; two are awaiting trial.

Facebook launches new 'Safety Center'

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has launched a revamped internal site designed to help people stay safe and report threats while on the popular online hangout.

Facebook's "Safety Center," which features new tools for parents, teachers, teens and law enforcement, is the first major endeavor from the social networking site and its four-month-old global safety advisory board.