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Flood fears recede in Fargo as river hits crest (AP)

Sandbagged homes are encroached upon by flood waters from the swollen Red River, Sunday, March 21, 2010, south of Fargo, N.D. The river crested earlier today at just under 37 feet, which is about four feet below the 2009 record level.  (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The good news was all about things that didn't happen: No floodwaters pushing aside hastily built sandbag walls, no neighborhoods evacuated, no panicked residents wondering if they'd ever see their homes again.

Tens of thousands rally for immigration reform (AP)

With the Capitol in the background, farm workers from West Palm Beach, Fla., march and chant while attending a rally for immigration reform on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.

Thousands call for immigration reform in DC (AP)

With the Capitol in the background, farm workers from West Palm Beach, Fla., march and chant while attending a rally for immigration reform on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.

Flood fears recede in Fargo as river hits crest (AP)

Vehicles form a single-file line as they carefully navigate through floodwater flowing over Interstate 29 Sunday, March 21, 2010, in Harwood, N.D. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The good news was all about things that didn't happen: No floodwaters pushing aside hastily built sandbag walls, no neighborhoods evacuated, no panicked residents wondering if they'd ever see their homes again.

New threat puts Hemet officers on heightened alert (AP)

People stand outside the Hemet Christian Assembly church in Hemet, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010. The church is located near a repurposed home which is the Riverside County Gang Task Force headquarters. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers.

Bloated lake haunts North Dakota town again (AP)

In a photo made March 17, 2010, the main street of Kathryn, N.D. is shown. The town which barely survived last year's flood stands a 50-50 chance it could flood this year after $3 million was scraped together last year to replace the battered nearby Clausen Spring Dam but it hasn't been done. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Almost a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam, this tiny North Dakota town is facing the possibility of having to evacuate again because of flooding.

'Jihad Jane' says she's not guilty (AP)

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Colleen LaRose pleaded not guilty before U.S. Magistrate Lynne A. Sitarski at the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. LaRose, who authorities say dubbed herself 'Jihad Jane' online, pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court to a four-count indictment charging her in an overseas terrorist plot. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin)AP - A Pennsylvania woman accused of trolling the Internet as "Jihad Jane" while she cared for her boyfriend's father denied in court Thursday that she sought to kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims or agreed to marry a terrorism suspect to help him get travel documents.

Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth' (AP)

In this Feb. 3, 2010 photo provided by GQ, Rielle Hunter holds Frances Quinn, her 2-year-old daughter fathered by John Edwards, at her home in Charlotte, N.C. In an interview with GQ, Hunter, the mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, says she is helping him live 'a life of truth' and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics. (AP Photo/GQ, Mark Seliger) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO CROPPINGAP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom (AP)

Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, is photographed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Fulton, Miss., a day after the high school announced they wouldn't hold the senior prom April 2. McMillen wanted to bring a same-sex date and wear a tuxedo. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)AP - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled.

NY cashier, 91, punched trying to fend off thief (AP)

AP - A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her.


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