Lindbergh Field opened its expanded Terminal 2 security checkpoint with six new lanes on Tuesday.

The terminal, which hosts more than 15 airlines, will now have 12 lines of security which could cut wait times in half.

There used to be six lanes for passengers, with an average wait time of 12 minutes. Now with double the lines, airport officials are hoping it makes traveling a little easier.

“It makes it a more palatable experience when you're going through the security checkpoint because you don't have to wait as long and it's built for all of the passengers that are traveling post 9/11,” said Transportation Security Administration spokesperson Nico Melendez.

Melendez said the checkpoint addition cost $1 billion and is part of the airport’s revitalization project called The Green Build.

The airport will open all 12 lanes during peak times, with hopes to have it fully operational by the fall.

The school board in Enfield, Conn. voted Tuesday night, 5-4, in favor of placing an armed guard in every school.

Many board members said that it wasn't worth taking a risk after the school shooting about an hour's drive away at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last year, where 26 people were killed.

Enfield's new plan will take effect by the start of next school year.

“I think it would be overboard to have an armed guard here,” Jeffery Haddock, a parent, said. “I don't think they need them here. We've never had problems here.”

Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza disagreed.

“I want to make sure Enfield does everything humanly possible to protect our kids,” Sferrazza said.

The police chief believes that after the shootings in Newtown, Enfield needs to be prepared for the possibility of an active shooter.

“For those people who say it couldn't happen here, we're about 50 miles from Sandy Hook,” he said.

Middle and high schools in Enfield currently have armed school resource officers and they will keep their positions.

The police chief said he would hire 11 extra armed guards, but they would not be sworn policeman.

They would have qualifications and training to carry weapons and Sferrazza said law enforcement could be the best candidates.

“Either we take a stance and do all we can to protect the most precious children or we just sit back and wait for something to happen,” he said.

Sferrazza said the new hires would cost taxpayers more than $600,000 for the first year and the money would come from the town budget.

Some thought the spending was too much.

“I think the town could probably use the money on something else besides that,” Haddock said.

School leaders said they couldn’t put a cost on keeping students safe.

The town council and Board of Education will be holding a security meeting at town hall at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.  The agenda includes an executive session about matters concerning security strategy or deployment of security personnel or devices affecting public security. 

Security strategies will be discussed after the executive session.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott waded into a religious-infused campus controversy Tuesday, asking the state university system chancellor to look into a classroom lesson at Florida Atlantic University in which students were instructed to stomp on sheets of paper that had "Jesus" written on them.

Scott said in a letter to State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan that he was "deeply disappointed" by the recent incident in an intercultural communications class and said it raised questions about "the lessons being taught in our classrooms." He said he wanted a report on the incident and how it was handled, as well as a statement of the university's policies to ensure such "lessons" don't occur again.

"As we enter the week memorializing the events of Christ's passion, this incident gave me great concern over the lessons we are teaching our students," Scott wrote in the letter.

A FAU spokeswoman told NBC 6 that the university received Scott's letter and appreciated his perspective.

"Florida Atlantic University is deeply sorry for any hurt that this incident may have caused the community and beyond," wrote Lisa Metcalf, the school's director of media relations, in an email. "As an institution of higher learning, we embrace open discourse in our classrooms, but with that comes a level of responsibility. The exercise was insensitive and hurtful; it will not be used again."

She added that lessons learned from the incident "will help us ensure our educational opportunities always reflect the university’s core values."

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Scott cited news reports indicating students were told by the class instructor to write "Jesus" in large letters on a sheet of paper and to place the paper on the floor in front of them. The students were given a brief time of reflection and then were told to step on the paper and tell the class how they felt.

The exercise has outraged religious leaders such as the Rev. Mark Boykin, who plans to lead a march from his Boca Raton church to FAU to condemn the assignment next week.

"We find this to be unconscionable, completely unprofessional and unacceptable," he said.

At least one student found it so unacceptable that he refused to participate. Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon and a junior at FAU's Davie campus, claims he was punished for doing so.

His lawyer Hiram Sasser shared the notice of charges that Rotela received from FAU for violating the student code of conduct.

"You are requested to attend a Student Conduct Conference," the notice read.

"In the interim, you may not attend class (SPC 3710) or contact any of the students involved in this matter – verbally or electronically – or by any other means," the notice stated.

Dr. Charles Brown, FAU's senior vice president of student affairs, said that Rotela was never up for punishment for refusing to participate in the exercise, however.

"We apologize to all of our students and the community and people beyond the community who felt it was too sensitive," Brown said.

Scott applauded Rotela, whom he spoke with on Tuesday, "for having the courage to stand up for his faith."

"I told him that it took great conviction and bravery to stand up and say what he was asked to do was wrong, and went against what he believed in," Scott said in a statement.

Sasser said that Rotela is again in good standing with the university. He has re-enrolled in the class, but one that is being taught by a different professor.

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State University System spokeswoman Kim Wilmath said officials would work closely with FAU in preparing a response to Gov. Scott's concerns.

"The State University System prides itself not only on its commitment to academic freedom, but at the same time, its awesome responsibility to the people it serves," she said in a written statement. "We are gratified to know that FAU has apologized for any offense the exercise has caused and has pledged never to use this exercise again. Clearly, there were things the university could have done differently by its own acknowledgement."

The governor didn't seem satisfied with the apology, saying it was "in many ways inconsequential to the larger issue of a professor's poor judgment."

"The professor's lesson was offensive, and even intolerant, to Christians and those of all faiths who deserve to be respected as Americans entitled to religious freedom," Scott said in his letter. "Our public higher educational institutions are designed to shape the minds of Florida's future leaders. We should provide educational leadership that is respectful of religious freedom of all people."

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A plan to have unarmed students patrolling the campus of Towson University in Maryland on foot has sparked accusations of racism. 

The planned patrols are the brainchild of senior Mathew Heimbach, who also happens to head a group called the White Student Union.

Heimbach has written on his blog that Towson is experiencing a “black crime wave” with “black predators” preying on the “white majority student body.”

"Just like I wouldn't be offended if -- when you talk about serial killers, the average serial killer is a blue-collar, educated white male," Heimbach told News4's Jim Rosenfield.

"It doesn't offend me to be able to talk about the facts," Heimbachsaid.

Other students disagree. One black student told Rosenfield, "I thought [Heimbach's statements were] racist, but they have their freedom of speech."

"Certain things are just ingrained in you by your cultural values and what you were taught as a kid," a white student said.

Heimbach's group is not university-sanctioned, but it has attracted the attention of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which lists the White Student Union on a so-called "hate map" of white supremacist groups.

"I'm not a future leader of hate," Heimbach says. "What I want to do in my entire life is enter seminary and become an Orthodox priest."

Heimbach hopes to begin the patrols early next week.

A new proposal could expand wilderness areas -- where no cars are permitted -- in Southern California national forests by 80,000 acres, protecting the land from development.

The proposal would revise land use regulations for specified “roadless” areas that stretch across the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests.

“This scope of the project geographically is pretty large and tends to get people’s attention,” said Justin Seastrand, environmental coordinator for the Angeles National Forest.

The U.S. Forest Service is scheduled to hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the proposal and garner public feedback about the plan for the Angeles National Forest.

"Across the national forest, we have a wide variety of uses," Seastrand said. "A lot of people have a lot of passionate feelings about how land should be managed."

The proposal would create a new 40,000-acre Fish Canyon Wilderness area in the Angeles National Forest. The Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County would get the 23,000-acre Eagle Peak Wilderness area, 11,000-acre Barker Valley Wilderness and 5,000-acre Caliente Wilderness. 

Land-use rules would also change in some 300,000 acres within the Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests.

The four forests together currently have about 26 wilderness areas totaling more than 1.2 million acres, according to the draft plan. All told, the forests encompass more than 3.5 million acres, with about half of that in Los Padres National Forest.

In the Angeles and Cleveland National Forests, the proposed acres would be designated as a wilderness area, while the changes in the Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests would create backcountry non-motorized zones.

Both zones ban motorized vehicles, limiting visitors to horseback riding and exploring the land on foot. A wilderness zone also bans bicycles from all areas except existing bike trails that are managed by the Forest Service.

Under the proposal, the land would also be protected from developments, such as roads, dams, parks, picnic areas and campgrounds.

“We manage [the land] more for the natural environment, not the human-developed environment,” Seastrand said.

The proposal is the result of the settlement of a 2008 lawsuit filed by environment groups against the U.S. Forest Service.

Tuesday’s meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Angeles National Forest Headquarters in Arcadia. A second meeting is scheduled this week from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Santa Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District Office in Acton.

The public can share their thoughts about the proposal through May 16, 2013. Comments can be sent via mail, email or through the project’s website.

The Human Rights Campaign's logo supporting same-sex marriage, a pink equal sign inside a red square, went viral on Tuesday and turned into a meme by Wednesday morning.

HRC originally posted the symbol, a riff on their regular logo, on Monday, asking people to use it as their profile pic on Facebook. It soon popped up all over the social media site, and within 24 hours had more than 15,000 likes and 55,000 shares.

The release of the logo was timed to coincide with the Supreme Court hearing arguments this week in cases challenging California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Like any virus, as the logo has spread, it's evolved, as artist, activists, and even giant corporations have given it their own spin.

Bud Light made the equal symbol out of two beer cans, United Against Homophobia used wedding bands, and Martha Stewart served up a slice of red velvet wedding cake with the caption "Equality is truly sweet."

Former "Star Trek" star George Takei, who has a huge Facebook following and has been in a same-sex marriage since 2008, has posted different takes: Yoda, vampire fangs, Edward James Olmos from "Battlestar Galactica" beneath the motto "So Say We All," and Paula Deen astride two sticks of butter.

And then their were more organic versions, like a Passover-friendly one sporting two pieces of matzo, one featuring Grumpy Cat, one inspired by the work of Mark Rothko, a twist on the logo of punk legends Black Flag, and others featuring Divine, the Statue of Liberty kissing Justice, and the Impressive Clergyman from "The Princess Bride."

And yes, there's a bacon version.

On Tuesday night, Honda revealed that its new Odyssey would feature a vacuum cleaner built into the vehicle. No longer will you have to struggle with dust busters, cigarette lighter adapters, extension cords or coin-operated vacuums to clean up after the kiddies.

"I thought it was a joke at first," concedes Peter De Lorenzo, founder of Autoextremist.com. "And then I thought about it, and I guess for some people it might float their boat, but I think it's kind of ridiculous. But people with vans do different things… maybe it will be a miracle invention for them."



With the long overdue advent of the built-in vacuum cleaner, one might reasonably ask what other wonders the future of automobiles holds for us. While De Lorenzo would prefer that the focus of car technology be on driving, he foresees a number of decidedly non-driving features that could be on the horizon:

Coffee Maker: "We’ve gone from cup holders that cool drinks and warm drinks, and compartments in vehicles that cool things. So I would think it's the next logical step for the espresso fueled nation we live in now." 

Solar-Powered Food Warmer: The Odyssey already has an in-dash cooler that runs off the car's air conditioner. De Lorenzo has heard rumblings of something that runs off the sun to "keep your Happy Meal" hot.

Mini-Microwave: But what if you need a little more horsepower? What if you need to make food hot instead of keep it hot? De Lorenzo fears that rumors of an in-car microwave oven will become a reality.

Modular Carpeting: It seems that car companies are focused on two things: keeping us fed, and protecting our cars from children. "You could easily remove bits of carpet and replace them," says De Lorenzo. "If the vacuum doesn’t work you can really make a change right away, if something terrible happens, some sort of episode."

Tweet-Mobile: De Lorenzo recognizes that cars are going to become progressively more web-enabled, but he says there should be limits. "There are some who are investigating speaking into the car's microphone and tweeting, translating your words into tweets," he said. "Some people are saying, well it's just the same as having a phone conversation — no, it isn’t. I think that crosses the line. I don't think people should be investigating their social media space while driving."

This is only the tip of the iceberg, of course. If Google Glass is a hit, can the Google Windshield be too far behind?

A New York City restaurant that serves burgers, sliders and steaks made with kangaroo meat says the marsupial meat is a hit with customers, DNAinfo.com reports.

The Thirsty Koala co-owner and chef Katherine Fuchs tells the website the kangaroo meat sells better than regular beef.

"There's a lot of other meat out there. People are eating elk, they’re eating emu, they’re eating ostrich," Fuchs told DNAinfo. "So why not kangaroo?"

The kangaroo burgers weigh about 8 ounces and come with beet root slaw, caramelized onions, grilled pineapple, bacon, a fried egg and house-made goat cheese.

Co-owner Alex Styponisas describes the marsupial meat as "really yummy."

"I would say it tastes like a filet mignon. It's really sweet and tender, and it's not as gamey as one would think," he told DNAInfo.com.

The meat travels from a ranch in Queensland, Australia to Bronx Hunts Point Market, according to the website.

Other dishes that feature the unique meat include kangaroo sliders and kangaroo filet. According to Fuchs, the Australian meat also has nutritional value.

"It's a very good meat and it's very good for you," Fuchs said. "It's much leaner than beef, and it's got omega-three fatty acids."

Police are looking for a driver that slammed into a parked car early Wednesday morning in City Heights.

The incident happened around 2:15 a.m. when a small SUV was hit while parked next to a stop sign at the intersection of Copeland Ave. and Orange Ave.

A family woke up to the sound of a car being hit and said they saw a man running away from the scene.

"Well he tried to push the car because it was driveable, and then when she came down here the guy wasn't here anymore so he must have ran," said nearby resident Mindy Nguyen.

The man had pushed his car away from the SUV and into a stop sign.

Authorities say alcohol could be involved and they are still searching for the suspect.

Two of the children who were injured in a deadly wrong way crash on State Route 52 were released from the hospital Tuesday, a Rady Children’s Hospital spokesperson confirmed.

On the night of Mar. 17, the wife and children of Cathedral Catholic High School (CCHS) basketball Coach Will Cunningham were seriously injured when their family minivan was struck head-on by a driver traveling the wrong way on SR-52.

Mother Alisa Cunningham and the couple’s three daughters -- Jayden, Logan and Taylor, a 17-year-old student at CCHS – were transported to local hospitals and have been recovering ever since.

Jayden and Logan were released from Rady Children’s Tuesday, while Taylor and Mrs. Cunningham remain hospitalized.

The wrong way driver, Santee resident Matthew T. Leonardo, 30, was killed in the crash. CHP officials are investigating whether Leonardo was driving under the influence.

Since the crash, CCHS director of communications Kimberly King has been issuing updates on the family’s recovery through the school website.

On Mar. 19, CCHS students, parents and teachers united for a special mass dedicated to the Cunningham family. That same day, King said Mrs. Cunningham was conscious and Taylor, who was in a coma, had responded to a finger prick in the hospital.

On Mar. 22, a post on the CCHS website expressed gratitude for the outpouring of love and support from the community for the Cunningham family.

The update said Taylor had briefly opened her eyes and Mrs. Cunningham had been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and was ready to start rehabilitation.

On Tuesday, a countywide fundraiser was held for Taylor and the Cunningham family by the Miss San Diego Pageant & Scholarship Association and Chili’s restaurants.

The fundraiser ran from 11 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. at Chili’s restaurants across the county, with 15 percent of proceeds from sales going toward the family. The donations will help the Cunninghams pay their medical bills.

Taylor is the Miss San Diego Pageant & Scholarship Association’s “Miss San Diego Outstanding Teen” for 2013.

CCHS is accepting donations for the Cunningham family through this website.

Those who wish to donate to the family can also do so at any San Diego County Credit Union branch by writing a check payable to the "Cunningham Family Accident Fund."

For more updates on the Cunningham family, click here.

The San Diego Chargers have released tackle Jared Gaither.

The offensive lineman was placed on the Injured Reserve list last season after multiple injuries.He's been with the team since 2011 after he played with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Gaither missed most of training camp and the first three games of 2012, according to the team.

Last year, Gaither signed at the beginning of the season to a $24.6 million, four-year contract.

When a Florida Atlantic University professor ordered students to stomp on a piece of paper with the word "Jesus" written on it, he joined a growing list of classroom  instructors with unconventional teaching methods.

The fallout from the FAU incident prompted Florida Gov. Rick Scott to sound off on Tuesday and issue a letter to the school to express disapproval over the lesson, which was intended to teach students about the power of words. One student was also suspended for refusing to participate.

Chalk it up to school budget cuts or the short attention span of students in the classroom, but educators have been reaching for teaching methods that are attention-grabbing, yet they left some parents, students and schools scratching their heads.

Here are some of those "What were they thinking?" moments in recent classroom history.

• Stripping Professor - A quantum mechanics professor attracted widespread attention last month when he stripped down to his underwear during a lecture at Columbia University in front of a classroom full of confused students, NBC New York reported. Prof. Emlyn Hughes was accompanied by two ninjas who helped him execute blindfolded stuffed animals by impaling them with their swords. So what was the lesson? "In order to learn quantum mechanics, you have to strip to your raw, erase all the garbage from your brain and start over again,” Hughes said.

• Classroom Kink - Students at Northwestern University witnessed a live sex act involving a woman and a sex toy during a human sexuality class taught by Prof. John Michael Bailey, according to NBC Chicago. It was a lesson on kinks and fetishes, the professor said, and he wanted to prevent students from surrendering to what he called "sex negativity and fear." "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watching naked people on stage doing pleasurable things will never hurt you," Bailey told his class in the wake of the 2011 controversy. Bailey has since issued an apology and promised the demo will not be repeated.

• Classroom Klan - In a surprise twist, students, parents and teachers rallied behind a U.S. history teacher at Las Vegas Academy who faced backlash for allowing two juniors to dress up as Ku Klux Klan members for a class presentation in January. A photograph of one of the students circulated on social media leading to an uproar in the community. But some students weren't buying it. "The infamous KKK is discussed for several pages in the school's history textbook, it is in the curriculum, and it is a big part of the history of this nation … (one) that cannot be changed," said Karina Foster, a junior at the school. "As a U.S. history instructor, this teacher was simply doing his job. He had no intent to offend or disturb the public." The year before, the school was slammed for allowing theater students to use the N-word during a production of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

• Morbid Math - A third grade teacher in Washington D.C. was fired last March when students went home with some some very complicated math problems. One asked students to figure out how many criminals a SWAT team member killed on an average day after killing "163 terrorists, 296 murderers and 206 arsonists." Another math problem alluded to cooking people in ovens and one cast blood thirsty aliens into the equation.

• "Cone of Shame" - Science teacher Laurie Bailey-Cutkomp was suspended without pay last May when parents discovered photos of students wearing a dog cone in class, NBC Miami reported. Bailey-Cutkomp, 47, used the cone to punish students for texting, talking or eating in class and dubbed the object the "Cone of Shame." Students insisted that it was a joke, but parents were not laughing. "I don't care if it's a joke or not, it's unacceptable," parent Dawn Davis told WPTV.
   

In a state where the Miami Heat seem unbeatable and both the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators are in the Sweet Sixteen, the hottest basketball team around is one most people hadn't heard of a week ago: the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles.


The NCAA tournament resumes Thursday, and all eyes are on the state of Florida. The Hurricanes face Marquette at 7:15 p.m., and on Friday, Dunk City — the nickname for FGCU that has swept the nation — resumes its surprise show, facing cross-state rival Florida at 9:57 p.m. ET.

Led by Coach Andy Enfield, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles stunned the basketball world by becoming only the seventh 15 seed to advance to the second round of March Madness with a victory over Georgetown. They cemented their Cinderella status with a win over San Diego State, becoming the first 15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet 16.

"It's a party," said Justin Kane, a sophomore journalism major at FGCU and sports editor of the school paper, from his office at the Eagle News. "Last night there were pictures posted of people dancing in the dorms, across campus — it's just a big party. I'm actually looking at a (campus) tour right now that's three times the size of any tour I've seen on campus before."

The team's run is "easily" the biggest thing ever to happen on the Fort Myers campus, Kane said. But that's not saying that much: The school only started offering classes in 1996.

Which makes this Cinderella run all the more remarkable. FGCU's basketball program achieved Division I status in 2011, going 10-20 in their inaugural season under coach Dave Balza. Enfield replaced Balza the following year, and the team improved to 15-17. In October, Kane boldly predicted that the 2012-13 Eagles would be the first team in school history to make it to the dance. But not even he saw this coming.

"I thought they were gonna win the conference and go to the tournament, but I didn’t think they were gonna be this good," Kane said. "I had them beating Georgetown, but losing to San Diego State."

FGCU features four players that played under Balza, including starters Sherwood Brown and Chase Fieler, but Kane says this is Enfield's team, one that he's pulled together with transfers like Eric McKnight and foreign-born players like Croat Filip Cvjeticanin.

"He told those kids, you're gonna build this program," Kane said. "Last year was our first year of eligibility, this is Year One, he told them, it's your program to build. I think that was a great recruiting angle. We have players from Germany and Croatia. He's really getting out there."

After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Enfield enjoyed a successful career as a tech entrepreneur and shooting coach for the Boston Celtics. He isn't a yeller, says Kane, preferring to keep things light, joking with his players and running contests at practice, and he's as popular with students as he is with players, eating many of his meals on campus and taking the time to talk with kids.

This tourney run has made Enfield a beacon of hope to gym rats everywhere. The gap-tooth coach is the NCAA's all-time free throw champ — he hit 92.5% of his free throws as a player at Johns Hopkins. And a decade ago he found the courage to hit on supermodel Amanda Marcum, initially wooing her with a Taco Bell burrito before sealing the deal with an engagement ring tucked between two Krispy Kremes.

"We knew she was a model," said Kane. "We didn't know she was a Maxim lingerie model. We were kinda surprised when that story got uncovered."

The team has earned the nickname Dunk City for its high-flying style of play, which has inspired a video and rap song of the same name. On Sunday, as the FGCU men's and women's tennis teams were awaiting a  flight home from Atlanta, they convinced the gate attendant to announce, "Now departing to Dunk City, Fla."

But Florida Gator fans will tell you there's basketball in their state beyond Dunk City. While the Eagles have grabbed the headlines, some experts believe the Gators are the best team in the country right now, and they're 13-point favorites over FGCU in Friday night's game.

Kane is trying to remain realistic about FGCU's chances, but he can't help but think that after what he's seen so far, there's hope the Eagles' stunning run can continue.

"Match up-wise, (Florida's) a much better team," Kane said. "They're a lot stronger, more physical, they're just better athletes. But if we keep it close... If we hang in there with them... this team believes." 


After tallying the votes it looks like there will be a runoff in the special election for the San Diego District 4 City Council seat.

With all precincts reporting, United Domestic Workers union coordinator Myrtle Cole leads with about 33 percent of the vote and Dwayne Crenshaw had 15 percent.

Because no candidate received the majority needed to win office outright, a runoff will be scheduled in late May or early June.

Nine candidates were on the ballot and the seat has been vacant since Jan. 2 when Tony Young resigned to head the local Red Cross chapter.

Sen. Ashley Judd? Not anytime soon.

The actress has passed on a much-rumored run for Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, she confirmed Wednesday.

Judd, a long-time Democrat and outspoken women's rights advocate, said she won't challenge the Senate Minority Leader in 2014.

"After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family," she tweeted Wednesday.

Even before she had spoken publicly about any plans to run, the GOP had begun gearing up its campaign against her in recent months. An ad by Karl Rove's American Crossroads group painted her as an out-of-touch Hollywood liberal with a thin claim on Kentucky ties.

"I have spoken to so many Kentuckians over these last few months, who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people & new leader," she said on her Twitter account.

"While that won't be me at this time, I will continue to work as hard as I can to ensure the needs of Kentucky families are met by returning this Senate seat to whom it rightfully belongs: the people & their needs, dreams, and great potential. Thanks for even considering me as that person & know how much I love our Commonwealth," she continued.

Judd, the daughter of country singer Naomi Judd and sister of singer Wynonna, grew up in Kentucky and California before launching her successful acting career.

A day at the Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C. Berkeley ended with a little girl in the ER after getting hit with an arrow.

A spokesperson at the center said an eight year old girl was playing on the whale replica in the vast entrance of the facility when an arrow cut into her leg.  It was not immediately clear if it was a random or targeted attack.

The arrow was a crossbow arrow, according to investigators.

The little girl was treated at the scene and then taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Her injury is not considered life threatening, but the arrow was still in her leg when she was taken from the scene.

Doctors wbere able to surgically remove the arrow, but are keeping the child in the hospital overnight.

The girl was on a school trip at the science center.

Police Capt. Stephen  Roderick told Bay City News investigators are trying to reconstruct the arrow's  trajectory, a difficult task when "an arrow can travel 500 to 1,000 yards."

"She's a trooper," Roderick said. "Her mother is with her and she's doing fine."

The center is above the main Cal campus in the Berkeley hills. It's about a half a mile from Grizzly Peak Boulevard and is known for its views of the San Francisco Bay.

Police were reportedly checking nearby trails, parking lots and homes for any signs of a shooter. Police said it did not appear that the shooting was connected to any science or math experiments at the center.

The area around the life sized replica of a whale was cordoned off with yellow police tape, but the museum remained open during the investigation.

The Lawrence Hall of Science is UC Berkeley's public science center that focuses on science and math. It's website says it provides "parents, kids, and educators with opportunities to engage with science since 1968."

Anyone who might have information about the case is asked to call  UC Berkeley police at (510) 642-6760.

Tsunami Awareness Week in California is prompting San Diego County to issue a warning test on Wednesday morning.

While there appears to be no threat of a quake induced giant wave, officials are making sure San Diego could be prepared should our coast ever be at risk.

Tsunamis awareness week comes with a new study by the USGS showing that more than 400,000 Californians live or work in a tsunami risk area.

Places in the tsunami zone include San Diego bay, Shelter Island, and Coronado north to Carlsbad, Oceanside and Camp Pendleton.

Dr. John Orcutt from Scripps Institution of Oceanography says there's no recorded history of a large Tsunami like in Japan hitting Southern California.

"Probably one or two hundred years. It's worth being concerned about, and thinking about and making sure people know what to do,” said Orcutt.

But San Diego could be affected by large earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest, or even a smaller one off our coast.

Two years ago, the tsunami in Japan raised water levels enough here to damage boats and docks in Mission Bay.

"In the western U.S. it could be that we'd lose substantial numbers of people because we don't have an extensive education program. But we're working on it? We're working on it. California is doing a really good job,” said Orcutt.

That work includes signs now posted in local beaches.

And Orcutt is part of a $400 million project for a global series of sensors providing even better early detection.

That Tsunami warning test will take place at 10:15 p.m. tomorrow morning. So, if you hear it on the radio or see it on television, it is just a test.

A family who ate at Olive Garden over the weekend received a sweet surprise at the end of their meal that would put a slice of tiramisu to shame.

The popular chain restaurant gave a man and his family a free meal after his 3-year-old daughter told the manager that her grandfather's house burned down. The man posted a photo of the receipt on Reddit on Tuesday night and news of the good deed went viral.

The receipt was billed as a public relations ploy at first, but a representative from Olive Garden quickly debunked that rumor.

“The receipt is real and was posted by the guests, not by anyone at Olive Garden or Darden,” an Olive Garden rep told Consumerist. “We are always looking for ways to surprise and delight our guests, and this was one of the ways the Olive Garden team in Vernon Hills, Ill., did that last weekend.”

Earlier this year, a manager at the burger chain Red Robin cheered up a pregnant mom when she received her bill and saw that her burger was comped with a line item that read MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.