FLORIDA
Woman's body found behind bookcase
NEW PORT RICHEY — A woman's body was found wedged upside-down behind a bookcase in the home she shared with relatives who had spent nearly two weeks looking for her.
A spokesman for the Pasco County sheriff said Mariesa Weber's death was not suspicious. Family members said they believe she fell over as she tried to adjust the plug of a television behind the bookshelf.
Weber, 38, returned home Oct. 28 and greeted her mother, then wasn't seen again. Her family thought she had been kidnapped and contacted authorities.
Family members scoured her room for clues but found nothing, though they did notice a strange smell.
Late one night Weber's sister went into her bedroom and looked behind a bookcase, where she saw the woman's foot.
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MINNESOTA
Concern growing for missing brothers
RED LAKE — Authorities grew more concerned Saturday about two young brothers missing for three days from the Red Lake Indian Reservation after temperatures dipped below freezing overnight.
Teams of searchers aided by dogs and aircraft with sophisticated camera equipment looked until nightfall Saturday for Tristan Anthony White, 4, and Avery Lee Stately, 2, both missing since Wednesday.
Searchers were out until dark Saturday and planned to head back out this morning. Temperatures were forecast to dip to around 20 degrees overnight.
ARKANSAS
Family gives $500K to Clinton School
LITTLE ROCK — A branch of the University of Arkansas named for Bill Clinton hopes to lure more big-name speakers after receiving a half-million-dollar donation from the family of a local doctor.
The family of the late Dr. Frank Kumpuris and his widow, Kula Kumpuris, announced the gift to the Clinton School of Public Service at a news conference Saturday.
In its first two years, the school has already attracted such lecturers as Vaclav Havel, former Czech president; Rwandan President Paul Kagame; financier T. Boone Pickens; CNN founder Ted Turner; and former Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind.
ILLINOIS
Rev. Jackson to host disgraced comedian
CHICAGO — Actor-comedian Michael Richards will appear on the Rev. Jesse Jackson's nationally syndicated radio program to discuss his racist rant at a Los Angeles comedy club, the civil rights leader said Saturday.
Richards' participation in the "Keep Hope Alive" program is a chance to reach out and apologize to blacks, Jackson said.
"He is embarrassed," said Jackson, who spoke to Richards by telephone this week after being contacted by the actor's publicist.
"I think he wants to recover from the pain he now feels and the pain he's caused others," he said.
While he called Richards' words "hateful," "sick," and "deep-seated," Jackson said his inclusion in the radio show would be a chance for a broader discussion about black actors, writers and directors' "cultural isolation" in the entertainment industry.
