Ledes, April 17

Terrorism, kidnapping among top fears for today's youth
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/16/children.fears/index.html

Studies show that terrorism is the top fear of most teens, followed by gang attacks and weather conditions. “A study on more than 1,000 children and adolescents in grades 2 through 12 found that some of the 20 most common fears include "terrorist attacks," "having to fight in a war," "drive-by shootings," "tornadoes/hurricanes" and "drowning/swimming in deep water," based on self-reports of how scary each of 98 events or concepts seems.” The local news is suspected on making the children fear the things they do.


Trial begins in slaying of transgender woman
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/transgender.slaying.trial/index.html

“It all started as a tryst, arranged online, in a quiet town in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. She was an 18-year-old transgender woman. He was a 32-year-old rough-and-tumble gang member.” Many hate crime acts like this have been closely watched by transgender support groups. If the male is convicted with the murder, he will spend the rest of his life in jail, with no parole.
One aboard in 'not survivable' Florida crash, official says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/17/florida.plane.crash/index.html
" A Fort Lauderdale official said that only one person was on a plane that slammed into a vacant house Friday, a crash called "not survivable" by a fire official."The home that the plane crashed into was apparently empty. The twin-engine Cessna was bound for Fernandina Beach. The first main concern was that there was a possibility of a serious fire.


Library finds urine saturating 41 bookshttp://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/LibraryFindsUrineSaturating41Books
Disgusting is the best way to describe what library workers found on Wednesday. "This is a filthy and despicable act of vandalism," said Mayor Jamie Tillery. There were 41 books covered in urine. Many of the workers tried attempting to make the problem better, and cleaning the books, but the books were all ruined. The library is working to upgrade its security system, so incidents like this will be caught on video.