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Today's Images Reputed Mafioso tip triggers new Hoffa body search In this Aug. 21, 1969 file photo, Teamsters Union leader James Hoffa is shown in Chattanooga, Tenn. The FBI has seen enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago. (AP Photo/File) Reputed Mafioso tip triggers new Hoffa body search Members of an FBI evidence response team look over an area being cleared in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013, where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Ex-Southeast golfer finds success in coaching Former Southeast Missouri State golfer Jason Owen led Cal State University Monterey Bay to the Division II men’s golf championship in 2011. (Submitted photo) NSA chief says program foiled Wall Street plot National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander, second from right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee. Amid revelations that the electronic surveillance agency is sweeping up Americans' phone and Internet records in its quest to investigate terrorist threats, President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal during an interview yesterday, and called them transparent ó even though they are authorized in secret. From right to left are, Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce, Alexander, Deputy NSA Director Chris Inglis, and Deputy Attorney General James Cole. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Chrysler reverses itself, agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire The scene of a 2012 crash in Bainbridge, Ga., in which Remi Walden, 4, was burned and died when a Jeep Grand Cherokee was rear-ended. (Courtesy of Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP ~ Associated Press) Chrysler reverses itself, agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2001 file photo, rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. In early June 2013, the company refused the government's request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, causing fires. NHTSA said 51 people had died in fiery crashes. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) House passes restrictive pro-life measure Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. watches a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change U.S. abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Police: Joseph clients should call attorney Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a morning shooting at 1220 W. Cape Rock Drive,Thursday, May 30, 2013. Two people, 18-year-old Matthew Joseph and 57-year-old Mary Joseph died from gunshot wounds. (Laura Simon) Volunteers restore plumbing at The House of Refuge Volunteers for homeless project, Floyd Penny, Bishop Carey Wilson, Bruce Baker, Vincent Kelly and Wife, Gary Alberternst, Rick Kelly, Donald Coster, Randy Heise and Workers from City of Cape Girardeau Public Works Jaycees book tells rodeo's history The 60th anniversary edition of “The Story of the Sikeston Rodeo Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo” will come in a regular edition and a limited-edition version; the latter includes a reproduction of a letter from Kenny Rogers. U.S., Taliban to begin talks on ending Afghanistan war NATO solders wait for a helicopter after a ceremony Tuesday at a military academy near Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan forces have taken over from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security. (Rahmat Gul ~ Associated Press) Cards stumble early, stymied late The Cardinals’ Shane Robinson stands on second after being called out by second base umpire Fieldin Culbreth, left, to end Tuesday’s game against the Cubs in St. Louis. Robinson also was called for inteference on the Cubs’ attempted double play, providing the final out of the game. Jeff Roberson Associated Press No injuries in Cape house fire A memeber of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department exits a house while battling a fire in the residence Tuesday, June 18, at 1022 Perry Ave., in Cape Girardeau. (Adam Vogler) No injuries in Cape house fire Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department work to extinguish a fire Tuesday, June 18, at a house located at 1022 Perry Ave., in Cape Girardeau. (Adam Vogler) No injuries in Cape house fire Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department remove a burned piece of furniture while battling a fire Tuesday, June 18, at a house located at 1022 Perry Ave., in Cape Girardeau. (Adam Vogler) Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state This photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, shows people sunning at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska. Parts of Alaska are setting high temperature records as a heat wave continues across Alaska. Temperatures are nothing like what Phoenix or Las Vegas gets, but temperatures in the 80s and 90s are hot for Alaska, where few buildings have air conditioning. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)