Jury begins deliberating fate of former Klansman

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- The murder case against a former Klansman charged in the slayings of three civil rights workers went to the jury Monday after prosecutors made an impassioned plea for a conviction, saying the victims' families have waited a long 41 years for someone to be brought to justice. The 12 jurors -- nine white and three black -- deliberated the fate of 80-year-old Edgar Ray Killen for about two and a half hours Monday before going home without a verdict. At the end of the day, the judge polled jurors to determine how they were progressing, and the panel reported being split 6-6. The judge then told them to return today to resume deliberations.

Attorney: Terri Schiavo's remains interred in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. -- The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who died after her feeding tube was removed in March, were buried Monday in a Clearwater cemetery. Michael Schiavo had the words "I kept my promise" inscribed on her bronze grave marker. The marker also lists Feb. 25, 1990 -- the day shefell into what most doctors said was an irreversible vegetative state -- as the date Schiavo "Departed this Earth." Schiavo actually died March 31, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed by court order. The marker lists that date as when Schiavo was "at peace."

Search scales back for missing Scout in Utah

KAMAS, Utah -- Searchers had few clues Monday to the whereabouts of an 11-year-old boy missing from a popular Boy Scout camp in a rugged, snowcapped mountain range. Brennan Hawkins was last seen Friday afternoon at the camp in the Uinta Mountains east of Salt Lake City. "We have nothing to go on," Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds said. Brennan, who had not yet graduated from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts, was a visitor at the camp with a friend, whose father was volunteering at a three-day session for 1,400 older scouts. The sheriff said he had no reason to suspect foul play, but he had opened a criminal investigation and detectives were checking the background of every adult who was at the camp Friday.

-- From wire reports