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In this Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 photo, a Tampa Police officer escorts Julie Powers Schenecker to Orient Road Jail on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in Tampa, Fla. Police said Julie Powers Schenecker admitted to killing her teenage daughter and son after officers found her covered in blood on the back porch of her home Friday morning, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. Schenecker's mother had called police from Texas because she was unable to reach the 50-year-old woman, whom she said was depressed and had been complaining about her children. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Bryan Thomas) TAMPA OUT; USA TODAY OUT; HERNANDO TODAY OUT; CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE OUT; NO MAGS; NO SALES (AP)

Mom accused of killing 2 kids showed signs of drug use

Tamara Lush, Mitch Stacy
Swat team members stack their gear after the suspect in the shooting of three law enforcement officers was found dead Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 in south St. Petersburg, Fla. Police say a gunman suspected of killing two Florida police officers and wounding a U.S. marshal during a shootout has been found dead. St. Petersburg Police spokesman Michael Puetz says the suspect was found dead when officers went into the home Monday afternoon, about six hours after the shootout. Puetz said officers originally went to the home to arrest 39-year-old Hydra Lacy Jr. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (AP)

Two Florida officers, suspect killed in firefight

Tamara Lush, Mitch Stacy
In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, Rev. Terry Jones poses for a photo at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. Jones vowed to go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite warnings from the White House and the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops overseas. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (AP)

Minister: 9/11 Quran burnings will go forward

Mitch Stacy