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  Experts: Obama’s plan to predict future leakers unproven, unlikely to work

  In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not scientifically proven to work, according to experts and government documents.

• Terminal at Ft. Lauderdale airport evacuated

  Some early-morning flights out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport may be delayed thanks to a broken sprinkler head.

• $69 million in aquaculture sold in Florida in 2012

  Florida's aquaculture industry sold $69 million worth of fish, alligators, aquatic plants and other animals last year.
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  First Apple computer sells at auction for $387,750

  An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000.
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  Investigators look into pairing of Asiana pilots

  As Flight 214 descended over San Francisco Bay, both Asiana Airlines pilots were in new roles.
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  US opens Gold Cup with 6-1 win over Belize

  Chris Wondolowski's misspelled jersey was about the only thing that was amiss for the U.S. men's soccer team.
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  Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition

  Country singer Randy Travis remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilize his weakened heart.
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  FBI nominee says surveillance can be valuable tool

  The Obama administration's nominee to become the next FBI director, James Comey, told members of Congress on Tuesday that federal judges who oversee government intelligence programs are "anything but a rubber stamp." But Comey also agreed to work with legislators to improve the laws governing surveillance activities.
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  Witness: No harm to US from leaked Guantánamo files

  Secret threat assessments of Guantánamo Bay detainees that Pfc. Bradley Manning gave to WikiLeaks did not harm national security, a former chief prosecutor at the U.S. detention facility in Cuba testified Tuesday.
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  Judge: I can’t stop Guantánamo force-feeding, but Obama can

  A federal judge voiced sympathy Monday for hunger-striking Guantánamo detainees, noting that while was powerless to stop the Pentagon from force-feeding them, the president could.

• Alligator bites teen on the head at Florida park

  A 17-year-old was treated for puncture wounds on his head after being bitten by an alligator while swimming at a central Florida state park.

• Pygmy sperm whale, calf die on Florida beach

  Authorities say a pygmy sperm whale calf had to be euthanized after its mother died on a central Florida beach.
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  Captain of wrecked cruise ship on trial in Italy

  The crippled Costa Concordia lies on its side off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, a stubborn reminder of the 2012 shipwreck that claimed 32 lives. On Tuesday, the luxury cruise liner's captain went on trial here as the sole defendant in a case that may take months or longer to resolve - making an end to the drama even more elusive.
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  Defense presents video in Manning WikiLeaks trial

  Lawyers for an Army private who gave mountains of classified information to WikiLeaks opened their defense at his court-martial Monday with leaked video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad - footage in which airmen laugh and call targets "dead bastards."
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  NTSB chairwoman: No cause of death on crash victim

  Federal investigators says they have reviewed airport surveillance video to determine whether an emergency vehicle ran over one of the victims of the plane crash at San Francisco International Airport but have not been able to reach any conclusions.
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  Condition of hospitalized Heinz Kerry is upgraded

  The condition of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was upgraded from critical to fair Monday, a day after she was first hospitalized, a State Department spokesman said.

• Police look for suspects in Brazil soccer slaying

  Police in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao are searching for two men suspected of taking part in the slaying and beheading of an amateur soccer referee who stabbed a player to death during a match.
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  10 die as air taxi crashes in Alaska

  All 10 people aboard an air taxi died as the aircraft crashed and was engulfed in flames at a small Alaska airport, authorities said.

• Afghan forces kill 18 Taliban, lose 5 of own

  Afghan officials say security forces have killed 18 Taliban and lost five of their own troops in operations in the country's east.
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  Immigration, student loan top congressional agenda

  Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers have the political will to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

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