Budget cuts force Bronx Zoo to 'fire' animals

Layoffs for sea lions? Furloughs for frogs? Is there no job security, anywhere? State budget cuts mean many zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose crucial state funding for their exhibits. New York's 76 zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose $9.1 million in state funds next year.

Budget cuts force Bronx Zoo to 'fire' animals

Layoffs for sea lions? Furloughs for frogs? Is there no job security, anywhere? State budget cuts mean many zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose crucial state funding for their exhibits. New York's 76 zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose $9.1 million in state funds next year.

Infrastructure gets poor report card

America's civil engineers think the nation's aging and rusty infrastructure is just not making the grade. The American Society of Civil Engineers issued an infrastructure report card Wednesday giving a bleak cumulative ranking of D. The ranking grades the condition of 15 infrastructure entities such as roads, bridges and dams.

From $80,000 a year to eviction

Amber Easton has gone from $80,000 a year in salary to scrambling for work. At a time in her life when she should be scaling the corporate ladder, she has instead spiraled into a deep depression. She recently lost her car and now faces eviction from her apartment.

VA to pay $20M to settle stolen data lawsuit

The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to pay $20 million to current and former military personnel to settle a class action lawsuit on behalf of the men and women whose personal data was on a laptop computer stolen during a burglary.

DNA may exonerate man who died in prison

A court hearing Thursday in Texas may determine whether the Timothy Cole, who died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a rape, should be exonerated. DNA tests later showed he did not commit the crime. Cole's family is trying to clear his name.

N.C. State women's basketball coach dies

North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow, who won more than 700 games in nearly four decades of coaching and guided the U.S. team to an Olympic gold medal, died Saturday after a long struggle with breast cancer, the university said.

Skydiver lands with dying instuctor on his back

Daniel Pharr says he was in the middle of his first-ever skydive, thousands of feet over South Carolina, when the instructor strapped to his back stopped talking to him Saturday. Pharr said he "went into survival mode," using his military training to calm himself as he tried to get to ground safely.

WWII vet frozen to death left estate to hospital

A 93-year-old World War II medic who froze to death in his home last month when his power was cut for non-payment left his entire estate to a local hospital, an estate attorney tells CNN. A nephew says Martin Schur indicated to family members two years ago that he had saved up more than $500,000.