Mo. teen slaying suspect listed hobbies as ‘killing people’ and ‘cutting’ in YouTube profile

Slaying suspect said hobby was ‘killing people’

Lose the loo: British gardeners encouraged to go green by relieving themselves outdoors

British gardeners told: go green, pee outdoors

Ancestry.com opens up US military collection to free searches in honor of Veterans Day

Ancestry.com opens up US military collection

Israeli museum displays coins from Jewish revolt, destruction of biblical Jerusalem Temple

Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt

Hard-hit Ohio community turns to gardens to help stretch food dollars

Hard-hit community learns to grow food

WILMINGTON, Ohio — Many of the new gardeners didn’t know how to grow vegetables, and weren’t sure what to do with them once they did.

Ancestry.com shares climb in 1st day of trading after company raises $100 million in IPO

Ancestry.com gains in 1st day of trading

NEW YORK — Shares of Ancestry.com climbed in their first day of trading Thursday after the genealogy Web site’s initial public offering priced in the middle of the expected range.

Online genealogy company Ancestry.com plans IPO, boasts more than a million paying subscribers

Ancestry.com raises $100 million in IPO

NEW YORK — Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com has succeeded in raising $100 million in its initial public offering. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenue, it fared better than other IPOs that have recently priced below their filing ranges.

Michelle Obama, DC public schoolchildren help with 2nd major harvest of White House garden

White House Garden goes through 2nd major harvest

Fishing industry, environmentalists in battle over California marine reserve plans

LONG BEACH, Calif. — There’s nothing pacific about the ocean off Southern California these days.

Officials hope Earhart biopic ‘Amelia’ spurs new interest in Purdue’s large Earhart collection

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Officials hope a new movie about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart causes renewed interest in Purdue University’s big collection of memorabilia about her life.

Ancestry.com prices 7.4 million shares in IPO, expects to raise $100 million before allotments

NEW YORK — Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com Inc. plans to sell about 7.4 million shares in an IPO to raise about $100 million.

EU tackles illegal fishing; fishermen to lose license after 4 infractions

LUXEMBOURG — The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.

Iraq veterans use fly fishing as therapy, finding comfort on the water

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.

Britain’s lawmakers face demands to repay disputed expense claims amid fresh finance row

LONDON — First it cost their reputations. Now it’ll cost them cash.

Voracious spiny dogfish blamed for making mess of Mass. fishery, stealing bait, eating catch

CHATHAM, Mass. — The sea air isn’t all that’s salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish.

Census shows more Americans trying their hand at raising crops, livestock on ‘hobby farms’

GEM, Ind. — Most evenings, Gary Mithoefer can be found at the end of a long gravel driveway off a busy highway, tending two garden plots filled with white sweet potatoes, squash, cabbages and a dozen other vegetables still thriving in early fall.

Investigators believe rudder loss led fishing boat to sink off Alaska coast in 2008, killing 5

WASHINGTON — A fishing boat that sank off the Alaska coast last year most likely lost its rudder, then flooded and went down, killing five crew members, federal safety officials said Wednesday.

Los Angeles harbor plan seeks to draw visitors to industrial waterfront

LOS ANGELES — The hulking container ships that ply the Port of Los Angeles already provide Southern California with a major source of revenue. Soon they could also provide the scenery for what port officials hope will be the region’s newest tourist destination.

Migrating raptors take flight at Pa.’s Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, celebrating its 75th birthday

KEMPTON, Pa. — Peering through binoculars, Arlene Koch spies something tiny and dark on the horizon. Though it’s still a few miles away and difficult to see even with magnification, she can identify the shadowy figure by its shape and the characteristics of its flight.

Founder of KB Toys auctioning off his collection of antique automotive toys in NJ

VINELAND, N.J. — One of the greatest automotive toy collections in the world is being auctioned off in New Jersey.

AP Exclusive: Tiny Palau with just 1 patrol boat creates world’s first shark sanctuary

UNITED NATIONS — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world’s first shark sanctuary, a biological hotspot to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species fighting extinction in the Pacific Ocean.

Chef Spike’s Michelle Melt: new DC burger has first lady’s name on it and turkey in the bun

WASHINGTON — There’s a new burger in town, and it’s got Michelle Obama’s name on it.

At the Movies: capsule reviews of ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ and other films this week

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Farmers plant tillage radishes to nourish, soften up fields; chance to cut fertilizer use

ANNA, Ohio — White radishes are taking root on Tony Luthman’s farm, the start of what he hopes will create a welcome mat for the corn he plants in the spring.

Urban farmers, gardeners in northern US use hoop houses to extend growing season

FLINT, Mich. — On the vacant lot in Michigan where her childhood home once stood, Carolyn Meekins grows seedlings for Asian greens, red kale and green beans in a plastic-covered greenhouse known as a hoop house.

Human rights group suspends analyst who collects Nazi memorabilia, says it has questions

NEW YORK — A human rights group’s senior military analyst has been suspended after a pro-Israel blog reported that he collects Nazi memorabilia, an official said Tuesday.

Back in Arizona, O’Connor helping lead talks on possible changes for state’s government

PHOENIX — Since retiring as a Supreme Court justice in 2006, Sandra Day O’Connor has championed such causes as judicial independence, civics education and Alzheimer’s research. Now add improving Arizona’s nearly century-old state government.

Indian farmers discrimination lawsuit still unsettled after a decade

BISMARCK, N.D. — Fort Berthold Reservation rancher Pete Fredericks says he still hasn’t recovered from a brutal winter nearly 30 years ago that wiped out half his black Angus herd. White ranchers in the region fared better because they got financial help from the federal government, he says.

Doctoral program in aquaculture and fisheries approved for university at edge of Ark. Delta

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Studying fish once seemed so simple: find out where they were biting and keep it under your hat. Now the study of fish has evolved into Ph.D.-level programs that can make fish bigger, tastier and a larger part of the nation’s economy.

Lobster turf wars bring conflict to quiet, remote island off Maine coast

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine — Life here is defined by the ocean. It’s the ocean that feeds the livelihoods of the lobstermen. It’s the ocean that dictates the weather. And it’s 20 miles of ocean that separates Matinicus from the mainland and makes it a world apart.