GOATS STANDING IN TREES ZOMG

We don't have anything to say about this photo other than OMG THOSE GOATS ARE STANDING IN A TREE!

What are you doing in that tree, goats? You don't belong there! Go back to your home on sheep island!

Photo courtesy of Steph Wells, who noticed the amazing occurrence while traveling in Morocco.

Sexy Wedding Dresses From Designers' Spring/Summer 2014 Collections

Couture bridal designers showed their Spring/Summer 2014 collections in New York last weekend, and while most of the dresses were absolutely stunning and perfect for any wedding, there were a few dresses that caught our eye for another reason -- theirsex appeal.

While many brides will have their grandparents and other older, possibly more conservative, family members present on their wedding days -- and therefore choose more subdued gowns -- some brides are looking for a sexier option. If you fall into the second category, you'll love the dresses below.

Click through to see the seven sexiest wedding dresses of the season, then let us know in the comments -- would you wear one on your Big Day?

Boston Bomb Reportedly Contained Traces Of Female DNA, Authorities Say

Female DNA was found on at least one of the explosive devices used in April 15's Boston Marathon bombing, sources have told the Wall Street Journal and CBS News.
Citing "officials familiar with the case," the Journal emphasizes that "there could be multiple explanations for why the DNA of someone other than the two bombing suspects" was uncovered that would not necessarily indicate complicity in the attack. For example, CBS notes, the DNA might conceivably have come from "a marathon spectator or a clerk who sold" materials that were ultimately used in the making of the bomb.
The only current suspects in the bombing, which killed three people and injured 260, are Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tamerlan was killed during a shootout with police on April 19. Dzkhokhar was arrested later that day. Investigators last week found no evidence of additional accomplices in the bombing, based on a "preliminary examination of the cellphones and computers" belonging to the brothers. However, police have not ruled out the possibility of an accomplice, and have not yet determined whether or not the DNA discovery indicates a woman's involvement in the attack.
Authorities have visited Tamerlan's widow, Katherine Russell, an FBI spokesman confirmed Monday, and did collect a DNA sample. However, Russell has not been charged with involvement in the bombing, and is not a suspect at this time.

Adam Holland Lawsuit: Family Of Man With Down Syndrome Sue For $18 Million After Photo Sparks Meme

The family of a Tennessee man with Down syndrome was devastated when they discovered a photo of their disabled son had spawned a derogatory Internet meme. So to quash the widespread use of the altered image and -- hopefully -- help others who may be subjected to the offense in the future, Adam Holland's family filed a $18 million lawsuit last week.

The photo of a teenage Holland holding up a piece of his artwork during a class at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in 2004 did not make waves until last year, when modified versions of the image that included defamatory messages popped up on numerous websites.

"It was devastating for this family, emotionally," Larry Crain, the attorney who represents the Hollands, told Nashville's WSMV-TV. "He's a very likable, very presentable young man who I don't think fully appreciates the hurt that's been inflicted on him."

Though the family is not aware of exactly how the photo sparked the meme nearly a decade later, the Hollands pinpointed several sites, including the website of Florida radio station WHPT-FM, that allegedly repurposed the photo.

Having filed the defamation suit in a Tennessee U.S. District Court on April 22, theHollands seek from three parties $3 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages, amounting to $18 million in total.

Whether the Holland family's lawsuit triumphs or not, advocacy groups are campaigning to ban the widespread use of messages that are offensive to people with special needs.

"Spread the Word to End the Word," a collaboration between the Special Olympics and Best Buddies that launched in 2009 to ban the word "retard," seeks to spread awareness of the "dehumanizing and hurtful effects" of the so-called "r-word." As ABC News reports, the group got involved in the Holland's case over the summer, contacting the Florida radio station about the altered photo, which featured Holland holding a sign that read "Retarded News." In response, Program Director Michael Sharkey apologized in an email to the campaign, adding that the image had been removed.

"The segment 'Retarded News' is designed to highlight odd stories that are seemingly always in the news," he explained, according to the lawsuit. "These stories are NOT about disabled individuals. However, in our investigation, we noted the picture that he was using did denote a person with Down syndrome."

Woodrow Hartzog, an assistant professor at Alabama's Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, said cases like Holland's -- which involve an image being repurposed as a meme -- raise a host of legal questions and are "very difficult."

"The torts that traditionally protected individuals against harmful use of depictions and photos are largely ineffective today,” Hartzog told Nashville's The City Paper. "They are really difficult to win at trial because it’s hard to prove things like damages -- and the First Amendment has really pulled back on the scope of many of these torts."

Mother Traded Sex With Teenage Daughter To Pay Off Debt Owed To Bejarni Rivas: Maryland Prosecutors

WASHINGTON -- A Maryland mother stands accused of trading sex with her teenage daughter to pay off a $5000 debt.

The mother, whose name has not been released, and the man to whom this trade was allegedly made, Bejarni Rivas, are both facing criminal charges, reports the AP (via WUSA9):

Prosecutors say the mother is facing 11 charges and 44-year-old Bejarni Rivas is facing 13 charges. Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, says the charges range from second-degree rape to human trafficking.

Attorney Walter Neighbors, who is listed in online court records as representing Rivas, said Sunday that he did not have any comment on the case.

NBC4 reports that each sex act was valued at $100, and, according to the now 15-year-old victim -- whose name also has not been released -- occurred multiple times last December:

According to the documents, the girl at one point asked her mother not to leave her alone with Rivas. Her mother's alleged response was "I've done bad things to make you have a good life. Go with him." The abuse ended after the girl told another relative, and the two of them went to police.

NBC4 reports that it is not clear how the mother, who admits only leaving her daughter alone with Rivas, accrued the $5000 debt.

Sherri Williams Dead: Alabama Mother Killed By Stray Bullet While Holding Newborn

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Police in Alabama are asking for the public's help in finding the gunman who fatally shot a woman who was holding her 10-day old son.

Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams says the victim, identified as 24-year-old Sherri Williams, was holding her baby and standing in the doorway of an apartment in the Gate City neighborhood when shots rang out Monday afternoon.

Officials say two men at a nearby store got into a fight. One of the men chased the other down the street and fired a gun as he ran.

Authorities say Williams was hit by a stray bullet and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Indiana Bus Driver Angel Perry Saves 11 Children From Approaching Tornado (VIDEO)

An Indiana bus driver named Angel lived up to her name last month when her heroic actions saved 11 children from a deadly tornado.

The Henryville, Ind., elementary school students had been released early on March 2 due to the threat of severe weather conditions, according to WTHR. Angel Perry was transporting them home when a level EF4 tornado touched the ground.

"I stopped the bus for a second, put my hands down and said, 'Dear Lord, what do I do?'" Perry told ABC's local station RTV6. Knowing the bus would be no match for the 200 mph winds, Perry decided to get the kids to the shelter of the school just three miles away.

Her quick-thinking was caught on tape by the bus' CCTV camera. You can hear her trying to keep the kids calm as she turns the bus around to outrun the tornado.

"A tornado is on the ground guys. Quiet! The tornado is on the ground," Perry says in the recording. "If you got a book to put over your head, do it. Get in the middle."

Perry successfully navigated the bus to the school. She immediately began off-loading the children, counting so as not to leave anyone behind.

"Everybody stay together. All our group together," her voice says in the recording, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.. Come on! Come on! Ten, eleven, go! Go! Go!"

None of the children in Perry's care were harmed.Just minutes after the children reached the safety of the building, winds lifted the 36,000-pound bus and slammed into the side of a diner across the road, Fox 4 reports.

Perry is one of many bus drivers who've gone above and beyond in their duty to protect the kids in their care. One helped children off a burning bus in North Carolina, while another got a potential hijacker to relinquish his weapon.

Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Hospitalized: 'Jersey Shore' Star Being Treated For Kidney Stones

Sounds like Ronnie Ortiz-Magro will have to skip "gym, tan, laundry" this week.

The "Jersey Shore" star, 27, was hospitalized with kidney stones in Florida over the weekend, his rep confirmed to People.

"Ronnie was admitted to an Orlando area hospital late Saturday night," the rep said in a statement. "He's in a lot of pain and is expected to remain there for several days."

Luckily, his longtime girlfriend and co-star Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, 26, rushed to be at his bedside while he recovers.

Ortiz-Magro was in Orlando promoting his new alcohol line called Smush Cocktails at the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention on April 27. According to his rep, "he started feeling uncomfortable" and was rushed to the emergency room.

"It's a very painful condition," the rep added, "but he's being treated."

Conan O'Brien's White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech (VIDEO)

Conan O'Brien was the featured performer at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, and he had fun at the expense of Democrats, Republicans, CNN, North Korea, Al Roker, and, yes, HuffPost.
Some of Conan's best lines:
On CNN:
"CNN's ratings are so low, now James Earl Jones says, 'You're watching CNN?!'"
On Twitter:
"If any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the hashtag #incapableoflivinginthemoment."
On the NRA:
"How freakin' crazy do you have to be to be the actual president of the NRA."
On Obama:
"Your hair is so white, it could be a member of your cabinet."
And finally, he gave it up for his hometown, Boston:
"If you're going to pick on a city, don't pick one where 9 out of 10 people are related to a cop."
This was the second time O'Brien was the performer at the dinner, 18 years after his first performance in 1995. Check out his full remarks in the video above

Obama's 'Muslim Socialist' Joke Draws Big Laughs (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama slid in a shoutout during his 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner speech to conspiracists who wonder about both his religion and economic preferences.
"These days, I look in the mirror and I have to admit," Obama said. "I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be."
Past polls have seen large chunks of Americans incorrectly identify the Christian Obama as a Muslim. During the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, a May PPP survey found that 52 percent of 656 likely GOP primary voters classified the president under that religion.
Since his reelection in November 2012, a host of conservative voices have referred to Obama as a socialist. Back in March, GOP strategist Henry Barbour told the hill that "we've got a socialist in office right now." Earlier in December, televangelist Pat Robertson accused Obama of not admitting to his "socialist" ways that is destroying free enterprise in America. Within the same month, Sarah Palin used the same term, warning that America's debt is putting the country on a path to communism.

Tim Tebow Cut: Jets Release Quarterback After One Season In New York

             Tim Tebow #15 of the New York Jets runs off the field after a game against the San Diego Chargers at MetLife Stadium on December 23, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Tim Tebow's time with the New York Jets has expired, as first reported by Brian Costello of the New York Post.
The polarizing 25-year-old has been released just days after the Jets drafted quarterback Geno Smith in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Tebow's turbulent Jets career began with a large press conference but never truly got off the ground. Tebow attempted just eight passes while paired with New York's other embattled quarterback, Mark Sanchez.
"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Jets coach Rex Ryan said in a statement released on the team's website. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this offseason. We wish him the best moving forward."
Albert Breer of NFL.com reports that Tebow learned of his release on Monday morning at the team's facilities. 

Cincinnati School Shooting: La Salle High School Student Shoots Self Inside Classroom

Authorities in Ohio responded to reports that a student pulled a gun and shot himself inside a classroom Monday morning, 10TV reports.
Administrators placed La Salle High School in Cincinnati on lockdown and all students were escorted to the gymnasium following the incident, according to WKRC. There is currently no active threat.
The Hamilton County sheriff's office said that the student was rushed to a hospital with a self-inflicted wound, according to the Associated Press.
More from the Associated Press:

By DAN SEWELL CINCINNATI — A student at an all-male parochial high school pulled out a gun in a classroom Monday morning and shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt, police said.
The youth was taken to a hospital, and there appeared to be no threat to other students at La Salle High School, a private school west of Cincinnati that was immediately put on lockdown as a precaution, police said.
At around 8 a.m., "a student produced a gun inside one of the classrooms and shot himself, and we're dealing with that now," Green Township Police Chief Bart West told reporters. School officials said the shooting was during the first class period of the day.
West said the student apparently was trying to kill himself, but he had no other information on why he fired the shot. He said authorities weren't aware of any threats made concerning the school or any other students. Authorities said all other students were safe.
Students, some in tears, gathered in the school gym, and school officials said they were organizing an orderly dismissal as parents came to pick them up.
A school official said counselors were meeting with students, and officials were talking to students to try to learn more about the student who fired the shot.
"We just ask that you pray for him and his family," said Greg Tankersley, La Salle's director of community development. "It's a tragic situation for this young man."
He said the youth was "fighting for his life." A message was left at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center about the student's condition.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese sent additional counselors to the school, he said, and a priest went to the hospital where the student was taken. Tankersley said he wouldn't release other information about the student at this point.
In the aftermath of last year's fatal shootings of three students in Chardon High School in northeast Ohio and December's Sandy Hook Elementary shooting rampage in Connecticut, most schools have taken steps to increase security. In Ohio, that's included taking shooting prevention and response training courses offered by the state attorney general and updating safety procedures with police.
"We always have concerns about school security," West said, but he added that La Salle "did an excellent job" in responding Monday. He said township police had met recently with school officials to review their safety plan.
"We're going to go back and look at everything," Tankersley replied when asked about a gun getting into the school. But he added that Monday's top priority was the condition of the wounded student and the well-being of the others.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review: With New Smartphone, Samsung Wants To Free Your Fingers

Samsung is aiming to free your fingers with the much-hyped release of the Galaxy S4. Like all new smartphones, the Galaxy S4 packs new and improved features. But the one that stands out is an infrared sensor that allows the user to answer calls, control the screen and read long text without ever touching the display. Attempting to change the way we interact with our smartphones is a bold and ambitious move from Samsung. We've spent nearly six years -- to paraphrase the words of the late Steve Jobs -- using the styluses we were born with to answer calls, take pictures and scroll through text and images. But according to Pai-Ling Yin, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, the movement toward a more seamless interaction with technology is the natural progression of innovation. "I would say people are desperate to interact with their phones in a new way," said Yin, part of the Mobile Innovation Group at Sloan. "If you could imagine what would be the easiest way for humans to interact with technology, it would be to use natural human movements." Samsung is betting that natural movements -- like swipes, waves, and head nods -- will be the next great innovation in smartphones. A simple swipe over to the Galaxy S4's screen brings the locked phone to life, showing the time, date, missed calls, messages and remaining battery life without you touching it. Swiping from left to right allows a user to scroll between pictures, songs or Web pages, and moving a hand up or down scrolls through text. Videos pause when a user looks away from the screen. If your phone rings while driving, a quick wave of the hand will answer the call and automatically set it to speakerphone. Air View, also available (albeit with a stylus) on the Galaxy Note II, Note 10.1 and Note 8.0 devices, allows the user to preview an email, message or photo by hovering a finger over the content. The most striking feature may be Smart Scroll, an updated version of Smart Stay, the technology on the Samsung Galaxy S III and Note II that kept the screen from dimming or turning off while a user looked at it. Smart Scroll uses a camera to detect a user's eyes, allowing her to scroll through Web pages and email with a simple tilt of the head or device. So are we about to retire our thumbs and see buses and subway cars full of commuters nodding their heads up and down as they stare at their smartphones? Not quite. Learning these new features takes some time, and they're far from perfect. An initial setup screen is a helpful guide to the phone's new features, but even after spending a good bit of time reading on the phone, I still hadn't mastered Smart Scroll. The text would sometimes move too quickly and I'd lose my place in the material. Scrolling through a large number of photos is also imperfect. It's slower than using your thumb, and if you don't move far enough away from the sensor at the top of the phone, the phone will think you're scrolling the other way and you'll end up with the previous photo. And for now, most of these features are only available in a handful of apps; Smart Scroll, for example, works in the default browser, but not in Chrome. But Yin said Samsung shouldn't be concerned if users don't flock to the new features right away. "Adoption, as with many new technologies, tends to be slow at first and then speed up," Yin said. "Early adopters who are more favorable to Samsung will help them work out the kinks." Samsung is one of a growing number of companies developing technology that aims to liberate us from using our hands to operate our devices. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, infamously called "rubbing a featureless piece of glass" on a smartphone "emasculating." Glass, the wearable technology from Google that will be released next year, aims to free people from their smartphones by providing a heads-up display and camera mounted on glasses. In March, The Verge reported that LG and Samsung are engaged in a patent battle over the technology used in Smart Pause. Even Facebook Home, the new "apperating system" that Facebook released two weeks ago, aims to make the tasks of Liking, commenting and sharing easier. Samsung is making gains into Apple's consistent lead in the U.S. smartphone market. In August, before the iPhone 5 came out, Samsung handsets outsold the iPhone for the first time ever. According to Comscore, Apple still controls nearly 39 percent of the American smartphone market, and Samsung trails with a 21.3 percent share. But if there was ever a time for Samsung to continue to bite into Apple, it would be now. In an earnings call on Tuesday, Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, suggested that the company does not plan to release a new product until the fall. The Galaxy S4 goes on sale this week and will be available on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile and as well as on Cricket, C Spire and U.S. Cellular, according to the Associated Press. Prices will range from $150 to $250, depending on the contract. Samsung has already succeed in introducing innovative technology that takes us beyond how we interact with our devices today. But it remains to be seen whether the technology will see widespread adoption.

Courtney Jarrell, Utah Teacher, Accused In Rape Of Female High School Student

A former math teacher and girls' basketball coach at a Utah high school has been arrested on charges of raping a 17-year-old female student.

Courtney Jarrell, 22, resigned from Riverton High School on Friday after being charged with two felonies, object rape and forcible sexual abuse.

According to charging documents obtained by the Deseret News, Jarrell had "illegal sexual activity" with the student at her home between February and March of this year.

Students at the high school told NBC affiliate KSL that they were shocked by the allegations, since Jarrell, who taught math at Riverton for eight months, was well liked. It was her first teaching job.

"Everybody loved her," Kathryn Orchard, a student at the school, told the station. "My parents, even, were way shocked because my parents loved her, too. They thought she was a great teacher."

Sandy Riesgraf, a spokeswoman for the school district, told KSL that Jarrell had been placed on administrative leave last month after allegations surfaced.

According to Fox Salt Lake City, Jarrell was an honors student and played softball for Utah Valley University. Parents told the station that the sophomore girls basketball team Jarrett coached had just won a championship.

Jarrell's attorney indicated she would enter a not guilty plea for all charges. A court date has been set for May 16. According to CBS News, Jarrell could face five years to life in prison if convicted.

Tavon White, Leader Of Black Guerilla Family Prison Gang, Accused Of Impregnating 4 Female Guards

BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors say 13 female correctional officers, seven inmates and five others with gang ties have been charged with plotting to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other contraband into the Baltimore jail and other corrections facilities.
An indictment unsealed Tuesday said the ring also involved sex between inmates and guards that led to four of the officers becoming pregnant by Tavon White, leader of a jailhouse gang called the Black Guerrilla Family. He is held at the Baltimore City Detention Center, awaiting trial on a charge of attempted murder.
The indictment claims the gang ran the scheme from inside the detention center and charges gang members and corrections officers with conspiracy, drug possession and distribution and money laundering.
A telephone call seeking comment from White's attorney was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Cornelius German Killed: Teen Fatally Shot Blocks From Obama's Chicago Home

CHICAGO -- Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a backyard about four blocks from President Barack Obama's home on the city's South Side.

Cornelius German had been shot in the back and was found unresponsive at about 9:40 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of E. 50th Place.

Police Department spokesman John Mirabelli says German was a gang member but that the motive for the shooting was not yet certain.

German was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after he was found.

Obama's home is just blocks away in the Kenwood neighborhood.

Mirabelli says no one is in custody as of Tuesday morning.

Dwayne Johnson Surgery: The Rock Underwent Emergency Hernia Surgery

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson underwent abdominal surgery Monday after sustaining injuries from a wrestling match earlier this month. The "Pain & Gain" movie star suffered a torn abdomen and abductor muscles, he said, from an April 7 match against WWE Champion John Cena, who was defending his title.

The 40-year-old star announced the news on his Twitter page Sunday:

"Saw my Dr who had to push my intenseness back thru the tear in my abdomen. Kinda romantic. Surgery is next week. #BringItOn," he wrote.

Johnson's rep confirmed to E! News that the star had undergone an emergency hernia operation last night that caused him to miss the Los Angeles premiere of his new film. Director Michael Bay also wished him well from the red carpet: "Dwayne's hurt tonight. He was pushing it too hard. [He] needs to grow up and stop wrestling 300-pound men."

Monrovia Brush Fire Forces Evacuation Of 200 Homes

MONROVIA, Calif. -- Authorities lifted evacuation orders for some residents Saturday night as firefighters made advances on a brush fire in foothills east of Los Angeles, officials said.

About 200 homes were forced to evacuate earlier in the day after the blaze erupted in the San Gabriel Mountains, authorities said.

The fire was sparked by equipment used by a gardener working the backyard, said Jennifer McLain, a city spokeswoman. Flames spread to the hillside behind the residence, scorching about 175 acres and sending a huge smoke cloud that could be seen across the San Gabriel Valley.

The fire did not threaten homes, but authorities ordered evacuations as a precaution. They began lifting evacuation orders late Saturday after firefighters contained 50 percent of the blaze, and winds subsided.

Full containment was expected Sunday.

Fire Chief Chris Donovan said dry, thick brush on steep terrain made the fire difficult to contain.

More than 200 firefighters, aided by water-dropping helicopters and an air tanker, were battling the blaze.

One firefighter suffered a heat-related injury.

As the Monrovia fire burned, a four-acre brush fire ignited across town near Interstate 405, forcing the closure of southbound lanes for at least an hour and causing traffic to back up for miles. That fire has been contained

Midwest Floods: Forecasted Rain, Snow Could Lead To More Flooding

GRAFTON, Ill. -- The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over.

The river was at or near crest at several places Sunday between the Quad Cities and near St. Louis. Some towns in the approximate 100-mile stretch of river from Quincy, Ill., to Grafton, Ill., reached 10-12 feet above flood stage.

The good news was that most businesses and homes were high and dry, though hundreds of acres of farmland were under water, bridges were closed at Quincy and Louisiana, Mo., and countless roads were shutdown.

But river towns aren't yet in the clear: An inch or more of rain is in the forecast as well as continuing accumulation of snow to the north, especially in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Flood watchers along both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers know that once that snow – record levels in some cases – melts, a lot of it ends up in the big rivers.

The current flooding is bad enough. In scenic Grafton, a small tourist town 40 miles north of St. Louis, floodwater 3 inches deep seeped into the basement of Pam and Dennis Bick's home where they've lived for four decades.

"We have time to figure out what to do, where we would go and where we would put everything," Pam Bick, 57, said. "I don't want it to come up any more. But I can't stop it."

Rain last week started the whole mess, causing the Mississippi and many other rivers to surge in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Flooding has now been blamed in three deaths – two at the same spot in Indiana and one in Missouri. In all three cases, vehicles were swept off the road in flash floods.

Spots south of St. Louis aren't expected to crest until late this week, and significant flooding is possible in places like Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Cairo, Ill.

Adding to concern is the forecast. National Weather Service meteorologist Julie Phillipson said an inch of rain is likely in many places Monday night into Tuesday, some places could receive more than that."That's not what we want to see when we have this kind of flooding, that's for sure," Phillipson said.

In La Grange, Mo., sandbags were holding back the murky Mississippi River water at City Hall, a bank and a handful of threatened homes, and the water was dropping. This flood was little more than an inconvenience, Lewis County emergency management director David Keith said.

"What we're worried about now is all that snow melt in North and South Dakota and Minnesota,"Keith said, referencing the state's mounds of April snow.

Forecasters said up to 6 inches of new snow were possible in the Black Hills area of South Dakota through Monday morning. But AccuWeather meteorologist Alan Reppert said it may stay cold long enough to the north to make for a gradual melt. Of greater concern, he said, is the Red River in North Dakota, which could see significant flooding in the coming weeks.

By Sunday, sandbagging had all but stopped in Clarksville, Mo., evidence of the confidence in the makeshift sandbag levee hurriedly erected to protect downtown. The river Sunday was about 10 feet above flood stage and expected to rise another foot before cresting Monday.

"We believe we'll have a successful conclusion," said Jo Anne Smiley, longtime mayor of the 442-resident hamlet.

In Grand Rapids, Mich., Mayor George Heartwell declared a state of emergency as the flooding Grand River poured into the basements of several hotels and other downtown buildings.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn declared at least 41 counties disaster areas from flooding. The Fox River in northern Illinois reached record levels, and several records were possible along the Illinois River.

Indiana officials were still determining if flooded communities like Kokomo, Tipton and Elwood will be eligible for disaster aid.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev Injuries: Doctor Says Dead Bombing Suspect Had Wounds 'Head To Toe'

BOSTON — A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital.

Dr. David Schoenfeld said 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was unconscious and had so many penetrating wounds when he arrived at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center early Friday that it isn't clear which ones killed him, and a medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death.

The second bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was in serious condition at the same hospital after his capture Friday night. The FBI has not allowed hospital officials to say any more about his wounds or condition.

Schoenfeld lives in the Boston suburb of Watertown and heard explosions from the shootout between the two brothers and police early Friday. He called the hospital to alert staff they likely would be getting injured people, then rushed in to coordinate preparations.

"We had three or four trauma teams in different rooms set up and ready," unsure of whether they would be treating a bombing suspect, injured police or bystanders, Schoenfeld said.

The older Tsarnaev's clothes had been cut off by emergency responders at the scene, so if he had been wearing a vest with explosives, he wasn't by the time he arrived at the hospital, the doctor said.

"From head to toe, every region of his body had injuries," he said. "His legs and arms were intact – he wasn't blown into a million pieces" – but he lost a pulse and was in cardiac arrest, meaning his heart and circulation had stopped, so CPR, or cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, was started.

Schoenfeld did not address police's assertion that Tsarnaev was run over by a car driven by his brother as he fled the gunfire.

The doctor said he couldn't discuss specific treatments in the case except to say what is usually done in such circumstances, including putting a needle in the chest to relieve pressure that can damage blood vessels, and cutting open the chest and using rib-spreaders to let doctors drain blood in the sac around the heart that can put pressure on the heart and keep it from beating.

fter 15 minutes of unsuccessful treatment, doctors pronounced him dead."Once you've done all of those things ... if they don't respond there's really nothing you can do. You've exhausted the playbook," he said.

"We did everything we could" to try to save his life, Schoenfeld said.

How did the medical team react to treating the bombing suspect?

"There was some discussion in the emergency room about who it was. That discussion ended pretty quickly," Schoenfeld said. "It really doesn't matter who the person is. We're going to treat them as best we can."

Boston Bombing Suspect Under FBI Surveillance For At Least 3 Years, Mother Says

* Mother says she believes sons were framed

* Tells Russian interviewer FBI was monitoring older son

* Both parents says Internet use was monitored (Adds father, details from mother)

By Timothy Heritage

MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - One of the two ethnic Chechens suspected by U.S. officials of being behind the Boston Marathon bombings had been under FBI surveillance for at least three years, his mother said.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told the English-language Russia Today state television station in a phone interview, a recording of which was obtained by Reuters, that she believed her sons were innocent and had been framed.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shootout with police and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar was captured after a day-long manhunt.

"He (Tamerlan) was 'controlled' by the FBI, like, for three to five years," she said, speaking in English and using the direct English translation of a word in Russian that means monitored.

"They knew what my son was doing, they knew what sites on the Internet he was going to," she said in what Russia Today described as a call from Makhachkala, where she lives in Russia's Dagestan region after returning from the United States.

Tsarnaeva echoed the boys' father, Anzor, who said on Friday that he believed they had been framed. Both suggested in separate interviews that the FBI had made no secret of the fact that at least one of the brothers was being watched.

"I do not believe that my sons could have planned and organised the terrorist act, because they knew U.S. national security services were keeping an eye on them," Anzor Tsarnaev told Russia's Channel One television.

"They (the security services) said 'We know what you eat, what you read on the Internet'," he said, without making clear how the security officers had made contact.

In her interview with Russia Today, Tsarnaeva suggested FBI officers had visited her home when she still lived in the United States and told her that Tamerlan "was really an extremist leader and that they were afraid of him."

"It is really, really a hard thing to hear. And being a mother, what I can say is that I am really sure, I am, like, 100 percent sure, that this is a set-up," she said.

She did not say whether the FBI had started to take an interest in Tamerlan although she also referred to the security services' interest in what Internet sites he visited.

U.S. government officials have said the brothers were not under surveillance as possible militants.

But the FBI said in a statement on Friday that in 2011 it interviewed Tamerlan at the request of a foreign government, which it did not identify.

It said the matter was closed because interviews with Tamerlan and family members "did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign".

The FBI statement was the first evidence that the family had come to security officials' attention after they emigrated to the United States from Dagestan about a decade ago.