1. Hero’s welcome
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III (center), the US Airways pilot who deftly landed a disabled passenger jet in New York’s Hudson River, saving 155 lives, told a cheering crowd of thousands in Danville, Calif., on Saturday that he simply did his job.
2. Sect leader’s mother killed
The mother of infamous Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh was stabbed to death Saturday near Chandler, Texas, and Koresh’s aunt was in custody on a murder charge.
3. Miss Indiana wins
Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America on Saturday night in Las Vegas, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant.
4. Leader condemns U.S.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. operation he says killed 16 Afghan civilians, while hundreds of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration Sunday.
5. Avalanche kills 10
An avalanche slammed into a group of Turkish hikers on a trip to a remote mountain plateau on Sunday, dragging them more than 1,640 feet into a valley and fatally burying 10 at Mt. Zigana.
6. Drug war hits home
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon’s war on drug trafficking has led to his own doorstep, with the arrest of a dozen high-ranking officials with alleged ties to Mexico’s most powerful drug gang, the Sinaloa Cartel.
