AP - Olympic gold medalist Jim Shea, Jr., who won hearts in 2002 with his victory in the skeleton shortly after his grandfather's death, has withdrawn his candidacy for the Utah Legislature.

AP - Former Cincinnati assistant Mick Cronin took over the Bearcats' program Thursday night, shortly after the team's 65-62 loss to South Carolina in the NIT quarterfinals and on the same day that former coach Bob Huggins landed a job.

The pilot of a twin-engine plane reported trouble shortly after takeoff and had decided to return to the airport, an official in Branson, Missouri, said. But the plane went down in a huge fireball near the center of the popular resort town, killing all four aboard the aircraft. Terry Ware, an employee of a plumbing company near the crash, said she hurried to the scene but could not get near the plane because of the intense fire. "You could hear the people screaming," she said.

The pilot of a twin-engine plane reported trouble shortly after takeoff and had decided to return to the airport, an official in Branson, Missouri, said. But the plane went down in a huge fireball near the center of the popular resort town, killing all four aboard the aircraft. Terry Ware, an employee of a plumbing company near the crash, said she hurried to the scene but could not get near the plane because of the intense fire. "You could hear the people screaming," she said.

The pilot of a twin-engine plane reported trouble shortly after takeoff and had decided to return to the airport, an official in Branson, Missouri, said. But the plane went down in a huge fireball near the center of popular resort town, killing all four aboard the aircraft. Terry Ware, an employee of a plumbing company near the crash, said she hurried to the scene but could not get near the plane because of the intense fire. "You could hear the people screaming," she said.