Pat Summerall Passes Away at Age 82

Focus on Sport/Getty Images(DALLAS) -- Former Fox and CBS NFL announcer Pat Summerall passed away on Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to his wife Cheri. He was 82 years old.

Summerall played in the NFL from 1952 through 1961, suiting up for the Detroit Lions, the Chicago Cardinals and the New York Giants. As a placekicker, he converted 100 of 212 field goals in 109 career games.

Following retirement, he joined CBS in the mid-1960s, taking part in NFL, NBA, PGA Tour and tennis broadcasts. In 1981, he was paired with former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden, forming one of the most popular tandems in sports broadcasting history.

The duo joined Fox in 1994 after CBS lost the rights to broadcast NFL games. They continued calling games together until Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.

During his broadcast career, Summerall called more Super Bowls on TV, 16, than any other broadcaster. He was also known for lending his voice to the Masters golf tournament and tennis' U.S. Open.

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Navy SEAL Killed in Freefall Training Was Member of Seal Team Six

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Eric S. Logsdon(WASHINGTON) --The Navy SEAL killed in a parachute training accident was identified in a Navy press release Saturday morning.

Navy officials identified the deceased as Brett "Shady" Shadle, 31. Shadle had been a member of SEAL Team Six, the most elite of the SEAL teams and the one tasked with the historic May 2011 raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Shadle was "one of the best," a former colleague in the elite unit told ABC News.

"Both tactically on the battlefield and at home, he was one of the best SEALs I've ever worked with," said an ex-SEAL Team Six member who served with Shadle for years. "His reputation was that of a great operator, a true friend and a nice guy."

Shadle, a 31-year-old Pennsylvania native, was one of two SEAL Team Six members involved in a serious accident during routine freefall training in Arizona Thursday. Both SEALs were taken to a nearby hospital where Shadle succumbed to his injuries, according to officials. The other SEAL is in stable condition, the Navy said.

"[Shadle] should be remembered as a hero, a father, a friend and an American," Shadle's former SEAL colleague said. "He sacrificed everything for his country."

The second SEAL, who was not identified, remained in stable condition according to the Navy press release. The accident is under further investigation.

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Skydive Instructor, Student Killed in Florida Jump

ABC News(ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.) -- Police are investigating how an experienced sky diving instructor and his student fell more than 13,000 feet to their deaths and did not deploy their main parachutes at a popular southwest Florida camp.

Pasco County sheriff’s authorities identified the victims as 41-year-old instructor Orvar Arnarson and 25-year-old student Andrimar Pordarson. The men were part of a group from Iceland, training and vacationing at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Fla., on Saturday.

T.K. Hayes, general manager and president of Skydive City, said it appears Arnarson and Pordarson didn’t activate their main parachutes.

“There’s a multitude of scenarios. They lost track of altitude, weren’t paying attention for whatever reason if they were distracted, most likely by something else going on. Who knows,” Hayes said Sunday.

Both men had backup automatic activation devices, which deploy if the main parachutes are not opened in time. The backup chutes, the company says, did not fully inflate before they hit the ground.

The two men had successfully completed two other jumps Saturday morning with 20 other people. The men jumped separately, not in tandem. When Arnarson and Pordarson did not return from their third jump, Pasco County sheriff’s department launched a search to look for the two skydivers.

Following a nine-hour search, the pair were finally located in a wooded area near Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, about a mile away from where they were supposed to land.

Authorities hope a camera worn by one of the men may give them some clues into what happened during the jump.

“We’re reviewing the tape. We’re reviewing anything that may have been said, on the camera,” Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.

Last year across the U.S., 19 skydivers died out of 3.1 million jumps, according to the United States Parachute Association.

Arnarson was a seasoned veteran of the dare-devilish sport, who reportedly had thousands of successful jumps under his belt. For Pordarson, this was his eighth jump.

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Aaron Swartz' Death Fuels MIT Probe, White House Petition

Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal probe of the events leading up to the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal charges for allegedly hacking into the school's journal archives.

"It pains me to think that MIT played any role in a series of events that have ended in tragedy," MIT President L. Rafael Reif said in a statement.  "Now is a time for everyone involved to reflect on their actions, and that includes all of us at MIT."

Swartz' legal troubles began two years ago when prosecutors said he illegally downloaded millions of scientific journals from MIT and JSTOR, a journal storage repository.  Swartz, 26, had been an advocate for open access and the freedom of information online.

He was due to stand trial in April, and if convicted, could have faced decades in prison and millions of dollars in fines.  Swartz had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Hal Abelson, a professor at MIT, who is also the founding director of both Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation, has been tapped to lead the school's internal probe.

"I have asked that this analysis describe the options MIT had and the decisions MIT made, in order to understand and to learn from the actions MIT took," Reif said.

Furor over Swartz' death has reached the White House in the form of a petition asking for the removal of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz who pressed the case against Swartz.  The petition has been signed by nearly 12,000 people and needs 25,000 signatures by Feb. 11 to garner an official response from the White House.

Swartz's family and supporters have laid blame for his death on an aggressive prosecution that used its powers to "hound him into a position where he was facing a ruinous trial, life in prison."

"Aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy.  It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach," Swartz' family and partner said in a statement that also had harsh words for MIT.

"Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office and at MIT contributed to his death," the statement said.

JSTOR, which had stated it did not want to pursue charges against Swartz, posted a statement offering condolences to his family.

"He was a truly gifted person who made important contributions to the development of the internet and the web from which we all benefit," JSTOR said in a statement.  "The case is one that we ourselves had regretted being drawn into from the outset."

When Swartz was 14, he helped create RSS software, revolutionizing the way people subscribed to and consumed information online.

As an adult, he co-founded Reddit, a social news website, and railed against Internet censorship through the political action group Demand Progress.

His funeral is scheduled for Tuesday, in Highland Park, Ill., his family said, and they said that remembrances of Swartz and donations in his name could be made at rememberaaronsw.com.

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Georgia Official's Mysterious Death Rattles St. Simons Island

GlynnCounty.org(NEW YORK) -- A tight-knit, one-road Georgia island has been rocked by the mysterious death of a town official who was known as a family man and church leader.

The body of Tom Sublett, 52, was found floating in a marina less than a mile from his home on the picturesque St. Simons Island on Dec. 11.  He was found with his hands bound in front of him and with a gunshot wound to the head.  An autopsy concluded he died by drowning, authorities said.

His silver Toyota was about 150 yards away.  Sublett's wife Carol had reported him missing the night before when he didn't come home from a regular poker game.

"This is a small community that basically has one road on and off the island and only one road that goes the full length of the island," a longtime friend, Cap Fendig, told ABC News.  "It's a shocking event.  Crime, certainly violent crime, is almost totally unheard of."

Sublett was the Glynn County Commissioner and was serving the final month of his four-year term when he died.

The Glynn County Police Department released a list of evidence that was found at the death scene, including blood samples, a laptop, a gun holster, magazine rounds and empty prescription bottles.  There is no gun on the evidence list and authorities will not comment on whether a weapon has been found.

Fendig, 58, is a life-long resident of the island and said he had been friends with Sublett for many years.  Fendig served as county commissioner for eight years.

"I was quite shocked and very upset at the loss of a friend and the possibility that he was murdered," Fendig said.  "He was a nice guy, a good leader, open-minded, a strong leader in the church, had a big family and long community ties.  It's just not the norm."

Fendig said he last communicated with Sublett about a week before his death.  He emailed him to thank him for his service as county commissioner and said they should go fishing once his term was up.  He said Sublett replied that he looked forward to doing that.

Fendig's brother, also a close friend of Sublett's, saw him the day of his death.  The two men pulled up beside each other at a stop light, waved and then chatted on the phone for a few minutes.

Fendig's brother said there was "no indication" from that conversation that anything was wrong or unusual with Sublett.

The case has been classified a "death investigation," according to spokesman John Bankhead of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).  The GBI is leading the investigation.

Despite a $50,000 reward offered for information in the town, Bankhead said that "very little, if any, information" has come in.

Police have been tight-lipped about the case, leading many on the island of about 18,000 people to speculate.

"They have not [said much] and that leaves more to the imagination," Fendig said.

Fendig said unsubstantiated rumors are circulating about possible financial troubles, an insurance policy, real estate problems and family issues.  There has also been speculation in the community about whether the death was a murder or a suicide.  The Sublett family did not respond to a request for comment.

"People are clear that this wasn't an impulsive or random act of violence.  It either was self-inflicted or a professional hit," Fendig said, based on the amount of evidence at the scene.

"It's left the community very unsettled," he said.  "He was an elected official, a leader in his church and, on the surface, a strong family guy.  It's very disconcerting for everyone."

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NYC Subway Push Killing: Suspect in Custody

Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- After a two-day search, New York City police say they have apprehended a suspect in Thursday night's subway-platform death.

"Detectives have in custody a woman who has made statements implicating herself in the death of Sunando Sen in the 108th [Precinct] on Thursday night," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne announced in a written statement on Saturday.

On Thursday night, a woman shoved a man from a subway platform at Queens Boulevard, and the man was crushed beneath an oncoming train. Police had searched the area for her after the incident.

The victim was Sunando Sen, identified by several media outlets as a graphic designer and Indian immigrant who opened a print shop, Amsterdam Copy, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Sen was struck by the No. 7 train after the unidentified woman allegedly pushed him from the northbound platform at 40th Street and Queens Boulevard at 8:04 p.m. on Thursday.

Witnesses told police they had seen the woman mumbling to herself, pacing along the platform. She gave Sen little time to react, witnesses said.

"Witnesses said she was walking back and forth on the platform, talking to herself, before taking a seat alone on a wooden bench near the north end of the platform. When the train pulled into the station, the suspect rose from the bench and pushed the man, who was standing with his back to her, onto the tracks into the path of the train," Browne said. "The victim appeared not to notice her, according to witnesses."

Police released brief surveillance video of the woman fleeing the subway station, and described the suspect as a woman in her 20s, "heavy set, approximately 5'5" with brown or blond hair."

It was New York's second death of this kind in less than a month. On Dec. 3, 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han of Queens was shoved onto the tracks at New York's Times Square subway station. Two days later, police took 30-year-old Naeem Davis into custody.

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Memorial Held for Slain Wisconsin Police Officer

Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) -- Police officers and others across southeast Wisconsin are paying their respects this Saturday to Officer Jennifer Sebena.

The 30-year-old was found dead of multiple gunshots earlier this week as she patrolled the streets of Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee.

Sebena's husband has been charged with her death.

Associate Pastor Steve Sonderman eulogized Sebena as one whose life dream was to become a police officer and said, “Her life was about protection, service, sacrifice and investing in others.”

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Dallas Cowboys Player Kills Teammate in DWI Accident

Irving Police Department(DALLAS) -- Josh Price-Brent, a 24-year-old defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, is charged with intoxication manslaughter after a single-vehicle accident that killed 25-year-old line backer Jerry Brown Jr., according to the Irving Police Department.

Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident occurred around 2:21 a.m. on Saturday in the Dallas suburb, and Price-Brent was speeding when the vehicle hit a curb and flipped over.

Officers arrived on the scene and identified Price-Brent as the driver. The passenger, Brown Jr., was transported to a local hospital and was later pronounced deceased.

Police believe Price-Brent may have been intoxicated after giving him a sobriety test and are testing Price-Brent's blood samples for confirmation.

Price-Brent is being held at Irving City Jail.

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Toddler's Death Points to Other Killings

Hemera/Thinkstock(MANASSAS, Va.) -- Police investigating a Virginia man in connection to the death of his 15-month-old son are also looking to see whether he played a role in the mysterious deaths of two other people: his mother and an ex-girlfriend.

Joaquin Rams, 40, became the focus of a Manassas Police Department investigation last month when his son, Prince McLeod Rams, died during a three-hour unsupervised visit.

Police have called it a "suspicious death" while they await the results of a medical examiner's report.

Rams has not been charged.

That case remains an "active and open investigation," police spokesman Lowell Nevill said, but it prompted cops to look into the 2008 suicide of Rams' mother and the 2003 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend.

Rams has not been named a suspect in any of the three deaths, but Prince's mother believed the man was dangerous, requesting last year that a Maryland judge order his visits supervised. The judge denied the request.

McLeod, an intelligence analyst and former contestant on the CBS reality-TV show The Amazing Race, ended her engagement with Rams about two weeks after their son was born.

She mentioned the women's deaths at a custody hearing, but a judge dismissed the concerns, calling them, "smoke that's been blown that I can see through," according to court documents.

Police have not formally re-opened an investigation into the death of Rams' mother, Alma Collins, whose death was ruled a suicide in 2008. Rams, however, remains a suspect in the still-unsolved 2003 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend Shawn K. Mason.

Rams did not respond to email and phone requests for comment.

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Florida Dive-Boat Mishap Leaves Woman Dead

ABC(MIAMI) -- A vacationing dive-boat passenger died after a rogue wave capsized a catamaran Thursday, tossing 21 passengers and two crew members into the ocean off the coast of Pompano Beach, Fla.

The 45-foot boat capsized Thanksgiving Day afternoon as it approached Hillsboro Inlet when, witnesses say, a large wave came out of nowhere and flipped the boat over. Passengers managed to climb out of the water and onto the overturned hull until help arrived.

But Nina Poppelsdorf, 54, died after being pinned underneath the capsized catamaran, investigators said.

Three other passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries and later released, ABC News affiliate WPLG-TV reported.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue was notified around 1 p.m. about the incident when the Coral Princess was hit by a rough wave after a Thanksgiving Day dive trip. First responders arrived on the scene in minutes where they found the catamaran "in pieces, upside down in the water," agency spokeswoman Sandra King said.

As beach goers called 911, nearby boaters raced toward the accident, pulling people onto wave runners and rescue boats.

"Chaos. Just people in the water. Just unbelievable," one eyewitness said.

Surviving passengers began gathering on the beach to make sure everyone was accounted for.

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"We kept hearing back and forth, just trying to get a head count on everybody, and they were missing one," eyewitness Greg Oars said.

King of fire rescue said, "During the rescue, it got pretty dicey and scary because we were told there were more people. There may be people missing."

Divers pulled Poppelsdorf out of the water and began to perform CPR. Poppelsdorf, who was visiting South Florida from New Mexico with her nephew, was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to WPLG. The Broward County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of her death.

Investigators worked through the night to question the survivors about what happened in the moments before the wave hit the catamaran.

"[The] wave caught it from behind and it flipped as [the captain] was coming in the harbor," an unidentified passenger told ABC News. "He was trying to time it. He didn't time it right and then it just flipped."

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident but they say the catamaran did not appear to be over capacity.

"Right now, it looks like this is a tragic accident," Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella said. "What started out as a gorgeous day on the water for 23 people ended in tragedy."

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