California: Condor hatched in wild found dead

The first California condor to hatch in the wild in nearly two decades has been found dead.

The 6-month-old chick was found Friday on a remote ledge deep in the Los Padres National Forest. The bird’s father, missing for almost three weeks, is also believed to be dead, wildlife officials said.

The chick’s hatching at the Sespe Condor Sanctuary north of Fillmore was considered a milestone in the condor breeding program, which boosted the endangered bird’s numbers from 15 to almost 200 over the past two decades.

Bruce Palmer, coordinator of the condor project for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said an investigation will be done to review program practices and determine if the bird was malnourished or suffered from lead poisoning.

New York: Museum of Sex opens

The Museum of Sex didn’t exactly open with a bang Saturday but scored a modest turnout that satisfied organizers.

“We sold over 100 tickets by 11 a.m. on a Saturday morning,” said museum spokeswoman Wendy Jo Martling. “That’s more than we expected.”

After a week’s delay because they just weren’t ready the museum staff made good on its 9 a.m. CDT debut.

The museum consists of three galleries on two floors. The current exhibit examines “How New York City Transformed Sex in America,” and though it contains little that is shocking, it does feature pornographic videos and graphic photos and illustrations. You must be 18 to be admitted, and the price is $17.

Denver: Juvenile records show teen gunman’s threats

A year before the Columbine High School massacre, teen-age gunman Eric Harris told his probation officer he suffered from homicidal and suicidal thoughts, the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday.

The newspaper said the teen’s admissions led his Jefferson County probation officer to put him in an anger management class.

“Eric said he has problems with anxiety and allows his anger to build up until he explodes,” a counselor wrote, adding that Harris said he “punches walls” and has “thoughts about suicide.” Harris also indicated on a form asking about his emotions that he sometimes felt homicidal.

Critics of Jefferson County authorities have said the teen killers gave ample warning of their potential for violence, and the April 20, 1999, killings could have been prevented.

Randy and Judy Brown had filed a report with the Jefferson County sheriff’s office in March 1998 alleging Harris had threatened to kill their son, Brooks, and had written of pipe bombs and mass murder on the Internet. The report was investigated but no action was taken.

Pennsylvania: Searchers find wreckage of missing plane

Search crews found the wreckage Saturday of a twin-engine private plane that crashed two days earlier near the Allegheny National Forest, killing the pilot.

A woman walking her dog Saturday afternoon noticed several large trees snapped beside a road and flagged down search crews. Only the pilot, identified as Paul Keverline, a Bradford ophthalmologist, was aboard, officials said.

A Federal Aviation Administration control tower in Cleveland lost radio and radar contact with the plane at 9:32 p.m. Thursday while it was over northwest Pennsylvania, the McKean County Emergency Management Agency said.

The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating.