3 NATO Troops Killed in Attack

The carnage in Afghanistan continued unabated on a major Muslim holiday on Sunday, as attackers killed two pairs of brothers with links to the government and three NATO service members.

The targeted killings are part of a spate of similar attacks on those associated with the government, further complicating efforts by international forces in country to hand over security responsibility to Afghans as foreign combat troops withdraw.

In the first attack, a bomb hidden in a cemetery in the southern province of Helmand killed a police chief and his brother who were visiting a family grave for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Seven of the men's family members were wounded in the early-morning blast in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, said Helmand Deputy Police Chief Ghulam Rabbani.

No one immediately claimed responsibility, but the attack was consistent with the Taliban's strategy to target authorities and others who align themselves with the government or international forces.

The two men were brothers of a lawmaker for Helmand province, Abdulwadood Popal, who was not at the cemetery at the time of the blast. The family was visiting the grave after morning prayers for the holiday, which ends the month-long Ramadan fasting period.

Then in Farah province in the west, gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on the car of an intelligence service official as he was driving home from a family visit, killing him and his brother who worked for the customs service.

Another relative was wounded, provincial deputy police chief Ghulam Ghows Malyar added.

Meanwhile in the east, NATO forces said that three international service members were killed in a bomb attack, without providing further details. At least 41 international troops have been killed so far this month in Afghanistan.

In a speech marking the holiday, President Hamid Karzai condemned the repeated insurgent attacks that took place during Ramadan.

"The enemies of Muslims ... during the holy month of Ramadan treated the nation of Afghanistan cruelly: bombs, explosions in mosques, suicide attacks in mosques," Karzai said.

If the Taliban were not responsible for such attacks, he said, they must disavow them.

"If you are not behind this, it is being done in your name. As Muslims, as Afghans, raise your voice and say that you did not do it," he appealed.

In a message ahead of Eid al-Fitr, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar instructed his fighters once again to avoid killing or wounding Afghan civilians.

"Employ tactics that do not cause harm to the life and property of the common countrymen," he said in an eight-page message released to news organizations last week. The Taliban have said previously, however, that they do not consider those who collaborate with the government to be civilians.

Targeted killings of Afghan civilians have surged this year, according to the United Nations. Civilian deaths from targeted killings and assassinations jumped 34 percent for the first six months of 2012 to 255 killed, from 190 in 2011, the U.N. said in a report issued earlier this month.

The U.N. report said 1,145 civilians were killed and 1,954 injured during the first half of the year, most of them by militants.

Also on Sunday, officials said that an airstrike by coalition forces in the northeast killed a large group of Taliban fighters and a local insurgent leader. At least two dozen insurgents were killed in the attack in Kunar province, said NATO forces spokesman Maj. Martyn Crighton.

Kunar Gov. Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi said the strike killed as many as 50 insurgents who had massed in a remote area of the province. He said it was not clear why they had gathered.

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Shah reported from Kabul, Afghanistan.

John Lennon's Killer Up for Parole

John Lennon's killer is up for parole this week for a seventh time and could have a hearing as early as Tuesday, officials said.

Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life for gunning down the Beatle outside of his Manhattan apartment complex on Dec. 8, 1980.

A decision regarding his release could come as soon as Thursday or Friday, according to the New York Department of Corrections.

At Chapman's last parole hearing in September 2010, he told the board that there were other names on his list of potential targets, including Johnny Carson and Elizabeth Taylor and two others he could not recall.

"I was going through that in my mind the other day; I knew you would ask that," Chapman told officials during the 2010 hearing. "Johnny Carson was one of them. Elizabeth Taylor. I lose memory of perhaps the other two."

"If it wasn't Lennon, it could have been someone else," he said."

Chapman said he chose the Beatle because he was the most accessible target on his list.

Yoko Ono, the wife of the late musician, said in 2010 that she opposed paroling Chapman and believed he could be a danger to her and her family.

Chapman became eligible for parole on Dec. 4, 2000, according to the New York Department of Corrections.

He is currently being housed at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, N.Y.

Body of Missing California Diver Found

A body that was recovered off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. this weekend has been identified as missing diver Rebecca Weiss.

Recreational divers Saturday found the body of 50 year old Weiss just 200 yards off her favorite beach.

An autopsy is expected to be conducted today.

Weiss, 50, was free diving in a cove near Rancho Palos Verdes on Aug. 11, her husband, Alan Weiss, told police. The experienced diver had gone alone, he said.

After divers, life guards and a Coast Guard helicopter spent four days searching for Weiss but failed to find a body, homicide detectives turned their attention to her husband.

When Rebecca Weiss did not return, Alan Weiss, 60, told detectives he went to search for her in areas where the two would frequently dive.

He told authorities that he found his wife's car in a parking lot and her dive bag on the shore where she presumably entered the water.

Rebecca's mother, Vilma Causey, told ABC News that her daughter is an experienced diver who was swimming in calm waters near a popular beach.

"I was there yesterday because I wanted to see where this happened, and it's in a cove, it's nice water. There's no strong waves or anything like that. It is a very, very busy place, a big hotel and restaurant. It's for tourists and everybody. There are a lot of people. If she was there, somebody would see her," Causey said.

Causey declined to speculate about whether something suspicious happened to her daughter, saying that she would wait for the investigation to be completed. She said that Rebecca and Alan have been together for 25 years, married for more than 18, and that they seemed to be happy.

"I get along with him. They seem to be happy, they were nice to each other," she said. "Maybe they have their own thing, like any married couple. I'm not so involved in that."

Rebecca Weiss, who works as a bookkeeper for one of her husband's business partners, is an avid traveler who spent time in India volunteering at an orphanage, Causey said. Her dream was to open an orphanage in Costa Rica.

"She was a very active person, loves diving, traveling, loves her dog. It was unusual she didn't have her dog with her; she always had the dog with her," Causey said. "She'd say, 'I'm teaching Nellie to surf.'"

West Nile Virus: Signs, Symptoms

Dallas County, Texas, has been hit hard by West Nile, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne infection. This summer health officials have recorded 465 cases and 17 deaths, on pace for the worst year ever for West Nile.

And north Texas isn't the only place reporting a spike in West Nile cases. The United States is experiencing the biggest outbreak in West Nile virus since 2004, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Officials say it's difficult to get accurate numbers on West Nile infections because approximately 80 percent of people with West Nile virus have no idea they have it. Most never develop any symptoms.

According to CDC, up to 20 percent of infected people develop West Nile fever and exhibit mild symptoms including fever, headache, muscle weakness, nausea and vomiting. They might also develop swollen lymph glands and a rash on the chest, back or stomach.

"Most of the time, the symptoms are nonspecific and may last for a few days or a few weeks," Dr. William Shaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, says. "Someone may just feel poorly and never associate it with West Nile."

Only about 1 percent are hit with a more serious form of the infection, West Nile encephalitis, characterized by high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis. Illness may last several weeks, and neurological effects may be permanent.

Shaffner says people 65 and older are at greatest risk for contracting the more serious forms of the illness. Signs and symptoms typically develop between 3 and 14 days after someone is bitten by an infected mosquito.

West Nile Virus has no cure. You can only treat the symptoms and hope it goes away.

The best defense is prevention. The CDC offers the following tips to protect yourself:

Drain standing pools of dirty water that can collect in stagnant ponds, old tires and even empty soda bottles; this is where mosquitoes breed and lay their eggs.

Stay indoors during dawn and dusk hours when mosquitoes are most active.

To protect yourself indoors, make sure door and window screens are tight-fitting and in good repair.

To protect yourself outdoors, wear long sleeves, long pants and socks to cover as much of your body as possible and apply bug repellent.

Cops Release Video in Handcuffed Man's Death

Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas released two dash cam videos in the case of Chavis Carter, a 21-year-old man who died July 29 in police custody. Police initially called his death a suicide. The case has had the city on edge as questions swirl about how someone in police custody could have shot and killed himself in the back of a police car, as authorities said, after they searched him twice, found no gun, and handcuffed him.

In one video, Carter can be seen being restrained and questioned by police officers. In the second video, a man can be heard saying, "He was breathing a second ago." Neither video shows whether Carter shot himself in the head as police contend.

The release of the dash cam video comes after Jonesboro police released a video this week of officers reenacting how someone could commit suicide while restrained in the back of a squad car. Also included in the release were witness statements that backed up the police account.

In a statement Jonesboro police said, "Given the heightened sensitivity regarding this investigation, we felt it important that these witness accounts be made public."

The family of Carter, an African American, and many in the town speculate that Carter may have been killed by police. The two officers who pulled over the vehicle were white. The case has led to a rise of tensions in Jonesboro, with public vigils and an online effort calling for a more thorough investigation of the actions of police on the night of July 29.

Police say Carter was handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car after officers learned there was a warrant for his arrest in Mississippi. Police said that when they first pulled up to the pickup truck in which he was riding, the other two inside gave their identities but Carter identified himself as Laryan Bowman.

But in the dash cam video police released today, Carter can be heard spelling his name. Police say Carter was found with a small amount of marijuana and some small plastic bags commonly used to package drugs in his pocket.

Police say they then put Carter in the back of a police car as they interviewed the other two, both white, who were with him. Although police found drug paraphernalia underneath the seat where one of the two was sitting, both were released. In the video one can see them drive off.

Police said that when they returned to their vehicles to leave with Carter in custody, they saw him slumped over, and found he had shot himself with a gun that he had concealed. The video appears to end before this occurs.

One of the witnesses, Jamie Anderson, told officers she noticed the pickup truck driving around suspiciously and saw when police stopped the vehicle. She said she saw police officers separate Carter from others and 15 minutes after, she heard a loud pop.

Anderson told an officer the police car windows were closed and that the officers "were standing outside of the car when I heard a pop." When asked about news accounts and the belief by some that police killed Carter, Anderson shook her head in disapproval, and said she did not believe that.

Another witness, Jason Parmenter, said he was at a friend's house playing cards when they got a call from Anderson, saying that she saw a white pickup, which had been driving around suspiciously and was parked in front of her house. Parmenter said his friend called police, and he watched as officers arrived on scene and handcuffed the three men in the pickup truck. Later, he said he watched as someone in another car drove up and talked to officers while Chavis was in the police car. He said when that person drove away he later watched officers scurrying back and forth between their cars.

Missing Calif. Diver's Husband Questioned

The husband of a California woman who is believed to have vanished while diving off the Los Angeles coast is now being questioned by homicide detectives after investigators searched for her body for four days and failed to find it.

Rebecca Weiss, 50, was free diving in a cove near Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday, her husband, Alan Weiss, told police. Rebecca, an experienced diver, had gone diving alone, they say he told them.

When she didn't return, Alan, 60, said he went to search for her in areas where the two would frequently dive. He told authorities that he found his wife's car in a parking lot and her dive bag on the shore where she presumably entered the water.

For four days the Coast Guard sent up a helicopter to look for her, while divers and life guards were sent to search for Rebecca.

Rebecca's mother, Vilma Causey, told ABC News today that her daughter is an experienced diver who was swimming in calm waters near a popular beach.

"I was there yesterday because I wanted to see where this happened, and it's in a cove, it's nice water. There's no strong waves or anything like that. It is a very, very busy place, a big hotel and restaurant. It's for tourists and everybody. There are a lot of people. If she was there, somebody would see her," Causey said.

Causey declined to speculate about whether something suspicious happened to her daughter, saying that she would wait for the investigation to be completed. She said that Rebecca and Alan have been together for 25 years, married for more than 18, and that they seemed to be happy.

"I get along with him. They seem to be happy, they were nice to each other," she said. "Maybe they have their own thing, like any married couple. I'm not so involved in that."

Rebecca Weiss, who works as a bookkeeper for one of her husband's business partners, is an avid traveler who spent time in India volunteering at an orphanage, Causey said. Her dream was to open an orphanage in Costa Rica.

"She was a very active person, loves diving, traveling, loves her dog. It was unusual she didn't have her dog with her; she always had the dog with her," Causey said. "She'd say, 'I'm teaching Nellie to surf.'"

Causey, 72, said that her daughter's bag was found at the bottom of the steps leading down a hill to the beach.

"She is a very good diver, a very good swimmer, very healthy to be able to do all this. She has been diving all over different places," Cuasey said. "I just want to find out, bad or good. As a mother I will always say, 'No, she's okay,' but if it doesn't come out like that, at least we'll find out."

Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives are now interviewing Alan Weiss, according to ABC station KABC-TV.

According to Alan Weiss, the last time he saw her was when she drove away from their home in Marina del Rey, California, wearing her wetsuit, The Los Angeles Times reported. On Saturday she drove 23 miles south to Rancho Palos Verdes to dive at one of the couple's favorite diving spots.

Lt. Holly Francisco of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said that Alan Weiss has fully assisted police.

"He's been cooperative with our investigators, as well as the other members of the family," she said. "He was the last person to see her, so he is being interviewed, but he is being cooperative."

Investigators are not certain if Rebecca met anyone on her way to the Rancho Palos Verdes.

Free diving is a form of underwater diving that involves no scuba gear, with divers relying solely on their ability to hold their breath for long periods of time before resurfacing. Though most free divers, like Rebecca Weiss, are experienced swimmers, there inherent risks.

One of them is known as a shallow water blackout, in which a diver loses consciousness at the end of a dive, typically within 15 feet of the surface. Free divers frequently push themselves to their physical limits, and often use weights during their dives.

Rebecca Weiss was described as Asian, 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 115 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information was asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at (323) 890-5500.

Sandusky Prosecutors Reveal Unused Evidence

Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case said they had a "great deal" of "highly incriminating" evidence they never brought up during Sandusky's trial, evidence that could be related to pending criminal charges.

The statements are part of a transcript released Thursday from a closed-door meeting held in June, after Sandusky had been found guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse.

In the meeting, Frank Fina, Pennsylvania's deputy attorney general, said that the state had investigative reports as well as testimony from unnamed victims in the case that were not brought up in trial and should remain secret because of the ongoing investigation.

"We turned over transcripts of other potential victims and transcripts relating to the Penn State University and some of the potential events involving Penn State's connection with this case that I think would be highly sought by the media and that would not be in the best interests, again, of anybody, especially potentially ongoing matters to be disclosed," Fina said, according to the transcript.

The attorney general has not commented on who the ongoing investigation might be targeting.

The meeting was called in June after a recording of Sandusky's son, Matt Sandusky, talking to the Pennsylvania attorney general was leaked to NBC. On the tape, Matt Sandusky told prosecutors that Jerry Sandusky had acted inappropriately with him, a charge that stunned Jerry Sandusky's defense team in the middle of the trial.

Prosecutors, investigators, and Jerry Sandusky's defense attorneys all denied supplying NBC with the recording, and asked the judge to institute an all-encompassing order sealing all of the evidence in the case.

Only three copies of the tape existed, Fina said in the meeting. Two copies were kept by the state, one at the attorney general's office and the other at the Pennsylvania State Police offices. A third recording was given to Sandusky's attorneys, Joseph Amendola and Karl Rominger.

"I know that I received the tape disc from the Commonwealth concerning Matt Sandusky's testimony. I gave that copy to Mr. Rominger to review because there was no transcript," Amendola said in the meeting.

Amendola said he never listened to the recording, made a copy of it, or disseminated it.

"It would have been Wednesday I received it. It's been in my hotel room. It's been in my car. It's still in my car. That's where it's been," Rominger said. "I made no copies of it, and I have no copies of it."

There is now an investigation into who gave the recording to NBC.

Two Penn State officials have already been charged in connection with covering up Sandusky's crimes. Athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president of finance Gary Schultz are charged with lying to a grand jury about their knowledge of Sandusky's crimes and with failure to report suspected child abuse.

Attorneys for both men appeared in court today for pretrial hearings, which include requests by both Curley and Schultz to have the charges against them dismissed. There is no trial date set in the case.

Curley's attorney has told ABC News that his client is very ill with lung cancer.

According to the internal investigation report released by former FBI director Louis Freeh in July, Curley and Schultz, as well as Joe Paterno and former university president Graham Spanier, all knew about two incidences in which Sandusky was showering with boys on Penn State's campus.