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Newsfeed HOUSTON Amassivere- call has brought more attention and put more pressure on a century- old Texas ice cream company that has been searching to discover how its products became linked to a deadly string of listeria cases. Blue Bell Creameries said Tuesday, a day after recalling all its products, that it is getting closer to pinpointing the cause of the contamination. Amid those efforts, the Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention said Tuesday that the number of illnesses linked to the company's products has increased to 10. "As each day passes, we are getting closer and closer to figuring out how this listeria was introduced into our fa- cilities. ... It's a matter of doing the work and not making excuses," said Blue Bell spokesman Joe Robertson. He said con- sumers "are our No. 1 concern." The company said a team of microbiologists it hired is working with federal officials at its four facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama to identify the cause of the listeria. TEXAS BlueBellsaysit's trying to pinpoint listeria cause KANSAS CITY, MO. Pope Francis accepted the resignation Tuesday of a U.S. bishop who was convicted of failing to report a suspected child abuser, answering calls by victims to take ac- tion against bishops who cover up for pedophile priests. Bishop Robert Finn, who led the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph in Missouri for nearly 10 years, resigned un- der canon law that al- lows bishops to resign early for illness or some "grave" reason that makes them unfit for of- fice. But his resignation did not provide a specific reason. Finn, 62, is 13 years shy of the normal retire- ment age of 75. In 2012, Finn was found guilty of one mis- demeanor count of fail- ure to report suspected abuse and was sentenced to two years of proba- tion, making him the highest-ranking church official in the U.S. to be convicted of not tak- ing action in response to abuse allegations. Prosecutors say the di- ocese did not notify po- lice until six months af- ter concerns were raised in 2011 about the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, whose computers were found to contain hundreds of lewd photos of young girls. MISSOURI Pope OKs resignation of bishop who didn't report child abuse BOSTON First, the jury was shown large, vibrant pictures of the four peo- ple killed in the Bos- ton Marathon bombing and its aftermath. Then prosecutors pulled out the photo they saved for last: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev giving the finger to the security camera in his jail cell. "This is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — uncon- cerned, unrepentant and unchanged," federal prosecutor Nadine Pel- legrini told the jury that will decide whether the 21-year-old former col- lege student should be executed. The penalty phase in the Boston Marathon bomber's trial opened in dramatic fashion Tues- day, with prosecutors portraying Tsarnaev as a coldblooded killer and "America's worst night- mare." The government then began trying to drive home the horror of the attack by calling to the stand witnesses who lost legs or loved ones in the April 15, 2013, bombing. MASSACHUSETTS Jury in marathon trial sees photo of defiant Tsarnaev By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON Same-sex marriage opponents ac- knowledge they face a tough task in trying to persuade the Supreme Court to allow states to limit marriage to a man and a woman. But they are urging the court to resist embracing what they see as a radical change in society's view of what constitutes a marriage, especially without more in- formation about how same- sex marriage affects chil- dren who are raised by two fathers or two mothers. The idea that same-sex marriage might have un- certain effects on children is strongly contested by those who want the court to declare that same-sex cou- ples have a right to marry in all 50 states. Among the 31 plaintiffs in the cases that will be argued at the court on April 28 are par- ents who have spent years seeking formal recognition on their children's birth cer- tificates or adoption papers. But opponents, in dozens of briefs asking the court to uphold state bans on same- sex marriage, insist they are not motivated by any prej- udice toward gays and les- bians. "This is an issue on which people of good will may reasonably disagree," lawyer John Bursch wrote in his defense of Michigan's gay-marriage ban. Bursch will argue on behalf of the states that same-sex couples can claim no constitutional right to marriage. Same-sex couples now can marry in 36 states and the District of Colum- bia, the product of a dizzy- ing pace of change in state marriage laws. Just three years ago, only six states allowed it. In most states, courts have struck down gay mar- riage bans written into state laws or enshrined in state constitutions. The concern for children is among several threads that run through the le- gal, political, social and re- ligious arguments being advanced in support of up- holding the same-sex mar- riage bans. "If children don't do as well when they are raised by same-sex parents, why would we want to establish or encourage that as a so- cial norm?" asked the Rev. D. Paul Sullins, a Catholic University sociology pro- fessor. Sullins has analyzed data in government surveys and concluded that children brought up by two parents of the same sex have a higher rate of emotional problems than their peers raised by heterosexual parents. Sullins has been harshly criticized by sociologists who support same-sex mar- riage, but he said he stands by his data. "I don't know of any Catholic way to com- pute the equation," he said. "The idea that there are no differences is emphatically mistaken. I don't know how else to say that." Perhaps the most visible defender of reserving mar- riage only for heterosexuals has been Ryan Anderson, a research fellow at the conser- vative Heritage Foundation. Anderson said the push for nationwide acceptance of gay and lesbian unions is a product of cultural deg- radation that has spanned more than 40 years and in- cludes greater sexual per- missiveness, a rise in births to single mothers and liber- alized divorce laws. SUPREME COURT Ga y ma rri ag e opponents urge taking it slow By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press A photo of four rainbows in New York is striking a pot of gold on social media, but an expert in such rare events said this isn't quite the quadruple miracle that it seems. "I had a moment of awe, heard my train coming, snapped the photo and ran after my train," said Amanda Curtis, co-founder of a Brooklyn-based fash- ion startup called Nine- teenth Amendment, who took the photo in Glen Cove on Long Island. "It was very inspiring." Many are calling it a quadruple rainbow. But it's not, said Raymond Lee, a professor of meteorology at the U.S. Naval Academy, who studies and writes about rare rainbows. First, a quick primer on rainbows. They are cre- ated when light is reflected through water droplets. A double rainbow happens when leftover light comes back for a second reflec- tion through the raindrop. With each turn, the rain- bow fades a bit. When light heads through for a third or fourth time — called tertiary and quaternary, not quadruple — that is rare, maybe five have been confirmed in 250 years, Lee said. SCIENCE 4 ra in bo ws i n ph ot o, b ut not quadruple rainbow AMANDACURTISVIAAP Rainbows appear in the sky at a Glen Cove train station Tuesday on Long Island in New York. Many are calling it a quadruple rainbow, but it's not, said Raymond Lee, a professor of meteorology at the U.S. Naval Academy. He said they are reflections off of a water body. By Eric Tucker and Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press WASHINGTON The head of the Drug Enforcement Ad- ministration, Michele Leon- hart, is expected to resign soon, an Obama adminis- tration of- ficial said Tuesday. Leonhart is a career drug agent who has led the agency since 2007 and is the s e c o n d woman to hold the job. She has faced mounting pressure from Congress, where some questioned her competence in the wake of a scathing government watchdog report detail- ing allegations that agents attended sex parties with prostitutes. Leonhart was widely criticized for her response to the report and a group of lawmakers said in a state- ment that she was "woe- fully unable to change" the agency's culture. The official spoke on con- dition of anonymity because aformalannouncementhad not yet been made. Lawmakers have been pushing for Leonhart's ouster since her disas- trous appearance before the House Oversight Com- mittee last week. A major- ity of the committee said they had lost confidence in her and said she "lacks the authority and will to make the tough decisions required to hold those ac- countable who compromise national security and bring disgrace to their positions." The Justice Department report that jeopardized Le- onhart's job recounted al- legations that drug agents attended sex parties with prostitutes, some funded by local drug cartels, in a foreign country. The DEA said the incidents hap- pened in Colombia. The no-confidence state- ment was signed by 13 House Democrats and nine Republicans, including Chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and the committee's topDemocrat.Chaffetzwent a step further, calling for Le- onhart to resign or be fired. Last week, the White House voiced concerns about the Justice Depart- ment report. In a daily press brief- ing Tuesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest wouldn't comment on re- ports that Leonhart was set to leave the agency and instead reiterated that the Obama administration had "concerns about the mate- rial that was presented in the (inspector general) re- port that raised legitimate and serious questions about the conduct of some DEA officers. WASHINGTON, D.C. DE A ch ie f se t to r es ig n a er sex parties report Leonhart Entireeditiondevotedtophotosandfeaturesonthemajoreruption,in1915: • Exclusive news and features from The Daily News editions from 100 years ago about how the eruption affected the lives of local residents, and changed the landscape of the place we call home. • Dozens of photos - before, during and after • The Geology of it all: Will it happen again? • ...andmuchmore! 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