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**FILE** Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker addresses reporters during a press conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of above the Ural Mountains, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many hurt by broken glass. (Associated Press)
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Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says a Chinese missile frigate locked its fire-control radar on a Japanese helicopter and destroyer in January in the East China Sea. China denies the claims. (Japanese Defense Ministry via Associated Press)
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Screen grab from the National Rifle Association's ad protesting a proposed ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines
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Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed in South Africa. Her Olympic star boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, has been charged with her murder. (AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said fellow Republicans must “realize that military spending is not immune to waste and fraud.” Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, warned of “devastating cuts to our military” from the sequester. (Associated Press)