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Gangster and samurai movies have long dominated the Japanese film industry, and both genres require high body counts. Kirareyaku, or "sliced-up actors," specialize in meeting that need. The group's leading light, Seizo Fukumoto, has died at least 50,000 times — on screen.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on racial profiling and hate crimes Tuesday. The parents of Trayvon Martin — the Florida teen whose shooting death sparked a nationwide outcry — were in attendance.

For the first time, oil has been discovered in the East African nation of Kenya. The country's energy minister quickly held a news conference. Holding up a bottle of crude, he pledged to make sure oil is a blessing for the people and not a curse. Will Ross of the BBC talks to David Greene about how oil can be a plague on unprepared nations.

For nearly 60 years, the whereabouts of a work by Paul Cezanne remained a mystery. But the 19th century watercolor turned up in the home of a physician in Texas. He died last fall and in May, Christie's will auction off "A Card Player." That piece led to Cezanne's series of card players. It's estimated to sell for $20 million.

In the final day of arguments on the health care law, the Supreme Court takes up the question of whether the law must be tossed if parts of it, such as the individual mandate, are declared unconstitutional. Justices will also hear about the Affordable Care Act which could have the most far-reaching consequences.

The GOP presidential contender is mounting a "big-choice convention strategy" that banks on Mitt Romney not having enough delegates to be the nominee on the first ballot. Gingrich would then try to convince Republicans that he should be the nominee.

Police in Britain received a call to their emergency number and all they could hear was heavy breathing. Officers rushed to the home and found George, a two-year-old Basset Hound. The dog was panicking because his neck was tangled in a phone cord.

"I'm just happy I was able to get him down to the floor," says David Gonzalez, about helping to subdue the captain, who suffered some sort of breakdown and was ranting about bombs and trying to break back into the cockpit, passengers say.

A small but growing number of Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest China's rule over their homeland. The latest happened in New Delhi, where China's president is visiting.

Also: It's Day 3 for health care cases at the Supreme Court; passengers recount captain's bizarre behavior on JetBlue flight; Mega Millions jackpot hits record $476 million.