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DEEP BLUE MYSTERY: A blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, in an undated photo.

DEEP BLUE MYSTERY: A blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, in an undated photo.

Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium

Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark - a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark. The shark came to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach not long after being born in the wild and lived there for eight years with no males of the same species, said Beth Firchau, the aquarium's curator of fishes.

CHAMPION DUO: Spain

Spanish duo lift women's doubles title

They edged out Casey Dellacqua and Francesca Schiavone in a tough, two-hour-18-minute battle.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/spanish-duo-lift-womens-doubles-title/66781-5.html

NO LAUGHING MATTER: Some students are upset as they say the paper is making a mockery of Christianity.

Nothing humourous about this comic controversy

Cartoons printed in Virginia University student paper sparks a new censorship controversy.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/nothing-humourous-about-this-comic-controversy/61472-2.html

SHOOT AND SCOOT: A SWAT team on Tuesday heads out after a shooting in Fresno, California.

California student opens fire, held

Police say they have arrested the college student suspected of shooting three people near Fresno State University.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/california-student-opens-fire-held/40045-2.html

GUN CONTROL: Hundreds of students carrying loaded guns into the classroom in US.

US gun lobby stronger after carnage

The barrage of gunfire on the Virginia tech campus is a call to action for those who want to protect students by arming them.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-gun-lobby-stronger-after-carnage/39090-2.html

BACK FOR GOOD: Students have returned with the intention that the campus must unite.

Classes at Virginia Tech resume

Students have returned to Virginia Tech as classes have resumed since the shooting, but many chose not to return.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/classes-at-virginia-tech-resume/39073-2.html

TRYING TO MOVE ON: Still shaken, students say the recovery will only be one day at a time.

Virginia students on a healing mission

Students at Virginia Tech will return to class today for the first time since last week's deadly shooting rampage.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/virginia-students-on-a-healing-mission/39041-2.html

FINAL PRAYER: Volunteers representing the 32 victims shot to death on the Virginia Tech campus. (Pic: AP)

Virginia: US Cong wary about gun laws

After last week's carnage, students will return to Virginia Tech University on Monday.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/virginia-us-cong-wary-about-gun-laws/39023-2.html

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