World: North Korea closed South Korean access to a joint industrial zone, further ratcheting tensions between the two countries and the US. The park just North of the demilitarized zone employs 50,000 North Koreans and hundreds of South Korean business owners and managers who will be allowed to return home. In military developments, the US has sent a second guided missile cruiser to the area.

National: Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has recovered from his walk on the Appalachian Trail to win the Republican nomination for Congress. In 2009 Sanford claimed he was hiking the mountains when he was really in Argentina seeing the mistress he’ s now engaged to marry.

➢Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware, who suffered a hideously broken leg in Sunday’s Final Eight match against Duke, is on crutches and out of the hospital. Ware had surgery that included insertion of a steel rod.

1984: The Associated Press announced it is eliminating the term “illegal immigrant” from usage in its reports. The revision to the AP Stylebook says the work “illegal’ should never be used as a modifier to describe a person, although “illegal immigration” is still OK. Immigrant rights groups have long criticized the term “illegal immigrant”.

Open Wide: About 1,200 patients of an Oklahoma dentist have been screened for the Aids virus and there’s 6,000 more to go after health investigators found poor sterilization techniques in the doctor’s office. The investigation began when a patient was found to have Hepatitis C. Dr. Scott Harrington practiced in Tulsa for 35 years but has surrendered his license.

GunBeat: The Connecticut legislature today is expected to pass one of the toughest guns laws in the country. The law requires background checks for all gun sales, limits magazine capacity to 10 bullets, and restricts guns to only one physical characteristic of an assault weapon. On the other side of the firing line, the NRA issued a report calling for more armed guards and teachers to defend against armed attackers in schools.

Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones announced a 9-city tour this summer. Starting in May: Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia.

Passing: Jane Henson, who with her late husband Jim Henson created The Muppets, has died at age 78. The Hensons met in puppet class at the University of Maryland in the 1950s and went on to create Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Big Bird.

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