Gun shots have been fired at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. News of the gunshots was confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Washington D.C. police were on scene responding to the reports of gunfire. According to citizen reports on Twitter.com, at least three people were shot and killed.

Stay tuned for the latest.

Update 1:52pm: The scene is secure, but there are conflicting reports. One law enforcement officer told Fox News that 3 were shot, but no fatalities. NBC reports one fatality.

Under new laws passed by the city of Yakima in Washington state, women who bare too much flesh by wearing thongs and showing off what officials call "cleavage of the buttocks" now face a fine up to $1200 and being thrown in jail. The city has also passed a law making it a crime for women to wear see-through dresses in public.

Yakima Mayor Dave Elder proposed the law in response to what he calls an explosion in coffee shops featuring scantily clad women. At least three coffee shops in the city recently opened up and use attractive "baristas" that serve customers wearing bikinis or skimpy clothing that exposes their thongs.

City council voted five to two Monday to make it a crime for women to be caught in public exposing a thong or g-string. Under the new laws, women exposing too much flesh face up to 90 days in jail and a $1200 fine. The penalty increases if the person exposes themselves to a child under 14, with up to one year in jail and a nearly $5000 fine.

While the law is aimed at the "sexpresso" businesses, it could affect other women. A number of women in Yakima have said that the mayor should be focused on other things rather than women's underwear, while one said that he was trying to impose Taliban-like restrictions on the city.

A Picture of actor David Carradine, who's dead body was found in the closet of his Bangkok hotel room with ropes tied around his neck and genitals, has angered the family of the star. The photo was published by a a newspaper in Thailand and Carradine's brother Keith released a statement, saying,

"The family wants it understood that, per attorney Mark Geragos, any persons, publications or media outlets will be fully prosecuted for invasion of privacy and causing severe emotional distress if the photos are published."

The family of the actor has also enlisted the aid of celebrity attorney Mark Geragos. The attorney said regarding the matter:

"They (Carradine's family) want an investigation. I would think that the people in Bangkok would want to support an investigation and allow the FBI to go over there and assist in the investigation so we can get the answers to the questions."

An analysis of new FBI statistics by the Times-Picayune shows that once again, New Orleans is the nation's murder capital. The newspaper determined that with 64 killings per 100,000 people in 2008, New Orleans had the highest per capita murder rate in the country.

Coming in second was St. Louis, who had 47 murders per 100,000 people. The state of Louisiana also had another city come in the nation's top ten - Baton Rouge, with 30 murders per 100,000. Baton Rouge gained population after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The per capita estimate for New Orleans was based on the FBI's estimate of the city's population at 281,440 as of July 1, 2008. The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, however, lists the city's population for the first half of 2008 at 324,357. But even using the higher population figures, New Orleans still would easily claim the top spot with 55 murders per 100,000 people.

Two individuals suffered minor injuries Monday after a gunshot shattered a Greyhound bus window near downtown Cleveland, Ohio. According to Cleveland police, the bus was just east of downtown near the junction of Interstates 90 and 77 when a bullet hit one of its windows.

The flying glass from the window wounded two passengers. According to police spokesman Lt. Tomas Stacho, investigators have not determined where the shot originated from.

A Pennsylvania newspaper unwittingly published a classified ad calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama earlier this week, and is now issuing an apology.

John Elchert, publisher of Tthe Warren Times Observer said Friday that the ad which ran Thursday read:

May Obama follow in the steps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy!"

For those unaware, all four were Presidents assassinated while in office. Elchert said that the paper's advertising staff had failed to realize the historical connection, and that is how the ad slipped through the cracks and got published.

The newspaper has since turned over information to the police, and the individual who placed the ad is now the subject of a Secret Service investigation.

The Times Observer apologized in a brief note in Friday's paper "for the oversight."

According to Rihanna's attorney Donald Etra, the singer will appear at a hearing next month as a possible witness in the assault case against ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Etra says that prosecutors have told him Rihanna will receive a subpoena to testify at the preliminary hearing on June 22.

The focus of the preliminary hearing is to determine whether there is enough evidence to continue the case against Brown.

Etra says that Rihanna will comply with the subpoena, which would mark her first court appearance since the felony assault and criminal threats charges were filed against her ex in March. Should she be called to testify, she would be subject to cross-examination by Mark Geragos, Brown's attorney.

Chris Brown was arrested in February hours before the couple were due to appear at the Grammy Awards. He stands accused of hitting and choking Rihanna in a rented car.

AT&T says that it has finally restored phone, cable and alarm service to nearly 2,000 Cleveland customers who discovered their services had been knocked out last week after 750 feet of copper wire was stolen from beneath a bridge. AT&T says that this was the second major theft of copper cable since April from a bridge carrying state Route 10 traffic over the Cuyahoga River just south of downtown Cleveland.

The theft which occurred Thursday morning disrupted AT&T service in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland until Monday.

Timothy Akers found himself standing in a very familiar place this morning - the Hamilton County Courthouse. He was arrested for the 102nd time and was arraigned Thursday morning on charges of misusing a credit card and receiving stolen property.

According to court documents, Akers is accused of stealing the credit card from his grandmother. His attorney has asked for a low bond because Akers also owes $20,000 in child support. The judge, however, felt no sympathy and ordered Akers held on $204,000 bond.

Akers has been in and out of various Ohio prisons for the past 21 years, but hasn't been convicted on all of the crimes that he has been arrested for.