Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) - Violent protests left at least five dead and others wounded Wednesday as demonstrations over Quran burning intensified in Afghanistan.

BEIRUT - A French photojournalist and an American working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday by Syrian government shelling of the opposition stronghold of Homs, France's government said.

SACRAMENTO - Two model plane enthusiasts are dead after a murder-suicide shooting in a parking lot outside a SMUD building Tuesday night.

LINDEN - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office finished filling in dirt to cover an old Flood Road well it dug up two weeks ago while searching for victims' remains.

STOCKTON - One person is dead and two injured after a shooting on southbound I-5 near the Mt. Diablo exit Tuesday afternoon.

WALNUT GROVE - A woman who fell overboard into the Sacramento River is alive after Consumnes Fire Department crews saved her life.

Dwyane Wade scored 30 points and dished out 10 assists, and the Miami Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter to take down the Sacramento Kings, 120-108, on Tuesday.

AMADOR COUNTY - A late-night high speed police pursuit culminated with a man losing his life when he crashed and was pinned under his car.

Animal rights activists are angry because of a photo on the Western Outdoor News' website of the California's Fish and Game Commission President Dan Richards holding a mountain lion he recently hunted in Idaho.

OROVILLE - A horse rescue organization paid as little as $50 each for 24 young horses it believes were headed for the slaughterhouse.

STOCKTON - Thirty-five dogs that were rescued from a hoarder in Kern County were brought to Stockton Tuesday to be spayed, neutered and then adopted. 

PHOTOS: Rescued dogs arrive in Stockton

SAN FRANCISCO - Proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban say they will ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to review the split decision by three of its judges that struck down the voter-approved law.

LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles teacher has pleaded not guilty to committing lewd acts with 23 children in his classroom.

NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, before the financial crisis nearly unraveled the U.S. economy. But the marker didn't last long.