TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) _ A Rhode Island man accused of drowning his wife may have depleted her inheritance and courted another woman, but the 1999 scuba diving death was a tragic accident, his defense lawyer said in closing arguments.

Testimony ended Monday in the trial of former dive shop owner David Swain. Prosecutors allege Shelly Tyre's death on a diving excursion in this wealthy British Caribbean territory was a nearly perfect murder.

Defense lawyer Hayden St. Clair-Douglas urged the jury of seven women and two men to discard any feelings of "dislike" they may have for the 53-year-old Swain, who sat expressionless.

Prosecutors, who wrapped up their case last week, contend Swain killed his wife so he could pursue a romance with another woman and because the couple's prenuptial agreement denied him money if they divorced.

Swain faces life in prison if convicted.

PUERTO RICO: Thousands of dead fish wash up in Puerto Rican lagoon; expert blames poor water circulation

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of a lagoon in Puerto Rico's capital.

Javier Laureano of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program says the deaths are not related to an explosion at a nearby fuel depot that burned for two days before the fire was put out this weekend.

Laureano said Monday that the tilapia, sardines and other fish suffocated because of poor water circulation in San Jose Lagoon. He says the lagoon had another big fish kill about 18 months ago.

The fish have been washing ashore near one of San Juan's most heavily populated areas since Friday.

The U.S. Caribbean territory's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is organizing a cleanup this week.

HAITI: Report: Haitian prime minister could face Senate challenge over government finances

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is expected to face questions in the Senate this week over the handling of government finances.

Radio Kiskeya says the Caribbean nation's No. 2 official will go to the upper chamber Thursday.

The 30-member body has the power to remove the prime minister by a simple majority vote. Pierre-Louis was approved as Haiti's head of government a year ago after her predecessor was fired by the Senate following food riots.

Her questioning is reportedly to be led by members of President Rene Preval's Lespwa movement, which won a majority of the Senate in June elections marred by low turnout and fraud allegations. Preval distanced himself from the party during the election.

HAITI: Fla. man arraigned on multiple murder counts in fatal throat slashings of wife and 5 children

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) _ A Haitian man accused of slashing the throats of his wife and five children in Florida has pleaded not guilty.

Mesac Damas did not appear in court in Naples on Monday for the brief arraignment on six counts of first-degree murder. A prosecutor said the 33-year-old grill cook had already entered a not-guilty plea.

Damas is charged with killing his 32-year-old wife, Guerline, and their children who ranged in age from 19 months to 9 years old. Their bodies were discovered Sept. 19 in the family's town house.

Authorities say Damas then flew to Haiti, where he was eventually arrested.

He admitted to a reporter that he committed the slayings, and he told investigators that "bad spirits" made him do it.