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NJ man denies killing NY boy who vanished in 1979
A man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy who infamously vanished in 1979 while walking to catch a school bus pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his ...
Mom of missing boy gets 5 1/4 years in prison
An Arizona woman who was convicted in her young son's disappearance nearly three years ago was sentenced Friday to 5 1/4 years in prison after ...
Woman ate tomatoes, snow while stranded in Sierra
A Nevada woman survived on snow and tomatoes for nearly a week and found shelter in a hollowed-out tree after she became stranded in a winter storm ...
APNewsBreak: Files show images of missing Utah mom
Thousands of images seized from the home of Susan Powell's father-in-law show the missing Utah mother as she walks in public and sits in her car — ...
About 350 die in Philippine typhoon, 400 missing
A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 ...
Life in prison for Detroit dad in daughter's death
A Detroit father who inspired dozens of people to look for his missing 2-year-old daughter was sentenced to life in prison for her murder Monday while ...
Search continues for US man missing in Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard crews searched Friday for a Washington state man who was reported missing from a Caribbean cruise. Two ships and a plane took part ...
No sign of Colo. boy who vanished on visit to dad
Dylan Redwine went to visit his dad for Thanksgiving — not because he wanted to but because a court ordered it as part of his parents' divorce.
Northern CA boy swept to sea still missing
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon state beach on Saturday, playing fetch with their dog Fran ...
N. California community mourns family swept to sea
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog Fran as 10-foot surf ...
Murder trial starts in Fla. foster child case
The foster parent of 4-year-old Rilya Wilson abused the girl for months before finally smothering her, and then lied to child welfare workers who ...
Ark. girl chained to dresser last year now dead
Authorities on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl whose father is in prison for chaining her to a dresser last year in ...
Fire out at Gulf oil rig; 4 hurt, 2 may be missing
An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials ...
Lawyer: Man in Patz case will plead not guilty
The man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy in 1979 made a false confession and will plead not guilty in a case that catalyzed the ...
Correction: Missing NYC Boy story
In some versions of a story Nov. 14 about an indictment in the death of a New York City boy in 1979, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the ...
Dad seeks justice for slain son in broken Honduras
In a capital so dangerous that only the "walking dead" are said to venture out after dark, nothing could draw an obedient son from the safety of his ...
Former Etan Patz suspect freed in Pa., held again
A former suspect in the 1979 disappearance of a New York City boy walked out of a northeastern Pennsylvania prison Wednesday morning after more than ...
NTSB: Police chopper hit pole, crashed; 2 killed
A low-flying police helicopter searching for a runaway boy hit a power line pole before it plummeted to the ground and exploded, killing both officers ...
Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire
At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's ...
2 NYC boys found dead, swept away by storm waters
Two young brothers swept from the arms of their mother by the violent sea at the height of Superstorm Sandy were found dead in a marsh Thursday, a ...
Police: Bodies of 2 missing NYC boys found
The bodies of two boys who were separated from their frantic mother at the height of Superstorm Sandy by the force of rising water were found Thursday ...
Search on for NYC boys ripped from mother by flood
Rescuers in New York City are searching for two young boys who were swept from their mother's arms by floodwaters. Police say the boys are a ...
Mexico's Day of Dead brings memories of missing
Maria Elena Salazar refuses to set out plates of her missing son's favorite foods or orange flowers as offerings for the deceased on Mexico's Day of ...
Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will ...
Former suspect in Etan Patz case to be freed
While prosecutors weigh what to do about a suspect who surprisingly surfaced this spring in the landmark 1979 disappearance case of Etan Patz, the man ...