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Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison — partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees. Complete Story...

Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing

Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.

Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M

Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices.

Another Minn. man indicted in missing Somalis case

Another man has been indicted on terrorism charges in a federal investigation into the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight in Somalia.

Troops' post-deployment questionnaires missing

Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.

Reports: Iran ex-deputy minister jailed in Israel

An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian news Web sites reported Sunday.

Police: Missing Va. Tech student seen hitchhiking

Virginia State Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert.

Fla. lawyer suspected in $1B fraud losing license

A South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme is asking for his own disbarment.

APNewsBreak: Search halted for 3 missing fishermen

Nearly a day after a commercial fishing boat sank off New Jersey, the Coast Guard ended its search Thursday for the three crew members.

CO man gets 114 years in daughter's disappearance

An Aurora man convicted in the disappearance and presumed death of his daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 114 years behind bars.

Jury finds Iowa woman guilty in son's slaying

A jury has found an Iowa woman guilty of killing her 2-year-old son and seriously injuring his older brother when she slit the boys' throats before cutting her own neck last year.

Defense seeks venue change in Idaho boy slaying

Defense attorneys are asking a judge to move the trial of a mother and her boyfriend accused in the slaying of an Idaho boy this summer.

Feds seize computers, cash at Fla. lawyer's office

Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key to a Ferrari during an all-night search at the office of an attorney suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme.

Feds seize assets of Fla. lawyer in Ponzi probe

Federal prosecutors accused a high-profile South Florida attorney of concocting a Ponzi scheme that lured millions of dollars from investors with promises of big payoffs from legal settlements that never existed, according to court documents filed Monday.

Preliminary reports: 3 ND college students drowned

Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.

Fla. baby found alive in box under sitter's bed

Investigators spent five days searching a rural area of dense vines and marshes for a missing infant, only to find her lying quietly in a 2-foot by 3-foot cedar box that had been shoved under her baby sitter's bed. Clothing was packed around it to muffle any sounds and baking soda placed inside to mask the stench of dirty diapers.

2 Mass. fishermen rescued off coast of Cape Cod

Two fishermen who went missing when their boat sank off the coast of Cape Cod have been rescued after about five hours in the water.

Navy identifies pilot found in Texas accident

The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot found after his plane disappeared off the Texas coast on Wednesday.

Navy jet with 2 crew members missing off Texas

A Navy T-34 jet trainer with two people aboard has gone missing off the Texas gulf coast.

China struggles to identify rescued kidnap victims

Police in China have created a Web site with photos of 60 rescued kidnap victims, mostly boys and many of them infants, in a bid to track down their families.

Small plane with 4 aboard crashes in south Texas

Authorities say a small plane with four people aboard that vanished from radar shortly after the pilot reported turbulence has crashed in southern Texas.

Iraqi searches for brothers in ancient cemetery

The graves stretch some 10 miles into the desert, in what may be the largest cemetery in the world.

Mother pleads for return of Florida girl, 7

The grief-stricken mother of a missing 7-year-old Florida girl delivered an impassioned plea Wednesday both to Somer Thompson and to whomever knows where she is to bring her home.

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.

Parents of missing VaTech student remain hopeful

The parents of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared outside a Metallica concert said Tuesday they fear she is the victim of foul play.

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Kansas pigeon missing for years found in Bay Area
Source: ABC Local Affiliates

A pigeon that flew the coup in Kansas four years ago landed on a Bay Area woman's patio.

Funeral highlights search for missing servicemembers
Source: The Air Force News Service

11/18/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery; a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his dress blue uniform presents a folded flag to the fallen's next of kin, a man in his 60s.

Men Rescued After Two Months Adrift in Pacific Ocean
Source: Telegraph

"Seven Papua New Guinean men have been rescued after spending more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean."

Police: Search for missing 5 yr old Shaniya Davis ends in tragedy as her body is found
Source: CNN

Authorities in North Carolina say they have found the body of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago.

Missing, endangered' woman arrested for false report
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 24-year-old woman reported as "missing and endangered" allegedly lied about being kidnapped, police said.

Search under way for 3 North Dakota college students
Source: CNN

Authorities conducted ground and air searches Tuesday for three softball players at a North Dakota university who have been missing since Sunday, police said.

Family of Missing Police Officer in Australia Turns to Witchdoctor
Source: Australian News Network

"The family of Mick Isles has turned to an Aboriginal tracker and self-professed witchdoctor to find the missing Queensland police officer."

Search For Sex Offender Leads to Bodies in Cleveland Home -
Source: fox8.com

Lt. Tom Stacho with Cleveland police just confirmed to Fox 8 News that the remains of possibly three more people have been discovered at Anthony Sowell's residence on Imperial Ave., making a total of six bodies found within the last two days.

15-Year-Old Girl Charged with 9 year old Elizabeth Olten's Murder
Source:

Police have served a warrant on a neighbor's home in Elizabeth's murder. See update after the jump...

Health Care could be paid for with missing Pentagon Black Ops money.
Source: Wired News

The money is still not accounted for. What have they been doing with it in the tax payers name?

51,566 Registered Sex Offenders in One State
Source: socyberty.com

Is there anywhere left where kids can play outside or walk to school without being hunted by predators?

DNA of 400 sex offenders missing from state database
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Journal Sentinel analyzed a database of more than 12,000 felons found missing from the DNA database last month after an audit by the Justice Department. Among the findings:

6-year-old boy missing after balloon lands in Colorado
Source: CNN

People across the world watched Thursday as a homemade balloon soared 7,000 feet over eastern Colorado after a 6-year-old boy, thought to be inside, set it loose from his parents' home.

What a weekend...:( Glad it's over...

I had one of those weekends...or maybe one of those years.... I left work and went to complete a few errands, I replaced a few fish that had went to fishy heaven, a got a few new things for the dries area at my work...I left the store and went home...with a cold following me I m …

Nuclear power plant worker disappears, family wants answers
Source: ABC15.com - Phoenix News Headlines

Police are asking for the public's help locating an Arizona nuclear power plant worker who went missing last weekend.

State Police Search for Missing Cop
Source: wpri.com

Rhode Island State Police and Glocester police officials are searching for a missing Glocester police officer.

Presumed dead, Paragould man found in Alabama
Source: jonesborosun.com

The longtime search for a Paragould man who allegedly faked his own death ended Thursday in an Alabama city, Bob Clark of the United States Marshals Service said. Timothy Dehart, 38, was found in Centerville, Ala., nearly five years to the day when he was reported missing.

Mother: School Waited to Inform Me of Missing Son, 5
Source: wjla.com

The mother of one D.C. schools student is outraged, saying her 5-year-old was allowed to wander out of school and into traffic -- and the school failed to inform her for more than an hour.

Laptop at Naval hospital with thousands of patient records missing
Source: ABC Action News

A Naval hospital in the Florida Panhandle says a laptop computer with personal information on 38,000 patients is missing.

Adventures in My WindowsXp OS....What fun!

About a week ago when I went to turn my labtop, id din't! It just sat there with an error message, stating I had a missing or corrupted file. Well, the fun started. Nothing I did would get me passed this error message.

Coastguards on 'lookout' for man's missing hand
Source: Telegraph

A man being towed by a jet ski while sitting on a rubber ring had his hand cut off as he was dragged along.

Haleigh Cummings case: Misty Cummings fails lie-detector, report says
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Misty Cummings, the last person to see the missing Satsuma girl Haleigh Cummings before she disappeared, has failed lie-detector tests, a television station's Web site is reporting

Waves knock several into ocean off Maine; Bill heads to Canada -
Source: CNN

Three people missing Sunday after large ocean waves knocked several people into the Atlantic off Maine's Acadia National Park have been located, a park official said.

US woman, 63, missing for 5 days found on raft
Source: Telegraph

A 63-year-old woman missing for nearly a week after going fishing in Iowa has been found alive on a raft hidden in the brush of a riverbank.

Local Neighborhood on Alert, Boa Constrictor Missing
Source: firstcoastnews.com

Locals in Jacksonville Beach are keeping their children indoors. A 911 call went out for a missing snake. Police called homeowners using the reverse 911 system, warning them to "Be On the Look Out" for a boa constrictor that escaped from a cage.

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