Oct 29 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a Maltese-flagged freighter that mysteriously disappeared in the Atlantic over the summer has returned to Malta.

Oct 23 - By Gregory Katz, Associated Press Writer
A fresh mystery is gripping Britain's religious community: Just how did a treasure trove of rare medallions and coins collected by a former archbishop of Canterbury end up at the bottom of the River Wear?
Oct 12 - By Associated Press
An indicted Indiana money manager plans a book about his attempt to flee mounting personal problems, which ended with him parachuting from a plane that later crashed into a Florida swamp.

Oct 8 - By Curt Anderson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
The mysterious death of a Fontainebleau Hotel heir has triggered a family feud over his multimillion-dollar estate, with relatives accusing his wife of murder even though no one has been charged.

Oct 6 - By Mike Glover, Associated Press Writer
Little more than a year before the general election, Iowa's top two races are effectively frozen — one by a potential candidate who hasn't decided whether to run, the other by a promised candidate who hasn't decided whether to be named.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
The former chauffeur for a Connecticut real estate mogul who was stabbed to death in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Sep 15 - By Rick Callahan, Associated Press Writer
A former Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death by jumping out of a small plane before it crashed in Florida appeared in court via video on Tuesday to face charges that he bilked a family member, friends and other clients out of $1.5 million.

Sep 10 - By Josef Federman, Associated Press Writer
Benjamin Netanyahu dropped out of sight for most of a day this week, a mysterious absence that has set off feverish speculation about what the Israeli leader was up to — and accusations he lied to cover up a clandestine trip to Moscow.
Sep 4 - By Associated Press
It's another case of the wandering goat in New York City.
Sep 4 - By Associated Press
It's another case of the wandering goat. Officials say an emaciated-looking Nubian goat wandered onto the property of a nursing home in the Bronx, where two other goats were discovered in July.
Aug 28 - By Lawrence Messina, Associated Press Writer
Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.
Aug 24 - By Associated Press
Sheriff's deputies in suburban St. Louis who pulled over a speeding BMW have stumbled into some international intrigue.
Aug 20 - By Associated Press
A Seattle mystery man who calls himself Jon Doe but who has been identified by others as Edward Lighthart has been discharged from a Seattle hospital.

Aug 19 - By Deanna Martin, Associated Press Writer
Authorities say the troubled Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death in a plane crash to avoid financial ruin had built his investment businesses on the backs of people he knew — acquaintances, a friend of 10 years and even his own aunt.
Aug 3 - By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Writer
Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Serb civilians during Kosovo's war, then removed their organs and sold the body parts on the black market.

Jul 19 - By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer
Somewhere along an industrial stretch of river pocked with rotting piers and towering salt piles north of Boston lies the answer to one of the great riddles of the Revolutionary war.

Jul 16 - By Tamara Lush, Associated Press Writer
When Enid Pinkney was a girl in the 1940s, her grandmother would tell her stories about a black cemetery nestled in the northwest corner of Miami in an area once called Lemon City.
Jul 10 - By Associated Press
A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit murder in the 2006 stabbing death of a millionaire Connecticut developer accused of real estate fraud.
Jul 2 - By Pat Eaton-Robb, Asssociated Press Writer
The trial of a man charged in the killing of a Connecticut real estate mogul could be in jeopardy because a copy of a defense motion pointing blame at the developer's ex-wife that was released to the public may have contained sealed documents, a judge said Thursday.

Jun 26 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller asked a judge to throw out his kidnapping and assault convictions, arguing that the state's mental health expert was unqualified and that a prosecutor made an improper closing argument.

Jun 23 - By Associated Press
A "sweetheart" of a dog now in a California shelter may be really, really far from home. His microchip says the knee-high, light tan Saluki came from Saudi Arabia.

Jun 8 - By Associated Press
Lawyers for a German man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller say they'll appeal his kidnapping conviction, calling it "the first chapter" in the case.

Jun 4 - By Melissa Nelson, Associated Press Writer
An Indiana money manger avoided trial in Florida by pleading guilty on Friday to federal charges that he intentionally crashed his plane to fake his death and flee financial ruin, but his legal troubles aren't over.
Jun 4 - By Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
Scientists have solved a mystery surrounding a horrific illness: Why people with Huntington's disease harbor a faulty protein throughout their bodies but it destroys only certain brain cells.

Jun 1 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
The kidnapping case of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is in the hands of a Massachusetts jury.