Who is stealing — and crashing — airplanes in Washington state? Since November, police say, at least three small, private planes have been stolen and flown off
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Dogs sniff out wrong suspect; scent lineups questioned
The interrogation room inside the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office is sterile and cold. There’s a table in the middle, a one-way mirror and a hidden video camera that lets investigators watch suspects.
American jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his abducted children
Had this parental abduction drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be re-united with his two little children, after snatching them back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them.
Three charged with murder in beating death of Chicago teen
Three teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy whose beating was captured on amateur video. Nineteen-year-old Silvanus Shannon, 16-year-old Eric Carson and 18-year-old Eugene Riley were charged as adults with first degree felony murder, said Tandra Simonton, spokesperson for the Cook County States Attorney.
U.S. seeing more female homeless veterans
When Iraq war veteran Angela Peacock is in the shower, she sometimes closes her eyes and can’t help reliving the day in Baghdad in 2003 that pushed her closer to the edge.
Largest-ever Anglo-Saxon gold hoard unearthed in England
A man using a metal detector in a rural English field has uncovered the largest Anglo-Saxon gold hoard ever found — an “unprecedented” treasure that sheds new light on history, archaeologists said Thursday.
Source: Alleged U.S. drone kills three
An apparent drone attack killed three people in northern Pakistan’s tribal region, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Santa Barbara, California, authorities had been looking for the couple after the sheriff’s department received a complaint from a local hotel
Pittsburgh in spotlight as G-20 summit approaches
Pittsburgh conjures up visions of steel mills and gritty sports teams for many. The host city of this week’s Group of 20 summit hopes to update that image.
Drowning mother: ‘Please, come help me!’
Seydi Burciaga just finished her overnight shift at Sam’s Club, where she worked for the past 10 years. She made her way through the pouring rain in her minivan and turned onto her cul-de-sac in suburban Atlanta.
Quick California fire burns oil fields, threatens homes
A rapidly moving fire in southwest California torched oil fields and threatened homes as it blazed southward Tuesday, a fire official told CNN. Nearly 130 firefighters battled the 300-acre blaze, which broke out Tuesday morning in Ventura County between the towns of Fillmore and Moorpark, Bill Nash of the Ventura County Fire Department told CNN