Family, FBI Asking for Help in Closing Year-Old Kidnapping Case

Robert was due to catch a commercial flight to Dallas for a business meeting but never got on the plane. He left personal items behind, including his computer, his truck and his bag. Robert Wiles parents ...

McCain rips Bush record on warming

Now that he has spent the last few months courting his party's base with promises on conservative pet issues such as remaining in Iraq what kind of supreme court justices he would appoint, McCain has turned to...

Missing teenage beauty queen is found in London

"A TEENAGE beauty queen has been reunited with her parents after vanishing for nine days with a man she met on a social networking website. The family of Kovi Dunbar, 17, blamed cruel jibes at school about an illness which altered her looks, after she disappeared from her...

'Dead' canoeist to be charged

"Police are to charge 'dead' canoeist, a week after he resurfaced claiming to have forgotten everything since vanishing five years ago. Cleveland Police in northeastern England, where the 57-year-old has been questioned since his arrest last week, made the decision hours...

Vanishing reefs: reefs the new rainforest

This isn't a magic trick, the coral reef really is disappearing. It's hard to keep track of all the things going wrong with the planet, but this one seems quite real and undisputable. "Coral reefs in the...

Global warming blamed for vanishing lake

SANTIAGO, Chile - Scientists on Tuesday blamed global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in remote southern Chile that faded away in just two months, leaving just a crater behind.

A harrowing view from the top: global warming

I've submitted a couple of articles - Tibetans carry on as glaciers fall victim to global warming and Heatwave on the top of the world - regarding the evidence of global warming, climate change - whatever your semantic preference - in the high mountains of the world. And,...

Arctic sea ice vanishing: NASA

"The Arctic in 2005 saw little renewal of the thick, perennial sea ice that normally melts and is replenished every year, a NASA study has found. Renewing the layer is crucial to maintaining the summer ice cover's...

The vanishing holiday bonus

"As Christmas approached two years ago, Valerie Bent was looking forward to the sizable semiannual bonus she and her colleagues always received at the investor relations firm where she was a vice president. Although their salaries ranked far below industry standards, the...

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