New search for evidence in missing girl cold case
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — Southwest Florida deputies are searching a Punta Gorda property for evidence in the cold case of a missing 4-year-old girl. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and NecroSearch International, a nonprofit organization, are using ground penetrating radar to guide their search. They began digging Tuesday and have continued through the afternoon. Pilar Rodriguez was last seen in 1999. Her father let her go on a vacation with a baby sitter across the state to Punta...

New search for evidence in missing girl cold case
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Southwest Florida deputies are searching a Punta Gorda property for evidence in the cold case of a missing 4-year-old girl. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and NecroSearch International, a nonprofit organization, are using ground penetrating radar to guide their search. They began digging Tuesday and have continued through the afternoon. Pilar Rodriguez was last seen in 1999. Her father let her go on a vacation with a baby sitter across the state to Punta Gorda...

New video on missing British girl Madeleine McCann
LONDON -- British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can. The appeal was launched by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Detectives hope the video will "prick the conscience" of someone who may be close to the girl's abductor. The short film includes new images of how Madeleine might have changed more than two years after she...

Search intensifies for missing girl: PHOTO
PUNTA GORDA - Pilar Rodriguez was 3 years old when she disappeared nearly 11 years ago. It's a cold case, but it appears there are new developments that could finally provide a break in the case. Tuesday afternoon, Charlotte County investigators searched an area on Duncan Road, east of Punta Gorda. Investigators with shovels began digging, searching an eight-acre property. "It is strongly believed through statements that Pilar has been dead since 1999, but her body has never been recovered,"...

British police release McCann video
B ritish police today released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can. The appeal was launched by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Detectives hope the video will “prick the conscience” of someone who may be close to the girl's abductor. The short film includes new images of how Madeleine might have changed more than two years after she...

Police launch "conscience-pricking" McCann video
LONDON (Reuters) - Police released a video on Tuesday of how Madeleine McCann might look now, in a bid to prick the conscience of anyone who knows what became of the missing girl. Madeleine, from Leicestershire, vanished from her room at the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007, just days before her fourth birthday The 60-second video, released in seven languages including French and Arabic, features film footage of Madeline and digitally enhanced photos of what she might look like...

Video: Family grieve killed soldier in Afghanistan
Matthew Telford, one of the British Soldiers killed by a rogue Afghan policeman, has been praised by his uncle as a "wonderful lad."

Body found during search for young boy
A BODY has been found in Melbourne's Yarra River, not far from where an autistic three-year-old boy had gone missing. Police said they could not confirm whether it was the body of missing boy Christian Peck, or give further details except that the body was found in the Yarra River in Heidelberg just after 11am this morning. Christian was last seen by family in his great grandfather's home in Vine Street, Heidelberg, at 2am on Friday and was discovered missing at 10.35am. It is believed...

New 'aged' images of missing girl Madeleine McCann released
LONDON — British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can. The appeal was launched by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Detectives hope the video will "prick the conscience" of someone who may be close to the girl's abductor. The short film includes new images of how Madeleine might have changed more than two years after...

Search for Calif. crash survivors now recovery
Los Angeles (AP)

Video shows what Madeleine would look like now: PHOTO
On Tuesday, a new video was released imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can. The appeal was launched by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Detectives hope the video will “prick the conscience” of someone who may be close to the girl’s abductor. The short film includes new images of how Madeleine might have changed more than two years after she...

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Will Cohost The Oscars!: VIDEO
The Oscars hosts have finally been announced, and they certainly don't disappoint

Jackson's Axed Bruno Scene Included In DVD Release
La Toya Jackson 's axed cameo in Sacha Baron Cohen 's outrageous comedy Bruno has been restored for the movie's DVD release. The British funnyman convinced Jackson he was an Austrian Fashion journalist, called Bruno, for a skit in the film, in which Cohen jokes about the star's brother Michael Jackson and attempts to steal his contact details from La Toya's cell phone. The singer, who fails to recognise Cohen behind his disguise as the gay fashionista, storms out of the...

Police try to identify body found in central Fla.
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Police are trying to determine the identity of a man whose body was found in the woods on a dead-end street in central Florida. A passer-by notified officers on Saturday about the body. Investigators don't know who the man was, and they have no missing-persons reports that match up. The body had been there for a few days. ------ Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com

Charges considered in Md. man's fake kidnap claim
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Police in West Virginia are considering whether to charge a U.S. Naval Academy student who they say lied about being the victim of a Kidnapping and Extortion plot. Police first received a missing-person report on 21-year-old Matthew C. Sanders of California, Md., on Sunday afternoon. He was supposed to be headed for Annapolis but did not arrive at the academy. On Monday, police issued a statement saying Sanders was found unharmed in Preston County. They did not say...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon UK fan party announced: PHOTO
The Twilight Saga is undoubtedly a worldwide phenomenon and yet, we often hear how short-changed Twifans feel here in the UK. It’s rare that they get to see their onscreen idols in the flesh and sometimes tie-in products are released in the States earlier (such as with The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack) turning the famous British stiff upper lip into a glum grimace. Yet we’re trying to do our Fairy Godmother bit here at Boxwish and have News of a British event that is sure to...

RCMP search N.B. reserve where girl, 16, went missing: PHOTO
RCMP are expected to continue searching the home of a missing girl's relative Wednesday on a First Nation community 180 kilometres north of Moncton. Hilary Bonnell, 16, went missing Sept. 5 on the Esgenoopetitj First Nations reserve after texting "Oh my God, I am so scared" to a friend. Police began searching a home Tuesday where Bonnell's 28-year-old cousin lives with his girlfriend and newborn baby, according to local band councillor, Curtis Bartibogue. Bartibogue told Canwest News...

RCMP search N.B. reserve where girl, 16, went missing: PHOTO
RCMP are expected to continue searching the home of a missing girl's relative Wednesday on a First Nation community 180 kilometres north of Moncton. Hilary Bonnell, 16, went missing Sept. 5 on the Esgenoopetitj First Nations reserve after texting "Oh my God, I am so scared" to a friend. Police began searching a home Tuesday where Bonnell's 28-year-old cousin lives with his girlfriend and newborn baby, according to local band councillor, Curtis Bartibogue. Bartibogue told Canwest News...

Last walk home for Fla. girl, 7, was along tree-lined roads of well-kept homes; no suspects
ORANGE PARK, FLA. — Somer Thompson's face, with chubby cheeks and thick brown bangs, still smiled from missing person posters plastered on nearly every utility pole along the mile-long route from her elementary school to her home. In front of a small church and in front of well-kept homes framed by tall trees with Spanish moss hanging from the branches, handmade signs implored anyone with information about the 7-year-old's disappearance on her walk home from school to call the sheriff's...

Morgan Harrington Case: Are Police Closing In?
  Charlottesville, VA

Enhanced photos of Madeleine McCann released
LONDON — British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they

Five UK troops shot dead in Afghanistan
Five British Soldiers have been shot and killed in an attack in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the British Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

Espionage thriller role for Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren is to star in an espionage thriller based on a series of comic books, it has been reported. The 64-year-old British actress - who scooped an Oscar for her performance in 2006's The Queen - will join Hollywood stars Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis in Red, reports Variety. The movie will be based on three books written by British author Warren Ellis, which follow a retired secret agent (Willis) whose life is turned upside down when he is targeted by an assassin sent by a CIA...

CITY OF FIRE To Tour U.K. In January: PHOTO
Hard Rock experimentalists CITY OF FIRE will embark on a U.K. tour in January. A list of dates can be found on the poster below. CITY OF FIRE pays homage to the vibrant city in which the band was formed

4th typhoon in month lashes Philippines; 7 killed
Manila, Philippines (AP)