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Kidnapped Baby Found 23 Years Later

'Our baby girl is home,' says Nejdra Nance's grandma

(Newser) - A sickly infant snatched from her Harlem hospital crib has been located—23 years after she was kidnapped. Nejdra Nance of Atlanta contacted the distraught mom who always thought her daughter was alive. Nance spotted photos of missing "Carlina" online and thought they looked amazingly like her own baby...

Drug-Seeking Burglars Snort Man, Dog Ashes

Teen sniffers were hoping for cocaine, heroin, say cops

(Newser) - Oops. Burglars were so desperate for drugs when they broke into a Florida home that they snorted a powder found in a ceramic urn. But they didn't get even a hint of a buzz because they had inhaled some of the cremated remains of the former man of the house...

Castrated Reporter's Ashes Scattered Over NYC Subway

Sisters claim they had permission

(Newser) - In an unusual burial ritual, relatives scattered the ashes of a castrated murder victim over a Manhattan sidewalk grate to the subway below. Two sisters of 65-year-old Portuguese journalist Carlos Castro sprinkled his remains over a Times Square station. They said they had permission to scatter the ashes there, but...

Missing Teen Was Afraid of Mom's Boyfriend

He lurked in her bedroom doorway, watching her, says grandma

(Newser) - A missing 13-year-old Texas middle-schooler told her grandma she was afraid of her mother's new boyfriend who often lurked in her bedroom doorway and watched her. Hailey Dunn has been missing for nearly three weeks. Her mom's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, walked off his job the day of her disappearance, and...

Europe Dismayed by Stumbling, Gun-Crazed America

Shooting seen as sign of violent super power in decline

(Newser) - While Americans are wringing their hands, trying to make some sense of a senseless act, the rest of the world is shaking its head in dismay. To Europeans in particular, the shooting deaths of 6 people and the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is symptomatic of a gun-obsessed nation...

2nd Suspect Surrenders in Disabled Rapes

Cops press on in 'most heinous' attacks

(Newser) - A second man is in custody in an investigation into a disturbing string of sex assaults of severely disabled women revealed in more than 100 hours of videotaped attacks. The tapes were discovered by a tech hired to scrub a hard drive containing film of the assaults, according to cops....

Wife of Email Snoop: I Was Violated

Leon Walker acts like he's the victim, says angry wife Clara

(Newser) - The wife of a Michigan man who could get jail for snooping in her email is blasting those who feel sorry for her husband. Leon Walker faces up to 5 years in prison if he's convicted of felony misuse of a computer. Leon, Clara Walker's third hubby, discovered through her...

'Chainsaw Massacre' Chat Linked to Girl's Murder

Zahra Baker, 10, was killed the same day as chilling conversation, cops believe

(Newser) - Her parents' creepy chat about a "virtual chainsaw massacre" emerged on the internet the same time their young daughter may have met an unbelievably horrific end. Police, who recovered pieces of the 10-year-girl in the North Carolina woods, aren't revealing how Zahra Baker was killed. But her stepmom has...

Son of Top Hitler Aide Accused of Child Sex Abuse

He became a priest to atone for father's sins, Bormann told press

(Newser) - The son of a top Hitler aide who was supposedly spending his life atoning for his father's sins is being accused of years of child abuse at a Catholic school. The former priest, son of Hitler secretary Martin Bormann, violently and sexually abused students as headmaster at an exclusive Austrian...

Man Torches Foreclosed Home, Shoots Himself, Wife

He threatens mayhem in 911 call

(Newser) - Economic hard times took a deadly turn when a soon-to-be-fired 60-year-old California man apparently torched his foreclosed home and shot himself and his wife. Authorities found the remains of two people in the ashes of the suburban San Diego home after the man called 911 to report that he had...

Daughter's 'Honor Killing' Hitting Arizona Court

Dad slammed car into 'Americanized' daughter: prosecutors

(Newser) - An Iraqi immigrant charged with slamming his car into his daughter in a shocking Arizona "honor killing" heads to court this month. Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, faces life in prison if convicted of killing his 20-year-old daughter, Noor, who refused an arranged marriage in Iraq and moved into her...

San Diego Professor Stabbed to Death in Mexico

Police seeking motive behind killing of well loved instructor

(Newser) - Authorities are still scrambling to find a motive behind the murder of a popular San Diego professor in Tijuana. Henry Acejo, who taught at three colleges in the San Diego area, was stabbed to death in his Mexico apartment late at night, reports AP . “He had a great sense...

Cops: Man Steals Game Boy From Teen's Casket

He also grabbed a light and 3 games, say investigators

(Newser) - Now that's low. Indiana cops have busted a 37-year-old man they say swiped a Game Boy from the casket of a teen killed in a car accident. The heist occurred during viewing of the 11th-grader's body at a local funeral home, said investigators. The teen's uncle confronted the robber outside...

Hubby: Shooting Wife in Head Was Sex Fantasy Gone Bad

Gun turned out to be loaded, Oklahoman tells cops

(Newser) - Pressing the muzzle of a gun to his 50-year-old wife's head and pulling the trigger while they were having sex apparently was a major turn on for an Oklahoma man—until the gun actually fired and killed her. At least that's the story husband Arthur Sedille, 23, is giving cops....

Teen Mom Jailed for Felony Domestic Abuse

Amber Portwood could get 3 years in stir

(Newser) - A star of the Teen Mom reality series is in an Indiana jail today after being busted for felony domestic abuse. Amber Portwood, 20, was videotaped in scenes for the MTV program viciously smacking and kicking the father of her toddler daughter, boyfriend Gary Shirley, as the little girl watched,...

Hubby Busted for Hacking Into Cheating Wife's Email

He faces 5 years in prison

(Newser) - A Michigan man faces five years in prison if convicted of felony charges for hacking into his wife's email. Leon Walker, 33, was busted after he accessed his wife Clara's account—and discovered she was having an affair. The affair was with her second husband, who was once arrested for...

Football Players Barred From Mexico During Sun Bowl

Too dangerous to cross the border in El Paso, officials warn

(Newser) - Notre Dame and Miami Hurricanes football players have been barred from crossing into Mexico while staying in El Paso for the Sun Bowl. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly even confiscated his team's passports before the Fighting Irish flew to Texas as a precaution, reports AP . Both teams met with police...

Whew: Santa Didn't Rob RI Yacht Club

But cops are holding the bartender who made the report

(Newser) - Santa won't be spending Christmas Eve in the pokey after a report that a robber dressed as Kris Kringle hit a Rhode Island bar has been proven false, the AP reports. But if the fat man didn't rob the East Providence Yacht Club, someone else did—between $1,500 and...

Texan Busted After Driving Car Onto Bush's Lawn

He didn't intend to harm former First Couple, officials say

(Newser) - Secret Service agents have busted a man for driving his muscle car erratically onto the lawn of former president George W. Bush. He and wife Laura were home at the time but were never in any danger, officials said. The driver made no threats against the Bushes and apparently did...

Man Caught on Tape Dragging Dead Woman in Suitcase

Curious passerby discovers gruesome contents

(Newser) - A New Yorker has been caught on a surveillance video camera dragging a suitcase stuffed with a dead woman. The problem is, no one knows who he is. The suitcase's grisly contents were discovered by a pedestrian after the hauler dumped it on a Harlem street. The stunned passerby fled...

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