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The state medical examiner has confirmed the remains found on an Albemarle County Farm Tuesday are those of Morgan Harrington. Virginia State Police say the confirmation was made using dental records provided by the family and say the investigation continues into the time and cause of death.... Lt. Joe Rader, the lead investigator in Harrington's disappearance, said the area where the remains were discovered had not been searched previously. He added that the missing person case was now most likely a homicide. He said investigators were combing the area carefully, saying it was "imperative to maintain the sanctity of the...

The parents of Morgan D. Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student missing since October, have been called to a farm off U.S. 29 south of Charlottesville, where police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains.

Morgan Harrington was seen hitchhiking for a ride on the Copeley Road Bridge on the night of her disappearance, according to a police brief released Nov. 13. “After the 9:30 (p.m.) timeframe, we can’t seem to establish any other sightings of her,” said Corinne Geller, spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police. It was also released in the brief that she was wearing a Swarovski Crystal necklace on that night. Harrington might have received a ride or approached someone to borrow a cell phone, Geller said. “She was wearing it that night,” Geller said. “She dropped her purse and her cell...

Have you ever seen a 400-yard Par 3 hole? This video shows an 830-meter Par 3 at the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in South Africa. The elevation of the tee is 640 yards and the distance is 310 yards, resulting - they say - in a 400-yard extreme Par 3! The tee is only accessible via helicopter ride! Watch Padraig Harrington and a partner play the hole! . . . . . . . (Watch Video)

Harrington, Ochoa and Haas named 2008's top players by Golf Writers - PGA.com HOUSTON -- Padraig Harrington, Lorena Ochoa and Jay Haas have been named 2008 Players of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America. All three players will be honored at the GWAA's Annual Awards Dinner April 8, 2009 in Augusta, Ga. This is Harrington's first GWAA Player of the Year award and ends a streak of three in row for Tiger Woods. Woods, who has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery following his U.S. Open win in June, had won the Player of the Year award...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Melissa Harrington feels the city of Lincoln, Neb., is all wet -- for busting her at a wet T-shirt contest. She's filed a $75,000 claim for restitution against the city and the police department, claiming officers are intimidating bar owners to keep them from hiring her for promotions.

The reports have circulated for days, fanned by breathless warnings to friends and family via phone calls and e-mails: Immigration agents are conducting raids across Austin, rounding up employees and customers at flea markets and store parking lots, in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods and even outside public schools. Whether the reports are valid was difficult to ascertain Tuesday. Though two groups called for an end to the raids, federal immigration officials would not confirm that raids are even taking place, and the Mexican consul general in Austin said "there is absolutely no evidence" that they are. Despite a lack of official...

Haunted Harrington: Is there a ghost at City Hall?; Witnesses share their stories By Cathianne Werner-Porterfield, The JournalHARRINGTON — You're all alone in an old house at night. Considering yourself a sane person, you have no reason to be afraid. You're safe. Nothing is going to lurch out of the dark shadows and jump into your path. But you a hear a noise … a strange creaking sound … on the floor above you and sanity and reason go out the window and are taken over instantly by fear and apprehension. You collect yourself and speak reassuring words out loud....

A 42-year-old police officer arrested on charges he raped his teenage daughter has been released without bail, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors in Queens had requested $25,000 bail for the officer, whose name has been withheld by authorities. Queens Criminal Court Judge William Harrington ruled the defendant could go free after issuing an order barring him from having any contact with his 15-year-old daughter. The officer has been charged with rape, incest, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse based on allegations by the girl that he raped and molested her several times since 2001, court papers said. The...

It is time for Christian liberals to respond to the efforts of the Republican Party and all its spokespersons to paint -- with as broad a brush stroke as possible -- all liberals as immoral and anti-religious. In his Wednesday column asking why so many people hate Bush, Cal Thomas implied that all liberals believe that God is merely an idea of man, that all liberals deny that it is God who makes the rules, that all liberals "wish to create their own version of heaven on Earth through the secular god of big government and a capitulation to our...

Probe to 'look inside' asteroids By Paul Rincon BBC News Online science staff in Paris, France Studies of asteroids would aid Earth-protection strategies A new space mission concept unveiled at a Paris conference aims to look inside asteroids to reveal how they are made. Deep Interior would use radar to probe the origin and evolution of two near-Earth objects less than 1km across. The mission, which could launch some time later this decade, would also give clues to how the planets evolved. The perceived threat of asteroids colliding with our planet has renewed interest in space missions to understand these...

More Catholic Bishops: If You're Pro-Abortion, Skip Communionby Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor July 9, 2004 Winona, MN (LifeNews.com) -- More Catholic bishops have said that anyone who supports abortion should recuse themselves from taking communion. Bishop Bernard Harrington of the Diocese of Winona in Minnesota is the latest to make a communion decision in the wake of a national meeting of American bishops on the issue."It is time we recognize that morality and ethics -- not our political parties -- determine what we believe," Harrington wrote in the latest edition of the diocesan newspaper, The Courier.Harrington added that "any Catholics who...