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Dear Readers: This is my first post on FreeRepublic, and I hope it will be the best place to reach the greatest number of people with the following message... This subject is of importance and concern to us all -- I am providing the link to the online petition site for "Molly's Law", which I hope you will visit and read what we, as a group of search dog handlers from all areas of Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue across the country, are working on to help combat the problem of lost, missing and abducted children and adults. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/MollyLaw/petition.html...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2006 – Two Army divisions are preparing for a transfer of responsibility in Baghdad tomorrow, and the search for an unmanned aerial vehicle near Mosul has been suspended, military officials said. The 3rd Infantry Division will turn over authority for Multinational Division Baghdad to the 4th Infantry Division. Army Maj. Gen. William Webster Jr., 3rd ID commander, will case the "Marne" Division's colors during the transfer ceremony, and Maj. Gen. J.D. Thurman, 4th ID commander, will uncase the "Ironhorse" Division's colors. In other news, the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team has suspended its search for a Raven...

ACTIVE AMBER ALERT DECEMBER 30, 2005 Vehicle: TAN, 2003 Ford Focus, Utah License Plate 719VMN, Four door, rear spoiler Victims Tyler Morton and Steven Morton, may be with non-custodial mother Tessa Morton. Suspect has phychotic schizophrenia, violent tendencies. See more info Taken from 20375 North Old Hwy RD, Plymouth, Box Elder County, Utah, between 3:30 a.m. and 6 a.m., December 30, 2005 SUSPECT: Tessa Marie Morton, Date of Birth 04-17-1972, AGE 33 Height 5' 2" Weight 120 lbs Hair: Brown SUSPECT HAS PSYCHOTIC SCHIZOPHRENIA, WITH A HISTORY OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND POSSIBLE VIOLENT TENDENCIES. SUSPECT TOOK CLOTHING FOR THE CHILDREN....

NEW DELHI: India’s defence and interior ministries were investigating how 100 tonnes of explosives went missing from a merchant navy ship bound for Iran, officials said on Wednesday. The six missing containers of explosives were intended for road construction in Afghanistan where India’s Border Road Organisation was constructing a highway. "About 100 tonnes of explosives meant for the Border Road Organisation in Afghanistan were reported missing on the 26th (of December)," said a government official who did not wish to be named. "We are treating this as a serious security matter," the official said. The captain and six crew of...

Wanda Estrada's diamond ring spent almost a week at the bottom of a paper bag. Now it's back where it belongs: on her finger. A San Jose woman returned the ring Thursday afternoon to the See's Candies store in Saratoga, surprising Estrada with the three-diamond band she'd feared was gone for good. ``I'm on cloud nine now,'' Estrada said. ``I'm going to be smiling all day.'' Thea Sawyer said she was buying some Christmas gifts at See's last Friday, the same day Estrada noticed the ring had slipped off her finger. Estrada was sure it somehow dropped into a bag...

13 Year Old Girl possibly abducted. Ransom Demanded. Amber Alert Issued for Detroit, Michigan girl, Toni Stoddemire (13) Springfield, IL, December 21, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- An Amber Alert is in effect right now for a missing 13-year-old girl from Detroit. State police say Toni Stoddemire left her home Tuesday by herself. Shortly after she left, police say a phone call was placed to her home demanding money for her return. For a complete Detailed Profile of these Amber Alerts. Please visit our site at: http://www.projectsafekids.org/alert.html

An Amber Alert has been issued for a Spartanburg girl last seen at 7 a.m. this morning. The girl, 10-year-old Tylameka Chantell Hines is believed to have been abducted by 16-year-old Keonta Lavale Hines. Both girls were last seen at 114 W. Corley St., Spartanburg. Police are looking for a burgundy 1997 Grand Prix with a license plate of 890 MPG and an American flag on the trunk. There is no information about the car’s direction of travel, although authorities believe it is headed for New York. Tylameka Hines is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs about 60 pounds....

For weeks the family of Dr. Zehra Attari has been trying to retrace the route the missing San Jose pediatrician may taken the night she disappeared.Did 55-year-old mother of two make a wrong turn on Doolittle Road, which skirts an inlet as it runs past the Oakland International Airport? Or was did an exit off of 880 lead her astray?Where was she? They asked themselves. Was she alive?These painful questions were finally answered Tuesday night when Attari's gray Honda Accord was pulled out of the Oakland Estuary near the Grand Marina boatyard in Alameda at the foot of Grand Street....

Nuclear Vials Presumed Stolen, Questions Remain About Safety and Procedures Federal and state officials report they still have not located two vials of radioactive material that went missing November 3 as they were being shipped by truck from Albuquerque to Kilgore, Texas. Two plastic tubes of antimony-124, a highly toxic and radioactive liquid primarily used by the oil and gas industry, are looking increasingly like they have been stolen somewhere en route from Albuquerque to Kilgore, Texas, according to New Mexico and federal officials. An official event notification filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Pro Technics, one of the...

NEW YORK: Huge amounts of high-tech explosives, including 67 kgs of commerical plastic explosives, which could be used to make numerous bombs, have been stolen from a private storage facility in the southwestern US state of New Mexico, officials said on Tuesday. The thieves used blowtorches to cut through the thick steel walls of a bunker where the explosives were stored, ABC news said quoting the officials. The missing 400 pounds of explosives includes 150 pounds of what is known as C-4 plastic, or 'sheet explosive,' which can be shaped and moulded and is often used by terrorists and military...

Albuquerque, NM -- A federal agent says a load of stolen explosives could be devastating if "in the hands of the right people and they knew how to use it." Officials in New Mexico say several hundred pounds of high explosives are missing from a private storage site. About 2,500 blasting caps and an undisclosed length of explosive detonation cord are also missing. Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz says investigators haven't figured out yet when the explosives were taken or exactly how much is missing. An agent at the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms says...

Dec. 19, 2005 — About 400 pounds of explosive material was stolen from a research facility in New Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed today. The theft was discovered Sunday night by local authorities. ATF agents are investigating the large theft from Cherry Enginering, a company owned by Chris Cherry, for decades the senior explosives scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. "It is a very dangerous material, we want to keep this off the streets," Cherry told ABC News. Also, 2,500 detonators were missing from a storage explosive container, or magazine, in the name...

Dam fails in Missouri. People reported missing. Details to come... -

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mysterious disappearance of a Connecticut man during a honeymoon cruise is drawing congressional attention to a seamy side of the glitzy cruise industry.

FITCHBURG, WI - Police have arrested the last person known to have been with Angela Drake, an Oregon woman who hasn't been seen since leaving a Fitchburg bar early Friday. Michael Desalvo, 24, of Fitchburg, was arrested at midnight Monday in connection to drug charges in Dane County Circuit Court as well as a probation violation connected to felony theft charges in Minnesota. Desalvo and Drake left the Dry Bean Saloon on Verona Road at 1:30 a.m. Friday. Drake, 25, had met best friend Tonya Turchik, 24, of Fitchburg, at the bar at 10:15 p.m. Thursday. Turchik said she left...

Katrina is gone -- and so are many kids Team pursues difficult search for more than 1,300 missing children TINA SUSMAN Newsday Posted on Sun, Dec. 11, 2005 Royce Osbourne, in a skeleton mask, marches in a protest for hurricane victims' rights in New Orleans December 10, 200. Protesters feared they would receive federal funds to rebuild their homes. REUTERS/Lee Celano NEW ORLEANS - Three months after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, the fate of more than 1,300 children remains unknown. Until a few days ago, Lil Joe and Kolenik Williams, brothers from New Orleans, were among the...

Keeping hope alive By Robin Acton The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sunday, December 11, 2005 CINCINNATI -- One by one, Carolyn Maupin pulled snowmen and dusty yellow ribbons from the Christmas tree that has stood between the living room and dining room of her tiny ranch home since last year. After so many months, she had to redecorate it. She's not sure when, but a while back, the lights fizzled out, leaving branches dark beneath the ornaments and angels and flags sent with prayers from people she's never met. If prayers and yellow ribbons could bring him home, her son, Sgt. Keith...

There are more than 6,600 people still missing as a result of Hurricane Katrina...

Amber Alert issuedUpdated: 12/1/2005 11:19 PMBy: News 10 Now Staff width=3 height=1 border=0> Patricia Lynn Visco, 16 Police in Geneva have issued an Amber Alert for a missing teen. They are searching for 16-year-old Patricia Lynn Visco. She was last seen getting off of the bus at her home at 2:45 pm Thursday afternoon. Police say she is missing under suspicious circumstances and they believe she was forcibly removed from her home at 28 Sharon Street in Geneva, NY. Description: White female Approximately 16-years-old Brown hair Brown eyes 5’3” tall 135 lbs She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a...

AURORA, Colo. -- A 6-year-old Aurora girl was still missing Tuesday, and police are worried because this may be her second day out in the bitter cold weather alone. Arrone Thompson went missing Monday at about 1 p.m. and hasn't been seen since. Police say she got into an argument with her mother about a cookie and walked out the door, wearing little more than a white sweater, a gray hooded sweatshirt and pink sweatpants. She is 4 feet tall, weighs 60 pounds and is missing her top right canine tooth. She was last seen wearing a ponytail with a...