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New York -- With few physical clues to the whereabouts of an escaped show dog, the hunt for the award-winning whippet has entered another realm. About 12 psychics are counseling searchers as they check the heated cargo buildings near where Vivi escaped from a travel cage at Kennedy International Airport, Paul Lepiane, the dog's co-owner, told Newsday for Tuesday editions. "They are telling us that she is alive and they are telling us she is warm," said Honi Reisman, a friend of the dog's owners. "They are saying she's in a building — but there are hundreds of buildings." According...

A chance sighting solves the case of a missing New York man found living at a Chicago homeless shelter. Doctors at a west suburban hospital are treating the man. Raymond Power Junior is suffering from amnesia. The attorney and former police officer disappeared from his home in New Rochelle, New York last summer. Earlier this week he turned up at the Pacific Garden Mission in the South Loop. He told people there his name was Jay Tower. A homeless man who befriended Power helped the shelter's operator learn his true identity. Power told police he doesn't remember how he got...

Feb. 20, 2006 issue - The 13-year-old girl was on her way home from badminton practice when she disappeared. Every night for five years, her mother kept the porch light on, hoping against hope for Megumi Yokota's return. That was almost 30 years ago. Then in 1996, Sakie Yokota and her husband learned that the North Koreans had snatched their daughter as part of a bizarre abduction program that had kidnapped scores of Japanese, perhaps as many as a hundred, in the 1970s and '80s. Ever since, Megumi Yokota's story has been a sensation in the Japanese press. In 2002,...

By SAM HAYES MELOS, Greece — The missing arms of the Venus de Milo were discovered last week in a cellar in Southern Croatia — and it turns out she’s got hideous man-hands! “We rushed the arms to the Louvre in Paris and matched them up to the statue. They were a perfect fit,” says art historian Ovidio Bartoli. “Then we did some carbon-dating and we confirmed that these are the real deal.” Word of the discovery has created an uproar in the art world. “It’s hard to believe someone so talented in anatomy would have such trouble keeping the...

Missing from the list of attendees at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 was the name of the Lt. Governor - James Earl Carter. Also missing was the President of the United States - LBJ. I find it criminal that Carter can use the funeral of Coretta Scott King to criticize President Bush when he didn't bother to show up for her husbands funeral. It is noteworthy that both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan attended the '68 funeral of King, while President Johnson did not.

A cruise ship carrying 1300 passengers in the Red Sea has been reported disappeared from radar by Egyptian authorities. No other details....

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police say their search for a missing Cecil County teenager has become a recovery operation.“As far as the Natural Resources Police is concerned, everything points to the worst,” said Sgt. Ken Turner. So far, search efforts have failed to find the 15-year-old last seen Thursday afternoon in a canoe in the Elk River. “He was reported missing around 6:45 p.m.,” said Turner. The search covered every possibility. “We searched air, land and water until 1 a.m., then started back at 7 a.m.,” Turner said. On Friday, the search was increased with the addition of K-9...

Best source up to the moment reports that Ahmadinejad has gone missing along with the missing Imam. Mookie Sadr appeared at presidential palace in Tehran two days back, and no sign of Ahmadinejad. Presidential visit to Ahvaz called off because no sign of Ahmadinejad. Missing three days from view. His presence projected on state TV this news cycle in order to denounce the Brits for planting the bombs in Ahvaz (more likely local rascals, long-standing beef with Tehran), but still no sighting. Where is he? Ahmadinejad is likely preparing the next phase of the aggression. Iranian air defense is said...

Red Cross Helicopter Missing; 7 on Board By ROSHAN MUGHAL, By The Associated Press 18 minutes ago MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - A helicopter used by the Red Cross for earthquake relief operations in Pakistan has gone missing with seven crew members on board, an official said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT The helicopter lost contact with the air control tower after leaving the northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, Red Cross quake relief chief Andre Paquet said. The helicopter had been chartered by Turkmenistan to the International Committee of the Red Cross for relief work in the quake zone for the past three months....

SAN DIEGO -- Police in San Diego are looking for a potty perp. Someone swiped a high-tech toilet seat worth about $2,700. The seat is thermostatically controlled and circulates hot water to warm the bottom. The theft victim told police the specially made potty seat was taken from an unlocked storage facility. The man said he had the seat because he hoped to market it in the San Diego area, but the company that makes it wanted it back. He said he discovered the seat was missing when he went to get it.

http://www.nbc30.com/news/6155121/detail.html All day I considered losing my anonymity to post this, but it's too important to let it go. I have seen that Freepers are an extremely supportive bunch, so I knew this was a good idea. My brother has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and it is has been in the single digits/teens in CT since yesterday. My brother left home without his wallet, carrying just a backpack. He said he was going for a walk and never returned. My family and I are worried SICK. We need all the prayer we can get. Pray that my younger brother...

A British man kidnapped in Iraq and held for five days by armed men who threatened to behead him was rescued last week by American special forces and astonished to discover that no one had noticed he was missing.

PA Amber Alert - Pittsburgh PD Allegheny Co, City of Pittsburgh, 2:55 AM, Black Female Age 1 Dk Hair, 30 LBS, Blue jean pants , pink top. Abducted by Black Male Age 29 YOA, Last Seen in older white Lincoln SDN, unknown direction of travel. The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert for Pittsburgh Police Department, Allegheny County. Pittsburgh Police Department is searching for Rahsann Coles, black female, 1 year of age, black hair, 30 pounds in weight, wearing blue jeans and a pink top. She was last seen at 207 Edmond Street, Pittsburgh, Pa Allegheny...

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....