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The search for two Albuquerque snowboarders missing since Friday in the Wolf Creek Ski Area has been called off for the day. Now there could be more problems coming for rescuers as the next storm moves in bringing in more snow.

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga.: Authorities found the body of a missing hiker Monday, hours after a judge denied bond to the man accused of kidnapping her in the mountains of northern Georgia. Investigators were also examining whether the death and the disappearance of two elderly hikers in October in North Carolina were related.

Two Farmington families have been missing since Friday, after a snowmobiling trip near Chama, N.M. The Groen and Martin families travelled to the town near the New Mexico-Colorado border on Friday morning to enjoy the winter weather. All six headed out on snow mobiles, north of town, that morning. A massive snow storm swamped the Chama area that day, and no one has heard from either family since. sponsor "It's kind of frustrating waiting around here just waiting and knowing that they're up there needing help", said Larry Groen, the father of Jason Groen. Jason, his wife Shannon Groen and...

Police in Las Vegas, Nev., have found a 15-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman who have been missing for several days. The woman, a counselor who was wanted on sexual abuse charges, is in custody and will be returned to Oregon. According to a news release late this afternoon, Las Vegas authorities just found 30-year-old Jasmine Nguyen and the boy who were the subject of a search by the Portland Police Bureau's Child Abuse Team. Earlier, the bureau had issued a press release saying that Jasmine Nguyen had been tracked to a motel in Wilsonville last week. Then, earlier today,...

MANAMA, Bahrain -- A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during U.S. Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said Friday. The sailor went missing Thursday around 7:30 a.m. local time while the ship was conducting maritime security operations, said the statement from the Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain. "A 'man overboard' was immediately called and air and surface forces from the Hopper, USS Port Royal and USS Ingraham began conducting search and rescue operations," it said. The sailor, whose name was not released, has not been found but the search continues, the Navy said. Lt. John...

BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- The person of interest in the disappearance of a hiker in the north Georgia mountains is in custody and is being questioned by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, police announced Friday evening. Gary Michael Hilton, 61, was detained after a police officer spotted his van at a convenience store. Investigators also have another piece of the puzzle: Meredith Emerson's black Labrador retriever, Ella, who walked into a grocery store Friday. The animal was positively identified through an embedded microchip. The search for Emerson will continue Saturday. -snip-

CHICAGO - A married woman from Illinois whose disappearance on Christmas Eve prompted a costly search returned to the area Friday evening and spoke with investigators, authorities said. Family members arranged the meeting at an undisclosed location between Anu Solanki, 24, and law enforcement officials, said Cook County sheriff's police spokesman Steve Mayberry. "As far as I'm aware her physical condition is fine," Mayberry said. "At this time she hasn't been charged with anything." Cell phone records indicated Solanki had left voluntarily with a 23-year-old male friend from California, authorities said earlier Friday. Mayberry did not know whether the friend,...

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Portsmouth Police Department at 1-888-562-5887 or Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453. MISSING: Matashia L'Faith Holder-Ricks Gender : female Race : black Date of Birth : 11/13/2007 Height : 3 feet 00 inches Weight : 8.1 Lbs Hair: black Eyes: brown Date and Time of Abduction: Dec 19, 2007 07:30 hours Circumstances: Child was last seen at 174 Allard Rd, Portsmouth, Virginia. Child was last seen wearing a leopard shirt, leopard pants, piink fury snow suit. Additional Significant Identifiers or Conditions of Child: She has sinus problems that are causing her to weeze. She is lactos...

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Authorities have closed the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and do not have evidence to charge anyone, the prosecutors' office said Tuesday. The three young men who were last seen with the Alabama teenager have all been notified that they will not be charged, the Public Prosecutor's Office said. "The public prosecutor's office and the police have gone the extra mile and have exhausted all their powers and techniques in order to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the girl," it said. The three suspects — a Dutch college student and two Surinamese brothers...

The moment she spotted the young woman in the puffy silver jacket, Ginger Mayes screamed her daughter's name and rushed the escalator, oblivious of the other passengers streaming into the baggage-claim area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Zarminah Al-Rabiah stepped off the escalator and into her mother's arms. The women clutched each other in a minutes-long hug, sobbing and then laughing.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Searchers have found a body and wreckage from a medical helicopter missing since Monday, a spokesman for the rescue effort said. The body of John Stumpff, 47, a flight nurse, was discovered Saturday on the north shore of Passage Canal near Whittier in Prince William Sound, said McHugh Pierre, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Still missing are three other people aboard the Eurocopter BK 117: patient Gaye McDowell, 60, pilot Lance Brabham, 42, and paramedic Cameron Carter, 25. The search was to resume before dawn Sunday. "We're going to assume there...

Exclusive: Report Shows Vehicles, Machine Guns And More Meant For Iraqi Forces Unaccounted For Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are just a sampling of more than $1 billion in unaccounted for military equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces, according to a new report issued today by the Pentagon Inspector General and obtained exclusively by the CBS News investigative unit. Auditors for the Inspector General reviewed equipment contracts totaling $643 million but could only find an audit trail for $83 million. The report details a massive failure in government procurement...

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is searching part of Prince William Sound this morning for a LifeGuard helicopter that went missing last night en route to Providence Alaska Medical Center with a patient aboard, the Coast Guard said. The U.S. Air Force is expected to launch a C-130 and a helicopter this morning to assist in the search...

EL DORADO, Kan. | Authorities have found a body and “the description is consistent” with that of missing 18-year-old Emily Sander, Police Chief Tom Boren said this afternoon. The body was found between El Dorado and Toronto, along U.S. 54 about 50 miles east of El Dorado, Boren said. Boren said Wednesday that Mireles and his pregnant 16-year-old girlfriend could be headed for Mexico, where he has relatives. Mireles has been in the United States legally and has “resident alien” status, Boren said. Nude photos of Sander appeared on a Zoey Zane Web site before she vanished, and investigators were...

EL DORADO, Kan. - A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane. Nude photos of 18-year-old Emily Sander appeared on a Zoey Zane Web site before she vanished, and investigators are looking into whether her modeling had anything to do with her disappearance last Friday. "She enjoyed it. She is a young teenage girl and she wanted to be in the movies and enjoyed movies. She needed the extra money," Nikki Watson, a close friend of Sander's at Butler...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma police called off their search Wednesday of an area near the sites where officials discovered the car of a 20-year-old pregnant woman missing since Nov. 23 and a prayer group happened upon the corpse of another woman.

A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane, a friend told The Associated Press on Wednesday. A young woman resembling 18-year-old Emily Sander appears nude in photos posted on a Zoey Zane Web site. "She enjoyed it. She is a young teenage girl and she wanted to be in the movies and enjoyed movies. She needed the extra money," said Nikki Watson, a close friend of Sander's at Butler Community College. "Nobody in El Dorado knew besides her close friends."...

A curious cat narrowly escaped death after getting trapped behind a bathroom cupboard for 44 days. Pensioner Jessie Sculpher, 79, was devastated when her new pet Tabitha went missing just three days after she took her home from the RSPCA. After searching her home and garden, Jessie resigned herself to the idea that Tabitha had run away. It was only when Jessie heard a strange sound coming from behind the vanity unit in the bathroom over a month later, was she finally reunited with her feline friend. Jessie recalled: "It was 4am and I heard some scratching and knocking coming...

You saw it first on ABC13 as an Eyewitness News exclusive -- the clue which could answer the question: Who is 'Baby Grace? Investigators are one step closer to solving the mystery. It's the three-week mystery which has stretched all around the world. Who is 'Baby Grace' -- the young girl found in a box in Galveston County? Now, authorities will soon have their hands on a DNA sample from the person who may be the missing girl's father. Galveston investigators are a huge step closer to finding out whether a missing Spring toddler is 'Baby Grace'. Late yesterday afternoon,...

DIAMOND BAR, California (AP) -- Authorities were investigating the disappearance Monday of three grandchildren of Southern California Rep. Gary Miller. The children were reported missing at about 1:30 p.m Monday from their Diamond Bar residence east of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said. Investigators were looking into whether the children were taken by their "non-custodial mother," said sheriff's spokeswoman Deputy Aura Sierra, referring to a parent without custody rights. The children's parents are divorced and appeared to be in a custody battle, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported on it Web site. -snip-