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Marfa, Texas (AP) -- A plane carrying the U.S. and Mexican heads of the International Water and Boundary Commission disappeared Monday while touring floods along the Rio Grande. Commissioners Carlos Marin, of the U.S. section, and Arturo Herrera, from Mexico, were flying to Presidio, Texas, from El Paso but the plane did not land as scheduled, Presidio County Judge Jerry Agen said. The plane carried the pilot and one other passenger, he said. The chartered Cessna 421 propeller plane left about 10 a.m. and was to fly over a reservoir in Mexico so the men could see a dam where...

Missing WWII Soldier Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Pvt. James W. Turner, U.S. Army, of Altus, Okla. He will be buried on Sept. 11 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Turner’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army....

Has anyone seen Joe Biden? He seems to have vanished after the convention?

Mystery of the missing millionaire Samuel Israel III was living the good life with other people's money — playing a dangerous game, with staggeringly high stakes By Dennis Murphy Correspondent NBC News updated 7:51 p.m. ET Sept. 5, 2008 This report aired Dateline Friday, Sept. 5, 10 p.m. Dennis Murphy Correspondent NEW YORK CITY - No one knows for sure why the story of Sam Israel III found its way to Bear Mountain Bridge. Israel a millionaire living the high life. He had a boat, a nice house, and some cars. Suddenly, he was at the center of a mystery...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Ensign Irvin A.R. Thompson, of Hudson County, N.J.; Ensign Eldon P. Wyman, of Portland, Ore.; and Fireman 2nd Class Lawrence A. Boxrucker, of Dorchester, Wis.; all U.S. Navy. Boxrucker will be buried on Sept. 6 in Dorchester, and the funerals for Thompson and Wyman are being set by their families. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, the...

9/01/08 3:12PM EST: [UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Credible sources tell YWN that the missing body of 39-year-old Naftoli Smolyansky Z”L, who went missing while on a boating trip in Lake Piru, California has just been found. Naftoli was in a boat on the lake with his 9-year-old son and his two daughters, ages 5 and 7 last Monday afternoon, when his youngest daughter fell overboard. He jumped in to save her, and managed to push his daughter back into the boat, but he R”L went under and did not resurface. Hundreds of people joined the massive search by air, land,...

ORANGE COUNTY, FL -- Orange County Sheriff Deputies arrested Casey Anthony Friday night and charged her with multiple white-collar crimes. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman, Captain Angelo Nieves, Anthony was charged with forgery, theft, and using fraudulent information. Anthony was released last week when bounty hunter Leonard Padilla posted her bail. Padilla says Anthony may return because he is concerned for her safety. Reports on Wednesday that samples taken from Casey Anthony's car indicate that, at some point, there was a decomposing body in the trunk. Earlier this month, the Orange County Sheriff's Office sent air samples...

Results taken from air samples reveal that a body was decomposing in the trunk of a car driven by the mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, a local TV station reported. Detectives with cadaver dogs said they detected the smell of human decomposition coming from the trunk of the Pontiac Casey Anthony was driving when her little girl disappeared more than two months ago. The University of Tennessee "Body Farm" conducted the tests on the car's air samples Aug. 10, and on Wednesday their conclusion was released: a human corpse had been decomposing there, according to WESH-2 TV.

John Edwards, the Democrats’ 2004 vice presidential nominee who unsuccessfully sought the top spot on the party’s ticket this year, is like the man who never was among party leaders gathered in Denver. Edwards, the one-term North Carolina senator whose 2008 candidacy ended in January, admitted in early August, after a lot of tabloid disclosures, that he had been carrying on an extramarital affair with a campaign aide even as his wife, Elizabeth, was battling cancer. He also admitted that he had repeatedly lied about it. It still isn’t clear if he fathered an out of wedlock child during the...

Media Mob Prompts 'Black-List' Threat From Attorney ORLANDO, Fla. -- The mother of a missing Orlando girl said, "I'm innocent" before walking out of jail and encountering a frenzied mob of reporters and photographers in a case that continues to grab national attention Casey Anthony, 22, left the Orange County Jail Thursday after celebrity bounty hunter Leonard Padilla helped post her $500,000 bail. Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said she wanted to walk out of the jail with her head held high before being rushed by the media. "Just as we were walking out, I covered her up and she stopped...

A bail bondsman working with a California bounty hunter has posted bond for the mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony this afternoon, setting the stage for her release after more than a month in jail. Casey Anthony, called a "person of interest" in the disappearance of her daughter, is being held on $500,000 bond on charges of child neglect, a third degree felony, and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. The Orange County, Fla., Department of Corrections said that bond had been posted today and that Anthony could be released by midmorning Thursday, at the earliest....

New details have emerged in the case of missing Caylee Anthony - Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla may not be able to get Casey Anthony out of jail by Tuesday. Let's start with case facts (Scroll down for latest updates): The mother of a missing Florida toddler is a "person of interest" in a possible homicide. Casey was formerly charged with child neglect and other charges involving alleged lies to police about her daughter's whereabouts. Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, has not been seen for more than a month. Caylee allegedly disappeared on June 9th. Investigators have said stains, along with...

New details have emerged in the case of missing Caylee Anthony - A Sacramento bounty hunter by the name of Leonard Padilla has arranged for the $500,000 bail for Casey Anthony - who could be released today. Let's start with case facts: The mother of a missing Florida toddler is a "person of interest" in a possible homicide. Casey was formerly charged with child neglect and other charges involving alleged lies to police about her daughter's whereabouts. Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, has not been seen for more than a month. Caylee allegedly disappeared on June 9th. Investigators have said stains,...

The Civil Air Patrol resumed their search Sunday for a missing Texas family last seen when their private plane took off from Steamboat Springs, Colo., in poor weather conditions, MyFOXColorado.com reports. Tommy Jacomini, who was piloting the Cessna 182 carrying his wife Susie, and their 7-year-old son Thomas and 5-year-old daughter Vivi, reportedly lost contact with ground control 15 minutes into the flight on Friday. Summit County sheriff officials say radar detected the four-seater airplane Friday near Green Mountain Reservoir, about 30 miles northwest of Sunday's search area, according to MyFOXColorado.com. Seven ground crews were reportedly searching an area stretching...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eyewitness News learned Friday that Casey Anthony will be bonded out on Monday by a California-based bail bondsman who isn't shy of the media.

Two teenage twins have been missing from their Southern California home since Sunday, and their parents fear their daughters met someone on the Internet and could be in danger. Mary and Morgan Corrodi, 16, were last seen outside their Malibu home getting into a car occupied by two women. Jack Corrodi said his daughters, who have IQs of 70 and attend special education classes at Malibu High School, recently spent "many hours" on the Internet and received multiple calls from unknown persons. "[A neighbor] saw the girls standing there, just kind of hanging around like they were waiting for somebody,...

Missing WWII Pilot Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is 2nd Lt. Howard C. Enoch Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces, of Marion, Ky. He will be buried on Sep. 22 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Enoch’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of...

It's now been 30 days since Caylee Anthony was reported missing in Orange County and Thursday morning the child's mother, Casey Anthony, had a jailhouse visit with her parents. But, beforehand, George Anthony could not control his emotions. The Anthonys arrived back home late Thursday morning, but since leaving the video visitation center around 10:00am neither one has spoken a word to the media. "Guys, please just leaves us alone," George told reporters asking questions before their scheduled visitation Thursday morning. "When I go up here, do not follow us in the gate. Do not follow us when we're standing...

t has been one month since Caylee Anthony was reported missing in Orange County. Investigators held a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to shed new light on recent theories from the little girl's grandparents about what happened to her. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said it's not trying to build a case against Caylee Anthony's mother Casey, it's trying to get truthful information from her about where her daughter was before she disappeared. "Before you even get started, jump day, you had a month expire. It makes it awful tough to re-track information," said Chief Mark Strobridge of the Orange...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A source inside the Orange County Sheriff's Office shared a new theory in the Caylee Anthony disappearance on Tuesday. At the center of the theory is the possibility that the missing toddler is dead. Authorities at the Orange County Sheriff's Office said they're focusing on three key dates in their investigation. Members of the Anthony family said they refuse to believe the theory that Caylee died, but there are many people who think it is a possibility. "I think it was accidental, and I think her mom tried to cover it up, and it kind of blew...