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2012's Top Ten Getaways

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:36:39 CDT

What part of the globe should you trek to next year? The writers and editors at Frommer's have released their top 10 destinations for 2012 with selections among unconventional getaways, hot spots hosting high-profile events, and regions that have been re-energized, notes USA Today . Some of the choices:

FBI Dog Finds Cadaver Smell in Parents' Home

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:31:34 CDT

The Kansas City parents of a missing baby girl are facing a new dilemma: An FBI cadaver dog has sniffed out the scent of a dead body in their home, the AP reports. The dog found a "positive 'hit' ... in an area of the floor of Bradley's bedroom near the...

Baby's Mom: I Was Drunk When Lisa Vanished

Matt Cantor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:42:38 CDT

The mother of missing baby Lisa Irwin was drinking when her 10-month-old disappeared, she told the Today show —“enough to be drunk,” she said. Deborah Bradley drinks a few times a week, she told Fox News , but only once her kids are in bed. “I don’t see the problem in...

FBI Scours Landfill, Family Yard for Missing Baby

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:02:45 CDT

FBI agents searched a Kansas landfill today in connection with the disappearance of a 10-month-old Missouri girl, just hours after the child's mother said police accused her of being involved. Agents and Kansas City police spent about two hours at the landfill in the suburb of Shawnee looking for Lisa...

Cops: Missing Baby's Parents Have Stopped Cooperating

Rob Quinn — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:01:32 CDT

Police say the parents of a baby girl who vanished from her crib in Kansas City early this week have stopped cooperating with investigators—but family members firmly deny that claim. "Tonight, they decided to stop talking to detectives, and I don't have to illustrate how that affects the investigation,...

Kansas City Baby Girl Vanishes From Crib

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:00:00 CDT

Missouri police have launched a massive manhunt for a baby girl who vanished from her crib in the middle of the night. "We've exhausted everything we can at the original scene," said a police spokesman. "We've opened up the crime scene and are doing everything we can." A neighbor reported...

SUV Crashes Into House's Roof

Kevin Spak — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:43:45 CDT

Michelle Brown and her daughter were watching TV when they heard the crash. Her son ran in and delivered the news: “He said, ‘Momma, there’s a truck in the ceiling!’” Brown recalls. And indeed there was. An SUV crashed into the attic of Brown’s Kansas City home last night,...

Accused Rapist: I Thought She Was Dead

Rob Quinn — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:00:00 CDT

A man accused of raping a woman as she lay unconscious on a city sidewalk in broad daylight told cops he thought he was merely molesting a corpse, according to investigators. Witnesses who say they saw Melvin Jackson having sex with the woman flagged down a passing patrol car. When...

Punch a Grandma, Get 25 Years in Prison?

hybrid — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:37:03 CDT

Pedro Guzman, a 21-year-old Kansas City man, decided that his friend's grandmother shut the door to his car too hard. And she had a smart mouth--telling him to get off her property. So he punched her in the face, breaking her jaw. He pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in March,...