Search continues for Shannon.

Last Modified: 23 Feb 2008 By: Sue Turton Police looking for a missing nine-year-old girl in West Yorkshire extend their search to moorland and a pond near her home. Hundreds of officers and local people have been scouring the area, but so far there has been no trace of Shannon Matthews. Leaflets appealing for information were handed out at this afternoon's premiership match in Leeds, as detectives said they remained very concerned about her whereabouts. read more - channel4.com

How Europe is facing the threat of asteroid impact .

In January this year an asteroid 250 metres across swept past the Earth. Telescopes watched it speed by - a near miss, at least in celestial terms. What chance is there that an asteroid could hit Earth, and what preparations are really being made to face this doomsday scenario? read more - euronews.net

Ex-news anchor facing charges found dead.

Woman known as Suzanne Page accused of embezzling from man she dated.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. - A former TV news anchor in Michigan who was accused of embezzling from a man she dated and advised financially has been found dead in her home. Police tell The Detoit News that a relative found Suzanne Wangler unresponsive Saturday afternoon in her home in suburban Royal Oak. Detective Dan Swiatkowski isn't confirming how she died but says an autopsy is planned. read more - msnbc.com

School Bus Driver Arrested For Lewd Text Messages.

A Marion County school bus driver was arrested Friday for allegedly sending text messages with explicit sexual content to North Marion High School students. Police arrested Joyce Sheldon, 45, and charged her with two felony counts of transmitting harmful materials to minors. According to the police report, the messages started in December and continued into January. They came to light after one of the students got in trouble on the bus. That student turned the messages over to the principal. read more - foxnews.com

Man clings to girlfriend's car in fight '.

HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. - A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said. Both were hurt in the brawl Saturday and were arrested, police Sgt. Manfredo Figueroa said. The man, William Kremer, apparently jumped onto the car and held on as girlfriend Stacey Sperrazza wove along Route 202 with the car's air bag inflated, police said. She eventually stopped the car and hit him with it, police said. read more - yahoo.com

Britney Spears gets to see her 2 young sons.

LAURENS, She's allowed a three-hour visit after being kept away since Jan. 3
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has been reunited briefly with her sons, nearly two months after the troubled pop star last saw them. Elliot Mintz, a spokesman for Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline, says she spent about three hours Saturday with 1-year-old Jayden James and 2-year-old Sean Preston. Mintz wouldn't say where the reunion took place or who else was there. read more - msnbc.com

Police in Orange County, Calif., say five people are dead, three of them children, in what appears to be a murder-suicide.

WASHINGTON Sgt. Peter Rodriguez of the Brea Police Department says a 14-year-old boy called 911 around 11 p.m. Saturday to report that his father had shot him and his brother at their condominium. Police went to the home and found the body of a woman on the doorstep. Inside were the bodies of a 5-year-old boy and two girls, ages 8 and 9. Rodriguez says officers also found the body of a man, with a shotgun beneath him. The 14-year-old is hospitalized in serious condition. read more - foxnews.com

Klitschko unifies heavyweight titles.

NEW YORK -- International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko seized the World Boxing Organization belt on Saturday with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden. The 31-year-old Ukrainian improved to 50-3-3 with 44 knockouts as he jabbed his way to a clear if unspectacular victory. It was the first unification contest in the crowded heavyweight division since 1999, when Briton Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield. The judges at ringside scored the bout 119-110, 117-111 and 118-110 for Klitschko, as Ibragimov fell to 22-1-1, with 17 knockouts. Klitschko may have emerged with the victory and a second championship belt, but his solid defense against the Russian southpaw failed to impress the crowd of 14,011. . read more - cnn.com

Slain student remembered as 'angel' at vigil.

RENO, Nevada (CNN) -- Candles illuminated the somber faces of hundreds of people who gathered Friday night near the University of Nevada-Reno for a vigil to remember slain college student Brianna Denison.Students who never knew her joined Denison's friends at the spot on an empty field where her body was found a week earlier 10 miles from the school. Handwritten posters said "We love you Bri" and "Shine on us Bri." One of the speakers urged the community to stay vigilant and safe. "For a brief moment in time, a beautiful young woman graced us with her presence," said Marc Klaas, whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1993. ...read more - cnn.com

Stealth bomber crashes; pilots safe.

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) -- A B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam on Saturday, the first time one crashed, but both pilots ejected safely, Air Force officials said. The aircraft was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam after a four-month deployment, part of a continuous U.S. bomber presence in the western Pacific. After the crash, the other three bombers were being kept on Guam, said Maj. Eric Hilliard at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii.At least one B-2 bomber had taken off safely from Andersen Air Force Base but was brought back when another aircraft plunged to the ground. read more - cnn.com