SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road regrets giving the girl's mother a chance to raise their daughter, even though she seemed to be getting her life together. ...more

November 17, 2009

Nearly all Amber Alert cases result in the child's safe return, an official with the national program said today. ...more

October 27, 2009

Who among us, when we heard the news Wednesday that investigators had uncovered the body of a child in a south Georgia landfill, didn't for an absurd instant think, "Not Somer. Please, not Somer." ...more

October 23, 2009

A child's body found in a landfill is that of missing 7-year-old Somer Thompson, authorities confirmed. The identification made Wednesday night dashed any hopes of the family and small North Florida community that Somer was still alive. ...more

October 22, 2009

On Tuesday, July 14, I left my cane near my golf cart by the front door of the Caddy Shack Bar and Grill in Sebring. I had gotten distracted and drove home, which is about a mile away, not realizing I didn't have my cane. ...more

August 4, 2009

On Tuesday, July 14 I left my cane near my golf cart by the front door of the Caddy Shack Bar and Grill in Sebring. I had gotten distracted and drove home (which is about a mile away), not realizing I didn't have my cane. ...more

July 20, 2009

Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted online. ...more

July 20, 2009

Taina Lopez thought the 2-month-old girl in the Amber Alert resembled her newborn. ...more

March 28, 2009

Taina Lopez feels as if no one listened to her. ...more

March 27, 2009

Lauren Lewis can't help but think of her dog, Kaiser, out in the cold. ...more

January 22, 2009