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    'Dating Game' killer's photos: More victims?

    These are five of the hundreds of photos recovered during court-authorized searches of Rodney Alcala's Calif. home and a storage locker he rented in Seattle.Calif. police have been overwhelmed since they released more than 100 old photos found in a serial killer's storage locker of unidentified girls and women in bell bottoms, bikinis and Farrah Fawcett hair.


    In Fargo, no guarantees in flood forecasts

    Residents of Fargo, N.D. prepare for flooding as the Red River continues to rise.As the Red River swells again, Fargo, N.D., residents are weighing the National Weather Service forecasts. They are well aware that predicting what happens on the river is not an exact science.


    Urban ‘terrorists’ vow to bomb police car

    Members of a biker gang are said to have been angered when a memorial service at the Hemet Christian Assembly church was monitored by police officers.A Southern California police department plagued by booby trap attacks against its officers goes on heightened alert following yet another threat.


    End in sight, Dems lobby health bill waverers

    March 19: Congressional Democrats struck an optimistic tone as President Barack Obama let loose, giving a fiery speech on why his signature issue should pass. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports. (Nightly News)President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining precious "yeses" less than 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.


    Police: Arrest in NJ Walmart racial comment case

    Police say they have made an arrest in the case of a racial comment being made over the public-address system at a Walmart store in southern New Jersey.

    Chief: Police followed rules in lesbian's outing

    Jene Newsome was discharged earlier this year under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law.The Rapid City, S.D., police chief says that he regrets his department's outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant led to her discharge, but that his officers followed department protocol.


    4 cities that best weathered the recession

    Minneapolis, Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Rochester, N.Y., don't have much else in common. But a government report shows they've had the smallest increases in joblessness over the past two years.

    Topless gardening: A human right or wrong?

    A woman gardening wearing only a yellow thong and pink gloves has brought neighborhood complaints and new rules from a housing authority in Colorado.

    Judge rejects ground zero settlement

    An American flag, erected by rescue workers, stands in the wreckage of the World Trade Center two days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.A federal judge rejects a settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanges  ground zero workers.


    F-35 fighter fleet's price may be double forecast

    The estimated total cost of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets being bought by the Pentagon may be nearly twice as high as originally forecast, the Defense Department said Friday.

    Skydiver dies in Florida after parachute problems

    A man died while skydiving in Florida after authorities say he had problems with his parachute.

    Volunteer day would honor Mister Rogers

    Brad Burmeister, left, and Michael Dubois move a figure of the late Fred Rogers, host of the PBS children's television program "Mister Rogers Neighborhood," at the Heinz History Center before it is placed on exhibit at the museum in Pittsburgh, on Friday, March 19.Friends and colleagues of the late television icon Fred Rogers want to honor his legacy with a national day of volunteering on his birthday. He would have been 82 on Saturday, March 20.


    Evidence found rotting in closed police department

    A suburban police department left behind a roomful of evidence when it closed two years ago — including a moldy sexual assault kit that authorities said linked a man to the 2006 rape of a 13-year-old girl, nearly 200 guns and hundreds of bags of narcotics, officials said Friday.

    Search for missing Wash. mother resumes

    March 19: Police in Washington state have identified the body of 8-year-old Azriel Carver, who was last seen with his mother, Shantina Smiley, who remains missing. NBC’s Ann Curry has more details. (Today Show)A day after a boy's body was found on an island beach in Puget Sound, Washington state authorities press forward with the search for his mother.


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