Wave of car bombs, shooting in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad kill 21, officials say
Shortly after sunset, a suicide bomber set off his explosive belt near a Shiite mosque in the ethnically-mixed ... suicide bombings are a hallmark of al-Qaida’s Iraq branch. The spike in attacks, after a general decrease in violence, has ...

Police search rural Oregon farm for missing mom Susan Cox Powell
A picture of Susan Powell is seen on a screen with her children Charles (R) and Braden Powell during funeral services for the boys in Tacoma, Washington February 11, 2012.Reuters Authorities were searching for missing mom Susan Cox Powell at a ...

Burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Virginia
She was put in touch with Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, which runs the cemetery in Doswell. Officials of that group unequivocally condemned the Boston bombing but affirmed their duty to lay the alleged bomber’s body to rest.

Man accused of killing 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes of Brooklyn thought she was pregnant
He thought she was pregnant — so he killed her, cops say. The 20-year-old man accused of smothering 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes to death and dumping her body on a Brooklyn beach told detectives he murdered the teen because she told him she ...

Funeral held for unidentified newborn found inside cooler
“The baby deserves to be loved,” Grill said about the unidentified newborn found inside a cooler at a Chicago Ridge recycling plant this month. Authorities said their investigation into the death is ongoing and no arrests have been mad

Costa Rica spokesman resigns amid Chinchilla flight scandal
The attorney general's office is now investigating flights Chinchilla made to Peru and to Caracas for the funeral of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Costa Rica has no presidential plane so Chinchilla usually flies on commercial airlines or ...