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Cleveland Killings Put Focus On Missing-Persons Units

The discovery of 11 victims of an alleged serial killer, most of them poor, drug-addicted black women, has prompted calls for Cleveland police to respond faster and devote more resources to missing-persons cases.
Posted: 11/12/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Google Has A Plan For Safer, More Useful Online Drug Ads

Consumers are clicking on Internet ads for prescription drugs less often in the wake of an FDA crackdown that led companies to scrub the ads of information.
Posted: 11/12/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Blast Rocks Pakistan Spy HQ In Peshawar

A powerful bomb targeted the offices of Pakistan's main spy agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, tearing down much of the building and killing at least seven. The agency oversees much of the anti-terror campaign in the border regions with Afghanistan.
Posted: 11/12/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Help Calls In L.A. On The Rise As Economy Tanks

Los Angeles County's 211 telephone service provides help for callers with basic needs like food and shelter. As the economy falters, the call center is seeing a dramatic rise in calls, especially from families facing foreclosure.
Posted: 12/22/2008 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Will Obama Press To End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'?

The military's policy for gays in the armed forces was an awkward compromise in the 1990s. Many say it is now outdated — but will the new president want to take up the same issue that roiled Bill Clinton's White House debut?
Posted: 12/22/2008 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Abuse Victims Seek Court Date With Vatican

Michael Turner, one of about 90 boys abused by Father Louis Miller, a priest in the Archdiocese of Louisville in the 1960s, is hoping to bring his case to trial — against The Vatican. If successful, it could be the first case against the Holy See, which normally enjoys sovereign immunity.
Posted: 12/22/2008 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Vigilantism On The Rise In Guatemala

Some Guatemalans says they've had enough of brutal extortions by gangs and corrupt police. Lynch mobs and death squads are now commonplace, as Guatemalans take matters into their own hands.
Posted: 12/22/2008 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama, Soldiers Gather To Mourn

"For those families who have lost a loved one, no words can fill the void that has been left," the president told those gathered at Fort Hood, Texas to mourn the victims of last week's shooting rampage.
Posted: 11/10/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Transcript Of President Obama's Remarks

The president spoke Tuesday at a memorial service for the 13 victims of the Fort Hood, Texas shooting last week.
Posted: 11/10/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Ex-Bear Stearns Managers Acquitted In Investor Fraud

Two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers have been acquitted of lying to investors about the implosion of the subprime mortgage market. A Brooklyn jury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty on all counts of conspiracy and fraud.
Posted: 11/10/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Wounds Of Post-Election Violence Still Raw In Kenya

The International Criminal Court prosecutor wants to build a case against the top instigators of deadly post-election ethnic clashes in Kenya in December 2007 and January 2008. Many ordinary Kenyans welcome international intervention, saying Kenya's coalition government has failed to pursue those guilty of violence that killed more than 1,000.
Posted: 11/10/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines