Cops Say 5-Year-Old Girl Was Kidnapped In Arizona

PHOENIX — Police looking for a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing six days said Monday they now believe she was most likely kidnapped, because otherwise they would have found her.


Jahessye (JES’-ee) Shockley was last seen by her three older siblings last Tuesday at her Glendale home while their mother was running an errand. Police believe she left their apartment through the front door but don’t know anything about what happened next.

“If it was just her walking away, we would have found her by now,” Coombs told The Associated Press. “Obviously she’s not with us. Somebody knows something or somebody has interacted with her and put her in a place, and we just haven’t found her yet.”

Hunter also declined to speak about her other children but pleaded for Jahessye’s safe return.

“I would really appreciate anybody who has any information, anyone who thinks they have seen anything, to contact the police,” she said. “If you have my child, please take her to a safe place, a public place where she can be located.”

Home sales gain ground as prices drop in S.C.

‘There are just too many houses on the market’ in some areas, one broker says

Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/10/18/2013360/home-sales-gain-ground.html#ixzz1b79oVhwY

Website created for people with disabilities

The Arc of Mecklenburg County , led by Executive Director Lauren Borchert, has launched a new website - separate from the agency's main website - called SCHOOL2Life to assist young people with disabilities in transitioning from school to college or employment.

The organization, located on Park Road, is a United Way agency for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/10/16/2689216/website-created-for-people-with.html#ixzz1b7ATd75q

One of Four Imprisoned in Basement Reported Missing in 2005

One of four mentally handicapped people found chained in a Philadelphia basement over the weekend was reported missing in 2005, but the case was closed by police, myFOXphilly.com reported Monday.

The woman found in the basement was identified by myFOXphilly.com as 29-year-old Tamara Breeden.

Her family reported her missing in 2005. A Philadelphia detective closed her case last year even though she had not been found.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/17/philadelphia-police-find-four-malnourished-people-locked-in-basement/#ixzz1b7AzNEPP

Poll: 50% of Americans -- a record high -- favor legal marijuana

Slowly but surely, Americans seem to be making peace with the pot pipe.

According to a poll released by Gallup on Monday, 50% of Americans surveyed say marijuana use should be legal — up from 46% last year. This year, 46% percent said it should be illegal.

Those numbers mean that, for the first time in the poll's 42-year-history, Americans who say that marijuana should be legal outnumber those who say it should be illegal.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/17/philadelphia-police-find-four-malnourished-people-locked-in-basement/#ixzz1b7AgjSbe

Mystery condition makes woman age 50 years in just a few days

Doctors have been left baffled by a strange condition which saw a woman of 23 age 50 years in a matter of days.

Vietnamese woman Nguyen Thi Phuong now looks like a septugenarian after the rapid aging affliction took hold following an allergic reaction to seafood.

Her sad story began in 2008, when her youthful beauty began to fade over the course of just a few days, leaving her with sagging, wrinkled skin all over her face and body.

Chinese toddler run over twice after being left on street

A Chinese toddler was run over twice and ignored by nearly 20 passers-by in Guangdong Province in a case that has caused outrage around the world. 

 

Toxic Seaweed Poisons Coral Reefs on Contact

A new study of reefs in the South Pacific suggests that some algae can poison coral on contact. This chemical warfare may be increasing the pressure on struggling reef communities worldwide, researchers say.

12 Companies that Could Go Bankrupt Very Soon

During the past generation, a reasonable level of debt has always been seen as appropriate, because balance sheets were able to withstand a typical recession. Yet all that changed in 2008. GM's (NYSE: GM) debt load crashed the company, forcing it into bankruptcy, while many other companies such as GE (NYSE: GE), Ford Motor (NYSE: F), Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) and Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) saw their stocks plunge on fears a bankruptcy filing would be necessary if economic conditions worsened.

Thankfully, many companies wizened up and have been taking many steps to strengthen their balance sheets. But not everyone got the message. Some companies still carry too much debt and might run into trouble if the U.S. economy slips into recession in coming quarters. These companies will need to make large payments to handle their debt in coming periods, and right now they lack the cash to meet potential obligations. Typically, a company can simply roll over that debt and push out the time frame when debts come due. But a weak economy would make this task much harder as lenders grow skittish.