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Police: Body Found in Md. River Is Missing NC Teen
By not in system - AOL NewsBALTIMORE -- After months of searches and appeals to the public, authorities confirmed Thursday that a body found in a northeast Maryland river was a North Carolina teen who went missing while visiting relatives in Baltimore over the Christmas holidays. Phylicia Barnes, from the small North Carolina city of Monroe, about 25 miles southeast of Charlotte, disappeared Dec. 28 while visiting her older half-siblings for the holidays. Her 17th birthday was Jan. 12. Baltimore Police Baltimore police say a body found in a river in northeast Maryland on Wednesday is that of missing teen ...
Woman, Dead Since Christmas, Found Amid Trash in Home
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsFor three months, the adult son of Cecylia Opilka lived in their Chicago townhouse with her corpse. Her decomposing body was entombed within the garbage that filled the home almost to the ceiling, police said. After being called to the residence by neighbors reporting a strong stench, city workers could barely open the front door because of the piles of trash, they said. Opilka, 80, apparently died of heart disease, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said, and police said her son told investigators she died on Christmas Day. Ronald Opilka, 43, was arrested after the gruesome ...
NY Christmas Day Parishioners Exposed to Hepatitis A
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsHundreds of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A when they received Christmas Day communion at a Catholic church on New York's Long Island. Nassau County Health Department officials say anyone who attended the 10:30 a.m. or noon services at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa on Dec. 25 may have been exposed to the virus, which is not as dangerous as hepatitis B or C but can cause severe flu-like symptoms. Officials won't release the name of the person who tested positive for the virus, but they say it was a clergy member. They are offering vaccines to people who attended the two ...
Secret Santa Pays Widow's Electric Bill
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsJust like good little girls and boys around the world, the employees of Socorro Electric Cooperative start looking for Santa come December. When she arrived this holiday season, she was even more generous than usual. A female customer who prefers anonymity drops by the New Mexico electric company every Christmastime and donates $100 towards the account of a struggling elderly customer behind on his or her payments. Employees of the company pick out the recipient; Secret Santa never sees them, and they never find out who she is. When Santa arrived for her annual donation, employees told her ...
Prosecutors: Terror Suspects Targeted US Embassy, Big Ben
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsBritish prosecutors say that nine young men arrested a week ago on terrorism charges may have planned to bomb the London Stock Exchange, Big Ben and the U.S. Embassy over Christmas. The men are accused of plotting to blow up several key landmarks in London as well as the homes and offices of some political and religious figures in the run-up to the busy holiday season. According to details outlined in court this week, police said that the defendants went on "reconnaissance" missions to study various sites in connection with the alleged bomb plot. Other locations allegedly scouted included ...
Bad Santa Update: Santa Cleared in RI Bar Robbery
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsPolice in Rhode Island say Santa Claus can come to town -- without facing the risk of arrest. Days after a bartender claimed she had been robbed at gunpoint by a man in a Santa Claus suit in East Providence, the pub employee reportedly admitted the holiday heist was a hoax. East Providence Yacht Club bartender Christal Johnson, 37, surrendered to police on Thursday and faces charges of filing a false police report, according to AZCentral.com. Johnson allegedly placed the initial 911 call on Dec. 19, claiming a man dressed like Kris Kringle entered the bar around 7 p.m., then reached into ...
Woman Arrested in Christmas Tree Attack
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsOn Christmas Eve, some people deck the halls -- others apparently deck their folks. Police in Connecticut say Francheska Terrero attacked her parents with a Christmas tree early on Dec. 24. At around 12:30 a.m., West Hartford police received a call from a mother who claimed her 19-year-old daughter had hurled a tannenbaum at her father, NBCConnecticut.com reports. ...
Christmas Weekend Violence Kills 38 in Nigeria
By not in system - AOL NewsMAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Dozens of armed men attacked the church, dragging the pastor out of his home and shooting him to death. Two young men from the choir rehearsing for a late-night carol service also were slain. The group of about 30 attackers armed with guns and knives even killed two people passing by Victory Baptist Church. The assailants only left after setting the church and pastor's house ablaze. Danjuma Akawu, the church's secretary, managed to escape after he and others climbed over the church's fence. "I cannot understand these attacks," Akawu said. "Why Christians? Why ...
Retailers Roll Out Sales as Snow Hits East Coast
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- An East Coast snowstorm put a damper on after-Christmas shopping Sunday. But shoppers across the rest of the country searched clearance racks and spent gift cards in the afterglow of the best holiday season for retailers since 2007. Blizzard warnings stretched from New Jersey to Maine. Forecasters expected up to 20 inches of snow in Philadelphia and Boston and up to 16 inches in New York City. "The forecast will tend to keep (shoppers) at home. It's not the best day for shopping," said Scott A. Bernhardt, chief operating officer at weather research firm Planalytics. The storm had ...
A Quiet and Private Christmas Morning for Obamas
By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU -- President Barack Obama spent a quiet Christmas in Hawaii Saturday, a rare bit of privacy for one of the world's most scrutinized men. The president is staying at a luxurious oceanfront home in Kailua with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha. The first family celebrated Christmas with a small circle of friends and family, including some of Obama's childhood friends and the president's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, who lives here on Oahu, the island where Obama was born and spent much of his childhood. The Obamas dined on steak, roasted potatoes, green beans and pie, and ...
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