Saturday, April 30, 2011

Buried in the Northwest

Not for long.

Trapped miner, 53, presumed dead

Related: Abandoned in Idaho

Also see:  Inquiry vowed in silver mine death

Police say father set fatal house fire

"A high school student who faked a pregnancy for six months as a social experiment stunned a student assembly this week by taking off the belly bundle....

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"Playing-card tip leads to arrest

SEATTLE — A tip generated by a deck of “cold case’’ playing cards has helped lead to an arrest in a killing three decades ago, investigators said. The cards, first circulated in 2008, offer rewards for information that helps solve old cases. Susan Schwarz, who was shot to death, was the queen of hearts. Police said the man arrested Friday had long been a suspect and that he may have blamed Schwarz for the breakup of his marriage; Schwarz was a close friend of his wife (AP)."