News briefs
Police say girl, 6, escaped kidnapper
HANOVER, Mass. (AP) — A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl riding her bicycle was kidnapped by a neighbor who tried to rape her, but she managed to escape from his apartment despite being in leg shackles, a state prosecutor said.
The girl was found Saturday afternoon as police searched the apartment complex in Hanover, about 20 miles southeast of Boston, where she and the suspect live, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said.
The girl's mother reported her missing at about 1:30 p.m., about a half-hour after she had left her home to ride her bike, authorities said. Officers found the girl outside during a door-to-door search, and she led them to the apartment where she was taken, Cruz said.
Police then entered the apartment and arrested Justin Shine, 26, after a struggle, Cruz said. He was charged with kidnapping, attempted rape, assault and resisting arrest. It's unclear whether he has a lawyer. He is to be arraigned Monday in Hingham District Court.
Pitchman Billy Mays is found dead at 50
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mays' wife found him unresponsive Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and his wife, Deborah Mays, told investigators he didn't feel well before he went to bed about 10 p.m. that night.
U.S. Airways confirmed that Mays was among the passengers on a flight that made a rough landing on Saturday afternoon at Tampa International Airport, leaving debris on the runway after apparently blowing its front tires.
Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said linking Mays' death to the landing would "purely be speculation." She said Mays' family members didn't report any health issues with the pitchman.
Burglar bear goes right to chocolate
SAN ANTONIO HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) — Deputies say a bear with an apparent sweet tooth busted into a San Bernardino County home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from a couple's refrigerator.
Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Alsky says the couple arrived home Saturday afternoon, found the bear chowing down in their kitchen and phoned for help.
The bear fled before sheriff's deputies arrived.
Alsky says the animal appeared to have pushed aside vegetables in the couple's fridge and gone straight for the two-pound box of sweets.
Comments
- Zardari turns over nuclear authority 12:30 p.m.
- Landreth Seed Co. turns 225 12:18 p.m.
- 911 tapes of Woods' crash on Sun. 12:03 p.m.
- Residents startle Provo burglars 11:57 a.m.
- Akron fires coach J.D. Brookhart 11:41 a.m.
- Canada engineers walk off job 11:35 a.m.
- Christmas shoeboxes for veterans 11:32 a.m.
- Roethlisberger sidelined 11:29 a.m.
- Louisville fires coach Kragthorpe 11:06 a.m.
- Houseplants can flourish 11:00 a.m.
- Cave to be sealed with body inside
- Predicting the unpredictable: BYU wins
- Efforts to save a life praised
- Rivalry Week is highly profane
- BYU's old uniforms?
- Vegas, Poinsettia bowls or bust
- Glover gives Utes last-second upset
- Man trapped in Nutty Putty cave dies
- Cougars turn back Wildcats'
- BYU football: 5 keys to victory
- BYU would like friendlier rivalry
271 - Protests against Phoenix LDS temple
213 - Thunder rolls by Jazz
136 - Letters: Rushing to judge Palin
134 - Boys basketball rankings
130 - Editorial: Poor welcome for Palin
113 - Man trapped in Nutty Putty cave dies
109 - Cave to be sealed with body inside
102 - Letters: Trump card for believers
94 - Rivalry Week is highly profane
88
When I was a kid, I worshipped my grandpa. He was undoubtedly my hero....
Rock Must Be Drinking GSL Brine.... San Diego Has That Little Thang Known As...
My family are from Utah. We entered Utah in 1847. They thought me from their...
Howie, you were right on. The article was about lousy places to play in the...
If you want the "truth", the LAST place to go is Rush, Beck, Hannity and the...
Real shame to have to let Seitz go. He may well go on to be the next great...
I trust the parties that made the decision to close the cave, as they are the...
@11:53 --- come up with an original moniker and I'll think about addressing...
Golden Goose, one thing that I learned about living in Utah is that people...
Does anyone know why the NCAA made them lose the "bibs?"
this is realy funny from the posts I read I dont think any of you have...




You can be the first to comment on this story.