Category Archives: Missing

Elizabeth Smart to work as ABC commentator

By doris | Published: July 7, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart is taking a job with ABC News as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases. The Utah woman who was kidnapped from her bedroom at knifepoint, raped and held captive at age 14 by a Salt Lake City street preacher can [...]

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Missing Showgirl’s Boyfriend Abused Her, Police Say

By doris | Published: December 21, 2010

Full Story at People.com The Las Vegas showgirl who mysteriously disappeared had been abused by her ex-boyfriend, police say. Jason “Blu” Griffith was arrested Oct. 22 for instigation of domestic violence against dancer Debbie Flores-Narvaez, ABC News reports.

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‘Rebel’ actor Corey Allen dies at 75

By doris | Published: June 29, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — Corey Allen, who fatally challenged James Dean to a “chicken race” in the 1955 film classic “Rebel Without a Cause” before embarking on a career as a prolific TV director, died of natural causes in Hollywood on Sunday, two days before his 76th birthday.

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A year later, fans remember Michael Jackson

By doris | Published: June 27, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com A year after Michael Jackson’s death caused a worldwide outpouring of shock, tears and tributes, the anniversary of his passing was being marked Friday on a quieter scale, as fans remembered their fallen King of Pop with vigils, prayer and, of course, music. The electric, enigmatic and troubled icon died on [...]

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Man jailed in actor Jeremy London’s kidnapping

By doris | Published: June 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Actor Jeremy London escaped from armed carjackers who kidnapped him along a Palm Springs, California, roadside last week, police said. London said the kidnappers forced him to “use illegal drugs,” according to a Palm Springs Police statement. London, 37, is known for his television work, including five seasons as [...]

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Simon Cowell heads to ‘Idol’ farewell

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — He began as “Mr. Nasty,” morphed into one of the most beloved (and richest) stars of U.S. pop culture, and ushered in a brutal style of reality TV. Simon “I don’t mean to be rude, but..” Cowell bids farewell to “American Idol” this week, leaving a litany of [...]

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‘Law & Order’ to be canceled?

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story at today.msnbc.msn.com Will the criminal justice system be alive on “Law & Order” next fall? It’s down to the wire whether the venerable cop drama will be nabbing more bad guys in a history-making run. With the official announcement of NBC’s 2010-11 schedule due Sunday, the network on Thursday still wasn’t handing down [...]

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Missing actor’s body found in Vancouver park

By doris | Published: February 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Actor Andrew Koenig, who had been missing since February 14, committed suicide, his father told reporters after his son’s body was found Thursday in a park in Vancouver, British Columbia. “My son took his own life,” Walter Koenig said at a news conference in the park. The body of [...]

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‘Growing Pains’ actor missing from Vancouver

By doris | Published: February 22, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com VANCOUVER, B.C. — – Former “Growing Pains” star Andrew Koenig, who played Boner on the ‘80s TV show, has been reported missing. “He went up to [Vancouver] to visit friends who last saw him on the 14th,” Danielle Koenig, his sister, told Zap2it.com, which was first to report the news. “Any [...]

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