Posted: 11:11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
10-Year-Old Boy Missing; Airplane Terror Dry Run?; Bed Intruder Songster Turning Fame Into Future (VIDEO); DWTS Contestants Announced (PHOTO)
By Veronica Waters
- Police and family search for a missing 10-year-old boy. Mario Teddeo hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon in his Lawrenceville neighborhood. He disappeared after leaving a friend's house around 3:00. Police went knocking door to door in Gwinnett County, and even expanded the search to Hall County, where Mario has extended family. The child's mother now fears her son has been kidnapped. He was last seen wearing a red polo shirt and jeans.
- Georgia's antifreeze killer, Lynn Turner, has died. The 42-year-old serving life without parole after two convictions on fatally poisoning her policeman husband and her firefighter lover was found unresponsive in her Metro State Prison cell bed Monday. An autopsy shows no foul play, but is inconclusive and toxicology reports are pending. Turner's mother and two children had just visited her at the prison Sunday. Both a friend of hers and some relatives of her victims speculate Turner might've taken her own life in a hopeless moment.
- Police in Morrow find the SUV involved in that Sunday morning hit & run which left a seven-year-old boy in critical condition. The Lexus LX 450 was recovered behind a home on Boca Grand Parkway. The owner may now be in a black Chevy Silverado. Alvelaro Franquez didn't show up for work monday.
- The formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is the subject of President Barack Obama's speech to the nation tonight. Ahead of the speech, he's thanking troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, for their valor. Vice President Joe Biden is in Baghdad to mark the occasion, and is appealing to Iraqi leaders to stop their squabbling.
- Suspicious items and changed flight plans apparently raised red flags about two men now being held in the Netherlands after a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Amsterdam. Among the items found in their luggage: a knife, a boxcutter; several watches taped together, and a cell phone taped to a Pepto Bismol bottle. Police are wondering if the men were testing airline security in some sort of terroristic dry run.
- Antoine Dodson's ticked-off, head-shaking TV news interview about a rape attempt against his little sister has turned into a chart topper on iTunes. In 2.5 weeks, the song sold about 60,000 downloads; the musicians who put it together are splitting the money with Dodson, who says he'll use the cash to get his family out of the projects in Huntsville, Alabama.
- In the war on bedbugs, which have made a comeback in some parts of the country, the Environmental Protection Agency is warning against using outdoor chemicals inside because they're too dangerous. They also caution not to use fly-by-night exterminators who make "unrealistic promises." When one unlicensed applicator in Jersey sprayed 70 homes, some people had to be treated at the hospital.
- More problems have been found at the two egg farms in Iowa believed responsible for the recent salmonella outbreak. The FDA says investigations of Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms discovered rodents, seeping manure and even maggots. More than a half billion eggs have been recalled.
- The new contestants for the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars" have been announced.
The stars are:Top Row: actor David Hasselhoff; retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner; actor Kyle Massey of the show "That's So Raven;" and retired NBA small forward Rick Fox. Show hosts Brooke Burke and Tom Bergeron round out the back row.
Bottom Row: singer Brandy; actress Jennifer Grey; comedienne Margaret Cho; Audrina Partridge of "The Hills;" actress Florence Henderson; and teen mom Bristol Palin, daughter of the ex-vice presidential candidate.
Not pictured are singer Michael Bolton and The Situation, of the TV show "Jersey Shore."
The new season premieres September 20.
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