U.S. News: Massive search: Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6, vanishes in Tucson, Ariz.

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Massive search: Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6, vanishes in Tucson, Ariz. Apr 22nd 2012, 05:53 By msnbc.com staff and news services Tucson Police Dept. via AP Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6, is missing from her Tucson, Ariz., home. A massive search for a 6-year-old Tucson, Ariz., girl who vanished overnight yielded no clues by late Saturday. Scores of police, FBI agents and deputy U.S. marshals combed the city’s east side for first-grader Isabel Mercedes Celis. Officials tried to determine if the girl was kidnapped or just wandered off. Isabel’s parents last saw her in bed at 11 p.m. Friday, and they discovered her missing when they woke up around 8 a.m. Saturday, Tucson police spokeswoman Sgt. Maria Hawke said. Follow @msnbc_us Police using dogs and a helicopter were still out late Saturday night, police communications operator Patrick Olea said. Friends of the family distributed fliers with a photo of Isabel, NBC station KVOA in Tucson reported. "We're really surprised or shocked that anything like this could happen to our family," the girl's uncle, Justin Mastromarino, told KVOA. Hawke said investigators were looking into all potential scenarios, including the possibility that Isabel got up and wandered out of the home she shares with her parents and two brothers or that she was kidnapped. Investigators also were examining every door and window of the house for signs of a break-in, Hawke said. Both parents live in the home, so police had no indication a child custody dispute was involved but weren't completely ruling it out. "We don't want to be caught behind the ball by not exploring that possibility," Hawke said Saturday afternoon. The working-class neighborhood of single-family homes is sandwiched between a large shopping mall to the east and businesses and a Catholic school to the west. Isabel is described as just under 4 feet tall and weighing 44 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She is missing her two front teeth. This article includes reporting by The Associated Press. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: 'Stain of interest' found in Etan Patz search Tsunami sign: Soccer ball washes ashore in Alaska NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook Media files: 120421-missing-vsml-10p.photoblog400.jpg (image/jpeg)

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Rain and heavy, wet spring snow forecast in East; shuttle Enterprise trip delayed Apr 22nd 2012, 03:37 The Weather Channel's Kelly Cass takes a look at the forecast. By msnbc.com staff and news services A disruptive spring storm already pummeling the Atlantic seaboard Saturday will delay the space shuttle Enterprise’s trip to New York and bring winter-like snow to the Appalachians and Great Lakes, forecasters warn. Follow @msnbc_us Rain that washed out ballgames and festivals in southern Florida was moving north and expected to meet cold air moving south from Canada, forecasters said. Tornado watches were issued late Saturday in central and southern Florida. Severe thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 34 mph struck Delaware, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Up to 4 inches of rain was forecast Sunday from Washington, D.C., to New York City. NWS National Weather Service forecast for Sunday “It’s going to be a very, very intense Nor’easter,” said Michael Eckert, senior branch forecaster with the National Weather Service based in Camp Springs, Maryland. Winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour are expected on the coast. “The weather will be going downhill during the day on Sunday,” Eckert said. Snow is forecast to fall across the Appalachians in West Virginia and reach central Pennsylvania on Sunday night and move up to the Buffalo, N.Y., area by Monday. Snow levels are forecast to be above 1,000 feet elevation by Monday night. Snow was also possible for Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The Weather Channel warned this would be heavy, wet snow that could cause tree and power line damage, especially after record March warmth sent trees into full leaf far earlier than usual. Heavy rainfall capable of flooding was also expected Sunday into Monday morning in southern New England and eastern Maine and New Hampshire later Monday. NASA said Monday's planned arrival of the shuttle has been postponed "until further notice." The Enterprise is being brought to the city where it has a new permanent home waiting at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. NASA managers are monitoring weather forecasts and will reschedule the shuttle's flight as soon as possible, the space agency said. The plan is to fly the shuttle atop a carrier aircraft to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. It will be moved by barge to the Intrepid museum for public display. The museum is at a decommissioned aircraft carrier moored at Manhattan. It's been making room for the shuttle on its flight deck. This article includes reporting by The Weather Channel, The Associated Press and Reuters. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: NBC: Secret Service to oust up to five more agents Etan Patz: Second man questioned in missing boy case NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Zimmerman sorry for shooting Trayvon; bail set at $150,000 Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook Media files: imagesizer?file=JimGold7BA4D962-0EE9-86A7-AD90-C8AADF40A9E9.jpg&width=400 (image/jpeg) getMobileVideo?videoId=47130019

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Mitt Romney, Barack Obama could spend $1B each on election Apr 22nd 2012, 00:13 The 2012 presidential election may be the most expensive in U.S. history

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48 Hours: Mystery on Twin Peaks Drive Apr 22nd 2012, 02:50 Suicide or homicide? True-crime writer helps mother seek answers 1998 death of Ronda Reynolds   Watch now

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U.S. News: Rain and heavy, wet spring snow forecast in East; shuttle Enterprise trip delayed

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Rain and heavy, wet spring snow forecast in East; shuttle Enterprise trip delayed Apr 22nd 2012, 03:37 The Weather Channel's Kelly Cass takes a look at the forecast. By msnbc.com staff and news services A disruptive spring storm already pummeling the Atlantic seaboard Saturday will delay the space shuttle Enterprise’s trip to New York and bring winter-like snow to the Appalachians and Great Lakes, forecasters warn. Follow @msnbc_us Rain that washed out ballgames and festivals in southern Florida was moving north and expected to meet cold air moving south from Canada, forecasters said. Tornado watches were issued late Saturday in central and southern Florida. Severe thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 34 mph struck Delaware, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Up to 4 inches of rain was forecast Sunday from Washington, D.C., to New York City. NWS National Weather Service forecast for Sunday “It’s going to be a very, very intense Nor’easter,” said Michael Eckert, senior branch forecaster with the National Weather Service based in Camp Springs, Maryland. Winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour are expected on the coast. “The weather will be going downhill during the day on Sunday,” Eckert said. Snow is forecast to fall across the Appalachians in West Virginia and reach central Pennsylvania on Sunday night and move up to the Buffalo, N.Y., area by Monday. Snow levels are forecast to be above 1,000 feet elevation by Monday night. Snow was also possible for Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The Weather Channel warned this would be heavy, wet snow that could cause tree and power line damage, especially after record March warmth sent trees into full leaf far earlier than usual. Heavy rainfall capable of flooding was also expected Sunday into Monday morning in southern New England and eastern Maine and New Hampshire later Monday. NASA said Monday's planned arrival of the shuttle has been postponed "until further notice." The Enterprise is being brought to the city where it has a new permanent home waiting at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. NASA managers are monitoring weather forecasts and will reschedule the shuttle's flight as soon as possible, the space agency said. The plan is to fly the shuttle atop a carrier aircraft to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. It will be moved by barge to the Intrepid museum for public display. The museum is at a decommissioned aircraft carrier moored at Manhattan. It's been making room for the shuttle on its flight deck. This article includes reporting by The Weather Channel, The Associated Press and Reuters. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: NBC: Secret Service to oust up to five more agents Etan Patz: Second man questioned in missing boy case NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Zimmerman sorry for shooting Trayvon; bail set at $150,000 Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook Media files: imagesizer?file=JimGold7BA4D962-0EE9-86A7-AD90-C8AADF40A9E9.jpg&width=400 (image/jpeg) getMobileVideo?videoId=47130019

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U.S. News: Teen accused of pulling in $17,000 through fake cancer claim

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Teen accused of pulling in $17,000 through fake cancer claim Apr 22nd 2012, 03:36 By Gil Aegerter, msnbc.com A teenager claimed to be dying of cancer but is being accused of faking it to raise money, according to a report out of Texas. Follow @msnbc_us The El Paso Times says that Angie Gomez, 19, was arrested Friday evening and was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail after being indicted on a theft-by-deception charge. The newspaper's website said court documents alleged that the amount was more than $1,500 and less than $20,000. The Times said Gomez, 4 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 65 pounds, told classmates at Horizon High School in Horizon City that she had had leukemia as a child and the disease had reappeared -- and that doctors in January 2011 gave her six months to live. Classmates held fundraisers and Gomez got help in forming the Achieve the Dream Foundation, ostensibly to aid families of children with cancer, according to the report. But six months later, Horizon City police received a complaint that Gomez did not appear to be ill, and an investigation turned up no sign that Gomez ever had cancer. After subpoenaing bank records for the Achieve the Dream Foundation, investigators estimated Gomez received $17,000 from fundraisers and other donations, the Times reported, saying it was unclear what happened to the money. The report said police thought Gomez's mother was unaware of the extent of the fundraising. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: 'Stain of interest' found in Etan Patz search Tsunami sign: Soccer ball washes ashore in Alaska NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook

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Teen accused of pulling in $17,000 through fake cancer claim Apr 22nd 2012, 03:36 By Gil Aegerter, msnbc.com A teenager claimed to be dying of cancer but is being accused of faking it to raise money, according to a report out of Texas. Follow @msnbc_us The El Paso Times says that Angie Gomez, 19, was arrested Friday evening and was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail after being indicted on a theft-by-deception charge. The newspaper's website said court documents alleged that the amount was more than $1,500 and less than $20,000. The Times said Gomez, 4 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 65 pounds, told classmates at Horizon High School in Horizon City that she had had leukemia as a child and the disease had reappeared -- and that doctors in January 2011 gave her six months to live. Classmates held fundraisers and Gomez got help in forming the Achieve the Dream Foundation, ostensibly to aid families of children with cancer, according to the report. But six months later, Horizon City police received a complaint that Gomez did not appear to be ill, and an investigation turned up no sign that Gomez ever had cancer. After subpoenaing bank records for the Achieve the Dream Foundation, investigators estimated Gomez received $17,000 from fundraisers and other donations, the Times reported, saying it was unclear what happened to the money. The report said police thought Gomez's mother was unaware of the extent of the fundraising. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: 'Stain of interest' found in Etan Patz search Tsunami sign: Soccer ball washes ashore in Alaska NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook   New tsunami sign: Japanese soccer ball washes ashore on remote Alaska island Apr 22nd 2012, 02:12 David Baxter via NOAA This soccer ball with Japanese writing came from a school in a tsunami-stricken area of Japan. By msnbc.com staff A volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an Alaskan island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in the United States from last year's tsunami in Japan. Follow @msnbc_us The sports balls were spotted by radar technician David Baxter on treeless, windswept Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska, Doug Helton of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle said in an agency blog post. Baxter’s wife translated writing on the soccer ball and traced it back to a Japanese school in an area hit by the tsunami, Helton said. He told the Anchorage Daily News the balls were the first tsunami debris retrieved in Alaska.   "There have been other items that were suspected, but this is the first one that we're aware of that has the credentials that may make it possible to positively identify it." Helton, in the NOAA post, said the agency, the State Department and the Japanese Embassy and its Seattle consulate are working to confirm details and set up the return of other debris that comes ashore. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast on March 11, 2011, triggered a 75-foot wall of water that flattened waterfront towns, killing 16,000. Three thousand people are still unaccounted for. The tsunami triggered a crisis at Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee in the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. U.S. authorities were immediately aware that the clockwise circulation of the Pacific's northern waters would deliver some remnants of that destruction to American shores. A Japanese ghost ship Ryou-Un Maru turned up earlier in the Gulf of Alaska off Southeast Alaska after a 4,500-mile journey. The U.S. Coast Guard ended sank the vessel April 5. In January, a half-dozen large buoys suspected to be from Japanese oyster farms appeared at the top of Alaska's panhandle and may be among the first tsunami debris. State health and environmental officials have said there's little need to be worried that debris landing on Alaska shores will be contaminated by radiation. This article contains reporting by Reuters and The Associated Press. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: NBC: Secret Service to oust up to five more agents Etan Patz: Second man questioned in missing boy case NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Zimmerman sorry for shooting Trayvon; bail set at $150,000 Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook Media files: imagesizer?file=JimGold7E91BBF6-0021-8E8E-D8DE-C088CB17ECF7.jpg&width=400 (image/jpeg)

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U.S. News: New tsunami sign: Japanese soccer ball washes ashore on remote Alaska island

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New tsunami sign: Japanese soccer ball washes ashore on remote Alaska island Apr 22nd 2012, 02:12 David Baxter via NOAA This soccer ball with Japanese writing came from a school in a tsunami-stricken area of Japan. By msnbc.com staff A volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an Alaskan island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in the United States from last year's tsunami in Japan. Follow @msnbc_us The sports balls were spotted by radar technician David Baxter on treeless, windswept Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska, Doug Helton of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle said in an agency blog post. Baxter’s wife translated writing on the soccer ball and traced it back to a Japanese school in an area hit by the tsunami, Helton said. He told the Anchorage Daily News the balls were the first tsunami debris retrieved in Alaska.   "There have been other items that were suspected, but this is the first one that we're aware of that has the credentials that may make it possible to positively identify it." Helton, in the NOAA post, said the agency, the State Department and the Japanese Embassy and its Seattle consulate are working to confirm details and set up the return of other debris that comes ashore. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast on March 11, 2011, triggered a 75-foot wall of water that flattened waterfront towns, killing 16,000. Three thousand people are still unaccounted for. The tsunami triggered a crisis at Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee in the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. U.S. authorities were immediately aware that the clockwise circulation of the Pacific's northern waters would deliver some remnants of that destruction to American shores. A Japanese ghost ship Ryou-Un Maru turned up earlier in the Gulf of Alaska off Southeast Alaska after a 4,500-mile journey. The U.S. Coast Guard ended sank the vessel April 5. In January, a half-dozen large buoys suspected to be from Japanese oyster farms appeared at the top of Alaska's panhandle and may be among the first tsunami debris. State health and environmental officials have said there's little need to be worried that debris landing on Alaska shores will be contaminated by radiation. This article contains reporting by Reuters and The Associated Press. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: NBC: Secret Service to oust up to five more agents Etan Patz: Second man questioned in missing boy case NC judge overturns death penalty due to race Zimmerman sorry for shooting Trayvon; bail set at $150,000 Car parts made out of cash? Ford testing them Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook Media files: imagesizer?file=JimGold7E91BBF6-0021-8E8E-D8DE-C088CB17ECF7.jpg&width=400 (image/jpeg)

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For U.S., Europe, 'a long journey' to economic rebound Apr 22nd 2012, 02:06 The United States and Europe face several years of economic pain to become competitive in a global economy where growth and financial clout are shifting to Asia and other emerging nations, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's finance minister, said at the close of International Monetary Fund meetings that were dominated by lingering concerns over Europe. Read full article >>

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Breaking News: CBS News: Police search for missing 6-year-old Ariz. girl

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Police search for missing 6-year-old Ariz. girl Apr 22nd 2012, 01:41 Officials investigated the possibility that Isabel Mercedes Celis might have been kidnapped or just wandered off

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Breaking News: CBS News: Report: Bee Gees' Robin Gibb awakes from coma

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Report: Bee Gees' Robin Gibb awakes from coma Apr 22nd 2012, 01:07 Singer Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has reportedly awoken from a coma after coming down with pneumonia, according to the BBC

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