Father chokes up discussing 2 sons who died when scallop boat sank off NJCAPE MAY, N.J. — Royal Smith Sr. tried to tell a Coast Guard hearing Thursday how he and his sons made safety modifications to the scallop boat they bought in 2001 — a vessel that sank in March. Official: Error on beacon registration delayed NJ fishing boat search; 6 diedCAPE MAY, N.J. — An improperly recorded registration number for an emergency radio beacon — off by just one digit — delayed the search for a sinking scallop boat by nearly an hour and a half, a federal search analyst testified Thursday. Police, volunteers spend 2nd night searching for toddler who wandered away from rural Mo. homeARCADIA, Mo. — Frustrated rescue workers and volunteers on Tuesday spent a second day searching miles of rugged woods, hills and ponds for a 3-year-old boy who wandered away from home. Finding of shoe raises hope as searchers look for 3-year-old who wandered from rural Mo. homeARCADIA, Mo. — The discovery of a child’s tennis shoe has raised hopes as police and volunteers in Missouri renew their search for a 3-year-old boy who wandered out of his rural home. Police, volunteers resume search for toddler who wandered away from rural Mo. homeARCADIA, Mo. — Police in Missouri have renewed their search for a 3-year-old boy who wandered out of his rural home in an area dotted with ponds and creeks. Rescue workers find bodies of 6 hikers killed by avalanche in Austrian AlpsINNSBRUCK, Austria — Six people were killed when an avalanche trapped them under eight feet (2.5 meters) of snow as they hiked in the Alps of Western Austria, according to authorities. SC authorities search for missing New York girl days after signal detected from her cell phoneGEORGETOWN, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff says officers are on the lookout for a missing 17-year-old New York girl south of Myrtle Beach — the last place her cell phone gave off a signal. After Jeep found, cops search woods for ex-Univ. of Georgia professor suspected of 3 killingsBOGART, Ga. — Officers in pickup trucks bounced down dirt roads and search helicopters whirred overhead after authorities found the Jeep of a former professor suspected of killing his wife and two others. The academic, however, was proving a much more elusive target than the wrecked vehicle found in a ravine. After Jeep found, police search woods for ex-Univ. of Ga. professor suspected of 3 killingsBOGART, Ga. — Officers in pickup trucks bounced down dirt roads and search helicopters whirred overhead after authorities found the Jeep of a former professor suspected of killing his wife and two others. The academic, however, was proving a much more elusive target than the wrecked vehicle found in a ravine. Crews searching Appalachian Trail in Va. for hiking magazine editor who disappeared days agoRICHMOND, Va. — More than 100 people are searching for a visually impaired man from Michigan who disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. Acclaimed poet Craig Arnold missing on Japanese island while writing about volcanoesCHEYENNE, Wyo. — An acclaimed poet who had been working on a book about volcanoes disappeared five days ago during a scouting expedition on a tropical island in southern Japan. Landslides kill 11 in southwestern China; rescuers search for 15 more missingBEIJING — A local government spokesman says two landslides in southwestern China have killed 11 people. Fifteen others are missing. Firefighting plane headed to NM crashes in Utah, killing pilot and 2 crew membersSALT LAKE CITY — A converted military plane crashed Saturday in heavy fog in the mountains that frame the Salt Lake valley, killing three members of a private firefighting company, authorities said. Coroner: 3 killed in shooting; authorities search for Univ. of Georgia professor suspectATHENS, Ga. — Three people were killed Saturday at a community theater near the University of Georgia, and authorities were searching for a professor in the shooting deaths. Supreme Court to hear arguments over school strip search of 13-year-old girlWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed worried Tuesday about tying the hands of school officials looking for drugs and weapons on campus as they wrestled with the appropriateness of a strip-search of a 13-year-old girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen. Cruise passenger missing off Bahamas after falling overboard; Coast Guard suspends searchMIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 39-year-old man who went overboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the Bahamas. |