A woman who was kidnapped on Mother's Day weekend in 1976 when she was 21 months old has just reunited with the mother she thought had passed away long ago. The mother of the woman, Laura Gooder, had never given up searching for her child, who was kidnapped by her ex-husband and her child's father, Eric Douglas Nielson.

An usual Mother's Day surprise for a Michigan mother. A woman, who authorities say was kidnapped 30 years ago from Michigan as a child by her father, has been found living in Arizona. That's the word from her mother and investigators. On Mother's Day weekend in 1976, Laura Gooder's estranged husband Eric Douglas Nielsen picked up 21-month-old Genevieve Rachel Nielsen at her Oakland County home for an overnight visit. They never returned. This Mother's Day weekend, a police officer arrived at Gooder's current home in Frederic, Michigan with news that her daughter had been found. She apparently was raised under another name and told her mother was dead. Oakland County Detective Sergeant Dave Wurtz headed the case since 1990.

Laura Lee Medley, who claimed that she was a paraplegic and repeatedly filed lawsuits for noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, turned out to be a con with no physical limitations according to authorities. According to officials, Medley leaped out of her wheelchair and ran for freedom after being arrested by Las Vegas police.

When confronted by police during a Northwest Side rampage, 33-year-old Jakub Fik cut off his own penis, and hurled his severed organ and several knives at the officers. The stunned police officers then stunned Fik with a Taser and took him into custody. Chicago Police Sgt. Edward Dolan of the 16th District says, "We took him out without any serious injury, with the exception of his own. "

Texas officials announce the death of the reigning Miss Deaf Texas, who died after being struck by a train. Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was reportedly walking near railroad tracks and didn't hear the train and was struck by a Union Pacific train.