Authorities have found a missing 12-year-old North Carolina girl who reportedly ran away last week and was suspected of traveling with a convicted sex offender. Jodie Collie was recovered by Des Moines police at a bus station following a phone call she made to her grandfather, who in turn notified the FBI, leading local authorities to her location. Officials say Collie was alone and unharmed. The girl's mother, Kim Baker says, "The hugest weight has been lifted off my shoulders. All the prayers I've been praying have been answered. She's safe and she'll be back soon. I think we'll all be fighting to see who hugs her first. I don't think I'll let her go for a couple of hours. "

The unique slang of the language preferred "Down Under" has seen a spiralling slump in its use. Historian Richard Magoffin warns that Australian's own culture and identity is fading under the assault of U. S. television shows, even though a tourist or a foreigner who opens up an Australian newspaper might still find what they see written as bizarre. Most tourists who visit Australia are aware that barbecues are "barbies", but they may not realize to what extent suffixes are used and played on, sometimes almost to a flabbergasting effect.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a huge fight at Astroworld, involving nearly 100 people, Monday night. A spokeswoman for Six Flags Astroworld told the Local 2 channel the melee broke out as the park was preparing to close. The ruckus spread out onto the streets and into a nearby Shell gas station and McDonald's, where other smaller fights broke out as a result.