Police charged a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy with murder for setting a fire that killed a teenage girl and seriously wounded her mother. The boy started the fire because of a dispute over money. It was set in rowhouse located in the city's East Mount Airy neighborhood, reports The Associated Press.

A 1-month-old baby was thrown from the window of a burning third-floor apartment and safety caught by a man who plays catcher for his company's baseball team. Mother Tracinda Foxe, 30, was trapped by smoke and flames in the Bronx apartment on Wednesday. She prayed before dropping her son Eric Guzman, reports The Associated Press.

Police have a suspect in a case of four bank robberies, including a Halloween crime which kept the tradition going, when the robber wore a costume. Police Detective Samuel Costello says that Vanessa Molina is in police custody, along with her boyfriend, Donald Jefferson, 36.

Peter Kaufman, who writes about the Alaskan canneries in which he previously worked in during the 70's Vividly captures the mood of that era, in her new book "Barometer's Shadow. " Barometer's Shadow, published by Silvercrest captures a time when protesters burned bras or draft cards and thousands of war veterans came home in thick clouds of marijuana smoke as the lingering specter of Vietnam systematically tore most of the country apart.

Peter Kaufman, who writes about the Alaskan canneries in which he previously worked in during the 70's Vividly captures the mood of that era, in her new book "Barometer's Shadow. " Barometer's Shadow, published by Silvercrest captures a time when protesters burned bras or draft cards and thousands of war veterans came home in thick clouds of marijuana smoke as the lingering specter of Vietnam systematically tore most of the country apart.