Jericho, West Bank (AHN)-The Palestinian man who befriended a 16-year-old Michigan girl through the popular MySpace.com Web site and invited her to join him in Jericho says he is heartbroken by U.S. authorities' decision to send her back home.

Abdullah Jimzawi, 20, who is an internet buff who spends at least 10 hours a day on the Internet, says that his love for Katherine Lester, of Gilford, Michigan was pure and they planned to marry. He also decried attempts to portray him as an internet predator.

A 16-year-old girl who flew to the Middle East to see a man she met on MySpace.com was detained in Jordan and is now heading home, according to an FBI spokesman.

AP reports U.S. officials persuaded Katherine Lester to take the return flight from Amman, FBI Special Agent Robert Beeckman said from the agency's Detroit office.

A 15-year-old from Uplawmoor, Scotland is embarking on a world record attempt to become the youngest boy to walk to the Earth's northernmost point.

Jordan Maguire is setting off on an epic journey to the North Pole on Monday making his way across the North Sea to Norway, then to northern Russia, where he will start his 10-day trek.

A body taken from a funeral home by mistake found its way to a landfill, after two days of searching for the corpse police have called it quits.

Erwin Jordan, 66, died on December 20 of heart disease and his body was stored inside a zipped body bag and white cremation box at a funeral home in western Michigan. A garbage man took the body by accident on January 5, and officials believe it was left at the dump on Friday.

A movie theater in Salt Lake City abruptly pulled the movie, "Brokeback Mountain" from its schedule Friday.

The Megaplex at Jordan Commons, which is owned by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller, posted a message at the ticket window reading: "There has been a change in booking and we will not be showing 'Brokeback Mountain.' We apologize for any inconvenience."