This was a few minutes before 6 a.m. Friday, and Mark Spitz was getting ready to be Mark Spitz, which pretty much has been his day job since 1972 -- the year he swam really, really fast seven times and caught the crest of a name-branding wave.

The 1977 murder of Chicago hospital technician Teresita Basa was solved after police obtained the suspect's name from a woman who claimed she heard it during a psychic trance. The suspect pleaded guilty and went to prison.

Volunteer programs give rescued dogs -- and their humans -- an opportunity to help kids and adults in need

A woman who was forgotten in a courthouse holding cell for four days without food or water will not be prosecuted on the charge that landed her in the system, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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The mummified remains of a Croatian woman have been found sitting in her armchair at home in front of a black and white TV set 42 years after she was reported missing

Her condition is so rare that scientists had to coin a term for her condition - hyperthymestic syndrome from the Greek thymesis, for remembering, and hyper, meaning well above normal.

An Iraqi woman holds onto a truck while waiting for food supplies to be distributed by Iraqi's soldiers among the residents of the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 8. (AP/Petr David Josek)

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WEEKI WACHEE -- The mermaids are back on track to becoming state employees. Legislators approved language that allows for the state Department of Environmental Protection to continue with a takeover of the Weeki Wachee Springs attraction.