“The Missing Ones” by Edwin Hill; Kensington; 368 pages The pain that remains following a traumatic event is never easy to overcome, often influencing one’s behavior and life choices, as Edwin Hill shows in his second novel about Harvard librarian Hester Thursby. The intense “The Missing Ones” poignantly looks at the fragility of emotional health […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel. Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the project found a surprisingly high amount of eel DNA in the water. He cautioned that it’s not clear whether that […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of socks helped lead to an arrest in the killing of a Pennsylvania woman nearly 30 years ago, authorities said. Philadelphia prosecutors and state police announced the arrest of Theodore Dill Donahue, now 52, on charges of murder and other counts in the 1991 death of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Denise […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of teachers nationwide are the latest beneficiaries of James Patterson’s programs for literary and education. Patterson and Scholastic Book Club announced Thursday that 4,500 teachers have received grants through the Patterson Partnership. Four thousand teachers each receive $250 in cash for classroom libraries and 250 Scholastic Book Clubs Bonus Points. […]

That fearful moment between detecting on-coming disaster and its actual arrival does strange things to people. Just ask Mark. Mark was a 15-year-old paperboy – a paperboy with an attitude. This was an enigma in conservative Minnesota. Surrounded by a populace that respected authority and tradition, Mark was a street-wise hellion who hid his devil-may-care […]