■ United States
Two bodies found
Authorities are investigating whether bodies found by a dog walker in the Midwestern town of Hudson, Ohio, are the remains of two children who have been missing since 2003, news reports said on Friday. Sarah Gehring, 14, and her brother, Philip, 11, were last seen in the East Coast state of New Hampshire on July 4, 2003. Their father, Manuel Gehring, later admitted to shooting them and burying them somewhere along a highway in the Midwest, CBS 4 Boston reported on its Web site. New Hampshire investigators are planning to use dental records to identify the bodies that were wrapped in garbage bags, reported the Union Leader newspaper.
■ United States
Toddler found with cocaine
A two-year-old boy was removed from his family in Philadelphia and his mother could face charges after the child handed his daycare teacher two packets of crack cocaine, and a search of his jacket pocket turned up nine more, police said. The boy's mother was taken in for questioning when she came to pick him up at the end of the day on Friday. Police said she could be charged with endangering the welfare of children. The toddler talked about the drugs, but it wasn't clear how much he understood. According to police, he said he took the packets off a table at home.
■ United States
Woman bites attacker
A 96-year-old woman says she stopped a man trying to choke her to death by biting him hard on the hand. Her assailant is facing an attempted murder charge. Clara Hurt took the witness stand in Chippewa County Circuit Court on Friday to tell of the incident involving John McCabe, 42, a former middle school teacher who lives in the same apartment building as her. She said she was in the community room last Sunday reading her church bulletin when McCabe came in and the two exchanged small talk. Then, the conversation took a strange turn. "He asked me if I knew Jesus Christ. I said yes," Hurt said. "He then asked me if I know God. I said yes. He then said `Would you like to die right now?'" she said, adding that McCabe then tried to strangle her.
■ Uruguay
Skull found at army base
Forensic experts unearthed a blackened skull at an army base on Friday after an anonymous hand-drawn map was sent to the president's top aide amid a widening hunt for victims of the past dictatorship. Guido Berro, director of Uruguay's Forensic Institute, said the skull was unearthed at the army's 13th Battalion installation on the outskirts of Montevideo. It was the second find this week. Experts on Tuesday discovered a man's skeleton at a farm north of the capital that authorities believe could belong to a communist party militant who disappeared during the 1973-1985 military era. The team has been working for months to find victims under a push by new leftist President Tabare Vazquez.
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