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Anne Smedinghoff, the 25-year old suburban Chicago woman, joined the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college, was among those killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Smedinghoff was killed, along with five Americans, in a suicide car bombing while delivering textbooks to school children on Saturday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Trapped kids were found dead in Stanley, North Carolina after a young boy and girl were buried alive Sunday by dirt while playing in an open hole at a home construction site. The children were recovered Monday by authorities from the 24-foot deep hole.

Samuel Little, a 72-year-old former boxer, transient and alleged serial killer awaits trial in Los Angeles for strangulation-murder charges of two women. There are nationwide jurisdictions of cold murder cases with possible ties to him. Little has accumulated more than a 100-page rap sheet details, involving crimes in 24 states over 56 years. Thus far, for his crimes, he has only served less than 10 years in prison.