Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a suicide risk.
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Solved after 33 years? Case of first missing boy shown on milk carton
Friday 25 May 2012
Man confesses to killing of six-year-old whose disappearance prompted long-running campaign
Suspect held over missing boy in 33-year-old murder mystery
Thursday 24 May 2012
It is one of the city's highest profile crimes in history and helped launch a missing children's movement across the United States.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn sues hotel maid
Wednesday 16 May 2012
The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1m countersuit against the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, costing him his job and any chance of being elected president of France.
Linda Evangelista and her billionaire ex François-Henri Pinault kiss and make up in child support row
Wednesday 09 May 2012
The briefly titillating court battle over how large a fortune French luxury goods billionaire François-Henri Pinault should be paying to supermodel Linda Evangelista monthly to support the child they had together came to a quiet and discreet end yesterday as both sides delivered settlement details to the judge.
Travel Agenda: Bmibaby; Isle of Wight Walking Festival; Sarkanniemi theme park; Qatar Airways; Wythe hotel; Holiday Autos
Friday 04 May 2012
Where to go and what to know
Something to Declare: There's an art to creating an inspiring place to stay
Sunday 22 April 2012
Dew-kissed rose petals: every time I see a close-up photo of them in a hotel, a part of me dies.
Any colour, as long as it's black
Monday 16 April 2012
Johan Lindeberg brings decades of denim expertise to his latest label. Peter Lyle meets the designer
Leonardo Cimino: Actor whose career spanned 60 years
Monday 16 April 2012
Leonardo Cimino epitomised the sort of character actor it is impossible to imagine as having been young.
On top of the world: Aerial photographer Alex MacLean uncovers the secrets of New York's skyline
Saturday 14 April 2012
Organic farms, swimming pools, even a vintage plane – New York's skyline has hidden delights, as aerial photographer Alex MacLean discovered.
'Madam' Anna Gristina loses New York bail bid
Tuesday 10 April 2012
A British woman accused of masterminding a multi-million dollar New York prostitution ring has lost a fresh bid to be released from jail on reduced bail.
Liam Neeson - 'A sex symbol? Flattering, but I don't think so'
Friday 06 April 2012
With five films out this year, Hollywood disagrees with Liam Neeson's view he might be past his sell-by date. The chatty star of Schindler's List tells Gill Pringle about his new nautical role – and the time he serenaded Paul McCartney with a Beatles medley...
French scholar Richard Descoings found dead in New York
Wednesday 04 April 2012
The director of one of France's most prestigious colleges has been found dead in a New York City hotel room.
The centenary of its sinking has spawned a 'Titanic' industry
Sunday 01 April 2012
Commemorations begin this weekend to mark the centenary of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage. Scores of events will take place; many are well meaning while others appear to be little more than a cynical cash-in on a disaster in which 1,514 people died.
Death of a Salesman, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York
Friday 16 March 2012
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is the sort of play that benefits from a pertinent revival. Rarely has his take on the hollow heart of the American Dream seemed more relevant as American self-belief continues to falter amid economic fragility and continued job insecurity.
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