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What initially were thought to be fingers from a monkey are actually those of a child, Honolulu police said as they asked for the public's help in solving the mystery.

A discarded laptop found in the garbage has turned out to be a treasure trove of new information about the only lawsuit the SEC has brought over Wall Street’s mortgage debacle.

Authorities at Manila's airport found a newborn baby in a garbage bag that was apparently unloaded from an airplane that landed Sunday from the Middle East, officials said.

The garbage in Oahu has been shrink-wrapped into green bales that are neatly stacked, ready to ship about 2,300 miles across the Pacific to the mainland.

A 44-year-old woman faces charges of child abuse after she gave birth in a portable toilet and deliberately dropped the newborn into the waste tank, according to police in Cambridge, Maryland.

A kindergarten teacher in Connecticut has been arrested for allegedly forcing a 5-year-old boy to eat food the child had thrown ...