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Professional clown says the creepy clowns that have been popping up all over the country don't represent "real" clowns (Oct. 19).
 

Prosecutors are introducing jurors to one of the nation's most influential missing-child cases in New York history as a suspect goes on trial for a second time in the dissapearance of Etan Patz (Oct. 19).

Mayor Bill de Blasio castigated a NYPD police sergeant for killing a mentally ill, 66-year-old woman in her home, saying her death was "tragic" and "unacceptable" (Oct. 19).

Highlights of this day in history: 'Saturday Night Massacre' takes place during Watergate scandal; Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines; Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis; Three Lynyrd Skynyrd members die in plane crash (Oct. 20).
 

An endangered black rhino has given birth to an 80-pound female at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo. The zoo called the birth "an extremely significant event" in the effort to reverse a long decline in the number of black rhinos (Oct. 19).

An adorable kitten stole the spotlight on live television on Monday, during a Turkish news broadcast (Oct. 19).
 

Highlights of this day in history: British surrender at Yorktown decides American Revolution; Stock market crash hits Wall Street in late 1980s; Napoleon's forces begin retreat from Moscow; Concorde makes first landing in New York (Oct. 19).
 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It has become all too obvious that the Daytona Beach News-Journal is allowing itself to be used as a conduit for the promotion of Craig Capri as Sheriff-elect Mike Chitwood's successor for police chief during a murder mo less.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 19-year-old special needs student at Mainland High School was struck and killed Monday in a nearby crosswalk while walking to school after apparently missing her bus, Daytona Beach cops said.