FBI searches Cleveland property....Madoff's possessions auctioned...Palin's shocker

CLEVELAND (AP) FBI agents are at the Cleveland home of a suspected serial killer, digging through the backyard in search of evidence. The remains of 11 women have been found at the home of Anthony Sowell (SOH'-wehl), who's being held on five preliminary charges of aggravated murder. Police believe he lured women to his home, then strangled them.

NEW YORK (AP) Boogie boards with Bernard Madoff's (MAY'-dawfs) name on them are among the items on the auction block today.

Remnants of the fallen financier's life are being auctioned off in New York City, with proceeds to be divided among his victims.

Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for defrauding investors.

SINGAPORE (AP) President Barack Obama is raising hopes for the creation of an Asia-Pacific free-trade region. At a stop in Tokyo today, he announced that the U.S. will join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement. News of the move drew applause in Singapore at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

NEW YORK (AP) sarah palin says she didn't know her daughter Bristol was sexually active before she learned the teenager was pregnant. The former vice presidential candidate tells ABC's Barbara Walters she was "devastated" by the news. Bristol was a high school senior when she gave birth to son Tripp in December.

Sarah Palin is promoting her new book, "Going Rogue."


STOCKHOLM (AP) Sweden is returning 22 skulls taken from a native Hawaiian community. The hand-over will be conducted in a ceremony at Stockholm's Museum of National Antiquities, which will include Hawaiian representativesand the Nordic countries' own indigenous Sami population. Five of the skulls were brought to Sweden by a scientist in the 1880s after a trip around the world.

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