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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities are investigating the discovery of human remains found along an Alaskan trail less than two miles from the home of a missing family.
Kenai Police said Sunday that the remains found a day earlier might be connected to the disappearance last May of the four family members.
Kenai police with help from the FBI led a massive search effort when the family went missing. The searches turned up no clues.
Relatives said at the time it appeared the family had left without packing. Their two vehicles remained parked outside their apartment and their rent for June had not been paid.
On Saturday, a person driving down a west Kenai trail spotted clothing and what appeared to be human remains, police said. Responding officers found remains and items reported missing from the home of Rebecca Adams, 23, and her boyfriend, Brandon Jividen, 38. They were last seen May 27, the day after Memorial Day.
Also missing were Adams' children, Michelle Hundley, 6, and Jaracca Hundley, 3. The family dog also disappeared. Police said it would take time to positively identify the remains and complete the investigation at the scene.
Kenai is about 65 miles southwest of Anchorage.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams attended a fundraiser and donated $50,000 in a bid to keep his Catholic high school in New Jersey from closing.Mater Dei Prep announced in February it will close in June because of financial problems unless it can raise $1 million.Williams and his wife attended Saturday night's Save the Seraphs Gala in Atlantic Highlands.The Asbury Park Press reports the event sold out, with 464 people paying $125 apiece for tickets. It raised $95,000, which brought the fundraising campaign's total to $962,000.Williams was a 1977 graduate of the school.NBC in February suspended Williams without pay for six months for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is highlighting private-sector efforts to encourage more students from underrepresented groups to pursue education in science, technology, engineering and math.At the White House Science Fair today, Obama will announce more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of those fields, known as STEM. This year's fair is focused on diversity.Obama will say the new commitments have brought total financial and material support for these programs to $1 billion.The pledges the president is announcing include a $150 million philanthropic effort to encourage promising early-career scientists to stay on track and a $90 million campaign to expand STEM opportunities to underrepresented youth, such as minorities and girls.
NEW YORK — New York is going mad for the final season of “Mad Men,” with the unveiling of a sculpture today honoring the show, $19.69 liquid lunches and a museum exhibit.The sculpture, which will be on view through the summer, will stand outside Manhattan's Time & Life Building, where the fictional ad agency in the show is headquartered. Cast members Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christina Hendricks and John Slattery will attend the unveiling with show creator Matthew Weiner.The final season begins April 5.
