Gaps in DNA databanks have led to tragedy MADISON, Wis. - During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way - everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a life. Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind DES MOINES, Iowa - A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest. For the jobless, Labor Day is hardly a holiday WASHINGTON - Every day it's a battle.
Heath Ledger found dead in NYC at age 28 Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said.