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TEHRAN, Iran – One of Iran’s prominent pro-reform figures was released on bail Wednesday after spending nearly four months in jail on charges of inciting the country’s postelection unrest, the official IRNA news agency reported. It said Saeed Shariati, one of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign aides during the …

Authorities investigating two missing girl cases said Thursday that cadaver dogs picked up a scent that could indicate buried remains in the backyard of a Northern California couple already charged in a kidnapping. PHOTOS: Missing Girl Found 18 Years Later Alameda County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said two …

A rare, sea-dwelling parasite that eats a fish’s tongue and then takes the tongue’s place in the fish was discovered off the coast of Jersey in Europe, the BBC reported. The isopod is about 1-inch long and was first found by fishermen. “When we emptied the fish bag out there …