We've noticed an upsurge in crime as well - shoplifting at the local mall, burglaries, robberies, etc. It's typical during a poor economy to see such a thing.

Is anyone following the story of the Yale graduate whose body was found on Sunday? What a sad thing, such a young, fine mind snuffed out like that.

I also saw a woman interviewed on the news this morning whose daughter went missing 21 years ago. The current theory is that she was taken by the same man who held that girl Jaycee for 18 years. As a mother, my heart just broke listening to her.