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The Jacob Wetterling abduction

In 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted along a rural road in St. Joseph, Minn. In 2016, Danny Heinrich led authorities to the place where he buried Wetterling.

AP: Increase in suicide rate of vets

The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who've left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday.

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Citizens get behind-the-scenes look at FBI

Citizens get behind-the-scenes look at FBI

Twice each year, a group of community, civic and business leaders gets a peek inside the FBI's operations during a six-week Citizens' Academy class, an effort aimed at showing members of the public some of what the agency does and how it works.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling

Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling

It's been 20 years since Jerry and Patty Wetterling's son, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, went missing and little has changed in the case, however it has changed how law enforcement officials handle missing children cases track those who might kidnap or otherwise harm children.
by Phil Picardi, Ambar Espinoza and Elizabeth Dunbar

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Improvements made since Wetterling abduction

Much has changed in 20 years since then-11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman in St. Joseph, Minnesota. States have established and toughened sex offender registries and the national AMBER alert system was put into place to broadcast urgent bulletins when a child is abducted.

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