Oprah Honored With Major Award
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey was embraced in a hug by longtime friend Diane von Furstenberg as she took to the stage to accept a "Lifetime Leadersh...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey was embraced in a hug by longtime friend Diane von Furstenberg as she took to the stage to accept a "Lifetime Leadersh...
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.04.2012
Jaycee Lee Dugard has released her first public service announcement for her organization, which helps support families that have been the victims of ...
Diane Dimond | Posted 12.06.2011
In Jaycee's memoir, A Stolen Life, she recounts in almost childlike terms how caring for stray animals -- and later her two children -- helped her keep her humanity and her sanity.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.22.2011
Jaycee Lee Dugard has filed a claim against the U.S. government for failing to monitor Phillip Garrido, the convicted sex offender who kidnapped her i...
Jane Devin | Posted 10.29.2011
When it comes to survival and recovery, not even the popular saying, "Don't judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes" goes far enough.
AP | Posted 10.17.2011
HAYWARD, Calif. -- Police have questioned the California couple convicted of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard about the high-profile abduction of a 9-year-old...
AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 10.03.2011
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A day after releasing disturbing footage videotaped by one of Jaycee Dugard's captors and a report highlighting law enforcement ...
AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 10.02.2011
SAN FRANCISCO — Disturbing new video released Tuesday shows the wife of convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido luring a young girl into ...
Posted 09.13.2011
There's a pattern emerging with people who talk to Diane Sawyer while they're shopping books: the books go to the top of the bestseller list. Jayc...
Posted 09.13.2011
Elizabeth Smart made her debut as an ABC commentator on Thursday's "Good Morning America." Smart used her first appearance to deliver a message to fel...
AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.12.2011
SAN FRANCISCO — Newly released videos recorded by the Northern California couple who held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years provide chillin...
Cilla McCain | Posted 09.10.2011
If we can be thankful for anything to do with Caylee Anthony's murder, at least she is now in a place where nobody can ever harm her again. However, there are children who at this very instant, desperately need our country's attention and swift action.
AP | Posted 09.10.2011
NEW YORK — The story of a California woman kidnapped and held prisoner by a sex offender for 18 years has proven compelling for television viewe...
AP | Posted 09.09.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- Talking through tears, a California woman held captive for nearly two decades told of the pain and determination as she gave birth to...
AP | LISA LEFF and DON THOMPSON | Posted 08.03.2011
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Through it all, the kidnapping, the repeated sexual assaults and the isolation of being hidden away for over 18 years, Jay...
AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 08.02.2011
PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A woman who was kidnapped, raped and held captive for 18 years was so afraid of her abductors that she never tried to escape, a...
AP | By LISA LEFF | Posted 08.02.2011
Lisa Leff, Associated Press PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A serial sex offender was ordered Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison after the Cal...
AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.26.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Buried under a tidal wave of electronic data, California parole agents next week will significantly change how they monitor...
AP | Posted 07.11.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- The coming publication of a memoir by the California woman who was kidnapped as a girl and held for 18 years has broadcasters scrambl...
AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.28.2011
PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A convicted sex offender and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was ...
AP | By LISA LEFF and DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.07.2011
PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- An expected guilty plea by a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and raping a girl when she was 11 and holding her cap...
AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)-- California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement Thursday with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a gir...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — ABC says it will air home video Friday of kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, who was rescued last August after 18 years in captivity. ...
Lisa Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011
Jaycee Dugard's face is everywhere this week. I've been thinking a lot about her story, because of the similarities to the Etan Patz case, which I've spent the last five years living and breathing for the first-ever book written on it.
Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
My new plan, Innovation First: Using Technology to Fight Crime, will combat the fiscal, legal, and public safety problems that Californians deal with on a daily basis. This is a call to action.
AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 05.10.2012