Chinese gov't appoints new science, social science officials Xinhua, China - ... of Sciences. Wu Yin, 56, has been appointed vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , replacing Jiang Lansheng.

NICKEL MINES, Pa. -- Five schoolgirls are murdered in their quaint, quiet hamlet. A community that shuns attention as a matter of religious principle suddenly finds itself in the media glare.

A second suspect is in custody in the killing of a Brink's armored-car guard in Oakland, authorities said today. Dwight Omar Campbell, 23, was arrested at about 5:15 p.m. Thursday during a traffic stop in Vista (San Diego County), according to the FBI....