FBI digs into case of woman missing after going overboard

(AP)  -  Two hours after boarding a cruise ship in New York on Sunday, Mindy Jordan was overboard and lost at sea.

The cruise line said the initial indication was that the slight 46-year-old nurse fell as she tried to reach from one balcony to another on a windy night, and by Tuesday the Coast Guard had given up its search for her in the Atlantic Ocean off the New Jersey coast.

The ship, which disembarked in New York, continued on to Bermuda.

Jordan's family fears, though, that her fall was not only tragic but also criminal.

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Tips for backpacking with a baby

(AP)  -  It had been at least 24 hours since we had seen other humans, and the trail seemed to be ours alone _ gleaming granite slabs, scrabbly switchbacks, glorious glimpses of the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, and jagged Sierra spires under cloudless skies. read more >>

South Beach becoming backpackers' spot with hostels

Charity Simon is sharing a bedroom and a bathroom with two other young women she has never met during her stay at the Tropics Hotel & Hostel in Miami Beach. read more >>