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A small plane carrying four Italian tourists, including Vittorio Misson, the head of the Missoni fashion business, disappeared off the coast of Venezuela on Friday.

A sea and air search began Saturday and is still underway.

As the search for the aircraft carrying Vittorio Missoni, his wife Maurizia Castiglioni and two others continues, family members are "exploring other possibilities."

Angela Missoni, Vittorio Missoni’s sister and the chief designer of the Missoni label, issued a statement saying that the family had not given up hope.

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Wild dogs have mauled and killed four people whose bodies were found over the past two weeks in a park on the edge of Mexico City, authorities say.

In one case, a teenage girl frantically called her sister on her phone to plead for help from the attack as it took place; tragically, it was too little, too late.

Neighbours of the Cerro de la Estrella, a partly wooded, hilltop park surrounded by the city's poor and populous Iztapalapa district, first found the bodies.

A 26-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child in the area were discovered on December 29, authorities in Mexico's sprawling capital city said.

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Worried that his son was spending much time online, a Chinese father recently hired some virtual "hit men" to hunt down and "kill" his offspring ... in various games.

The man, identified only as Mr. Feng, had grown concerned about the amount of time his 23-year-old unemployed son was spending with online gaming.

He hoped his actions would deter his son from playing the games. According to the BBC, his son eventually asked one of the gamers why they kept targeting him.

Was it effective?

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There are local news fails and there are epic local news wins.

We're not sure this qualifies as either, but it's worth watching.

Reporter Bob Herzog, of WKRC-TV's Good Morning Cincinnati, hosts "Dance Party Friday" each week in an attempt to make Ohio commuters' travel more ... interesting.

Whether it helps or hurts may depend on coffee intake, but watch as he recruits colleague Jen Dalton for a parody duet of "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail:

Somewhere Out There (Beneath a Traffic Light)

A San Francisco resident in her 20s is in critical condition at the moment after being set on fire by her boyfriend yesterday.

According to multiple sources, police responded to a call after hearing reports of a female screaming between Jennings Street and Ingalls Street of the Bayview district.

When they arrived, they found her with severe burns burns, which allegedly were the result of her boyfriend dousing her in flammable liquid and then striking a match.

The woman removed her clothes and stopped the fire, but she is now a patient at St. Francis Hospital burn center.

No arrests have been made, but police are (obviously) considering this an incident of domestic violence.

Duct tape. It really is good for anything, huh?

An unidentified man was bound to his seat by this useful item over the weekend, after he became enraged on a flight from Reykjavik, Iceland to New York City.

A fellow passenger actually captured the unusual (hilarious) scene and posted the photo on Facebook:

Confirmed Michael Raucheisen, a spokesman for Iceland Air:

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Score one for the NRA?

A woman in Walton County Georgia save her children from an introducer on Friday - by firing six bullets into his neck and face.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the unnamed female hid with her two kids in a crawl space after an ex-convict later identified as Paul Ali Slater repeatedly rang her doorbell.

Once he forced his way inside via crowbar…

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Jacob Cox-Brown is not smart.

The Oregon teen was jailed following the dumbest Facebook gaffe of all time - and that's saying something, as 95 percent of all Facebook posts could be considered dumb.

His blunder? Bragging about driving drunk AND committing a hit-and run.

"Drivin drunk ... classsic ;) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P" was the early-morning post that quickly led to his arrest at home in Astoria, Oregon.

Upon reading Jacob Cox-Brown's post, two of the his Facebook friends contacted police; it became vital information in an ongoing investigation - go figure!

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Demand a plan, Hollywood stars?

A new viral video sends a very different message: Demand Celebrities Go F–k Themselves.

YouTube user Mike Hunt has created a response to the PSA recorded a few weeks ago by various famous faces - from Jamie Foxx to Jason Bateman - in which celebrities urge the public to push for stricter gun control laws.

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  Celebrities Demand a Plan: End Gun Violence
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  Demand a Plan Parody

"I was immediately struck by the irony of their entire campaign,” Hunt tells EW. “Here are a bunch of vapid Hollywood celebrities attempting to shame the public into submitting to more gun control. Their entire industry profits from a culture of violence and gun entertainment.

"I was really surprised at the amount of positive responses and feedback the video has received. Hopefully a few of these ‘stars’ see it and maybe turn the microscope back on their hypocritical industry.”

Watch the videos above and then vote below: Does Hunt have a point? Are celebrities hypocrities by fighting for tighter gun restrictions?

Officials in India’s Assam state have suspended politician Bikram Singh Brahma after he was accused of raping a woman - and subsequently beaten by women in a village.

Clips posted to the web showed him being stripped of his shirt and slapped by several women in response to the allegation. Take a look at the surprising footage:

Indian Politician Bikram Singh Brahma Beaten By Women After Rape Allegation

According to the BBC, Bikram Singh Brahma was detained on Thursday after the victim’s husband reported the alleged rape, which shocked his community.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told the BBC his action was “condemnable” and he should be punished ... though this was likely not what he had in mind.

Pressure has grown for tougher action after a woman was raped and attacked in Delhi in December and later died. Five men were arrested in that incident.