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THE NATION Nation in Brief MISSOURI Police say woman falsified abduction

A St. Joseph woman who sent text messages claiming she had been abducted was charged with making a false police report after she was found unharmed at a friend's house in town. The woman, 28, went missing Friday after leaving her three children at a baby-sitter's home. A police search began Saturday after she began sending text messages to her sister, saying she was with people she didn't know in a red sports utility vehicle with Virginia license plates and on her way to Virginia. She was arrested after cellphone providers pinpointed her location.

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