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Last week, Mindy McCready created some major dramz when she ran away with her son Zander from Florida, whom she does have custody of, and fled to her boyfriend's cabin in the woods of Arksanas where she was hiding out.

After being reported missing, Mindy and her 5-year-old son were allegedly found hiding in the closet by U.S. Marshals.

Mindy describes the incident to ABC's 20/20:

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Oh, thank goodness.

Baseball player Wilson Ramos, who plays for the Washington Nationals, was found and rescued in Venezuela Friday after experiencing what sources say was "heavy gunfire."

Ramos was abducted by armed men in his home country on Wednesday. When talking about the harrowing ordeal, he knew he wasn't completely safe:

"The truth is, at the moment they came to get me I was very nervous. There were many gunshots. … Thanks to God, those guys did a tremendous job. I'm super grateful to them."

Kidnappers have been known to target wealthy athletes in Venezuela to get a hefty ransom in return.

We are just so thankful that he has been found and is alive and well. What a scary ordeal. We all are so relieved.

[Image via AP Images.]

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OMG! This is awful!

Wilson Ramos, an MLB catcher who just finished his rookie season with the Washington Nationals, was kidnapped from his family home in Venezuela on Wednesday night by four armed men!

So scary!

The baseball player was staying in his home country while playing for the Aragua Tigers in Venezuela's winter league.

The terrifying abduction was reported by Kathe Vilera, a spokeswoman for the Tigers, through Twitter account, writing:

"It's sad, worrisome and true that Wilson Ramos was kidnapped."

She goes on to say the best investigators are working on the case and, for Wilson Ramos' sake, we hope they are doing all they can to get him home safely!

Our hearts go out to the Ramos family and can only pray that everything turns out okay!

[Image via AP Images.]

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So awful, so sad.

We feel just terrible. We can't imagine what that poor woman had to go through.

The English Bulldog, Jagger, was kidnapped and the kidnappers demanded $1000 and prescription pain meeds from her or else they torture and kill the dog.

After multiple tips, police finally arrested the two men, Jesse James Clark and Johnny Lee Jordan.

According to a news release:

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A woman who had an accident and was left in a wheel chair and on pain killers has had her dog kidnapped.

The kidnappers demanded her pain killers (which she needs to function day-to-day) and $1000.

If she doesn't pay up, they're threatening to torture then kill her dog.

Police have been unable to find the kidnappers so far.

Check out the above video to hear this heart-wrenching story.

We hope she remains strong and we wish her the best of luck in having her doggy returned to her.

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Wow!

We certainly wouldn't have seen this coming! But it might work!

Production on a sequel to the Liam Neeson action flick taken, with original castmembers Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace both returning, is well underway, and pretty fascinating new details about the direction the script will be taking have emerged!

Check out the SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP!

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Such a sad, scary situation.

Lesbian blogger Amina Araf, who writes the blog A Gay Girl in Damascus AND is a voice for anti-government opposition in Syria, was kidnapped yesterday in Damascus.

According to reports, she was grabbed by "three armed men" in their twenties, who forced her into a vehicle.

Amina's cousin Rania Ismail posted the following about the kidnappers on the blog:

"The men are assumed to be members of one of the security services or the Baath Party militia. Amina's present location is unknown."

Amina is NOT popular in Syria for writing openly as a lesbian despite the fact that homosexuality is illegal in the country AND she's called for an end to the Bashir regime, which also makes her a target.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Amina and her family during this upsetting, difficult time.

We truly hope that she is okay, and makes it back home safely.

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