Searching for Newspaper Articles

I'm drawing a complete blank while trying to recall an episode where I helped a patron by finding a newspaper article for her/him.

I know of done it dozens of times, but can't recall a specific instance.

SO.... I'll do a search for myself. I found out recently that a long-lost cousin of mine was in jail for killing someone during a drug-related dispute on Staten Island. I'll see what I can find out...

(later) Ahhhhhhhhh - the tawdry details of his crime, revealed to me at last. The family has been trying to keep this under wraps for years - and now I know what REALLY happened. (what a dirtbag).

Saturday afternoon and America's Newspapers!

Just finished reading lurid details of a serial rapist that terrorized one of my old neighborhoods - Capitol Hill in Denver - during 2005. Searched the papers by region and then by newspaper name (Rocky Mountain News) using the rapist's name (Brent J. Brents). Then googled his name to see what I would get - which brought me to one of Denver's TV stations and their take on the news.

When Brents was captured he had a hostage with him - who was unnamed in the articles I looked at. I'm going to see if I can find out her name. She ended up committing suicide shortly after her ordeals - well, some said suicide and some said she overdosed.

Found it. "Aida Bergfeld". Now I'll compare search results using the Rocky Mountain News site and the America's Newspapers database limiting results to that same newspaper.

3 results from R.M.N's site
Only 1 result from American's Newspapers, using same search term ("Aida Bergfeld") and limiting results to R.M.N. - searching "All Text" and "1st/lead para" fields.

I know there must be reasons for this discrepancy but sometimes it makes searching frustrating. But then, all I have to do is think of how it used to be if a customer wanted this kind of info...YIKES! We've got it EASY!