Taylor Anderson, 24, had been missing since the tsunami struck earlier this month. She’d been teaching in Ishinomaki, Japan for the last three years, according to her parents.

Ishinomaki, a city in Miyagi Prefecture, was hit hard by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

The disaster has killed more than 8,800 people and left close to 13,000 missing, many of them killed as a wall of water rushed in following the quake.

“We would like to thank all those whose prayers and support have carried us through this crisis. Please continue to pray for all who remain missing and for the people of Japan,” her family said.

The oldest of three children, Anderson was a native of Virginia. Her parents said she loved Japan, the culture and children.

Some of her fellow teachers in Japan told CNN that Anderson hopped on her bike after the quake and likely tried to pedal home. The tsunami waters did not reach the school, though her home neighborhood was hit head on, they said.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell released a statement, offering his support for Anderson’s family and friends. He said Anderson is the first American reported to have been killed in the natural disasters.

“Fittingly, she was last seen helping parents safely reunite with their children following the earthquake, an act which illustrates her dedication to her students and to the Japanese people she served,” McDonnell said. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with Taylor’s family and friends during this difficult time.”

But now, the New York Daily News has uncovered the 18-year-old who claims to be the mini-B.I.G.: Bronx native Keithroy Yearwood.

“I just want people to know that’s me. The truth is finally coming out,” Yearwood told the Daily News, who corroborated his claim with Yearwood’s baby photos. The story of how the teen landed on the cover also seems to match Bad Boy’s assertion that the baby came from a modeling agency: Yearwood’s mother Delcenia Burns says her son was recruited by the now-defunct modeling agency Chicky’s Kids, and that she has the paperwork to prove it.

That Yearwood was a paid model would come as a surprise to two people involved in the shoot: Designer Cey Adams and the cover’s photographer Butch Belair, both thought that the Ready to Die baby was the child of someone who worked at Bad Boy.

“When I first found out about it, it wasn’t a big deal to me. Now, of course, it’s a big deal to me,” Yearwood, who plans to study sports management in college, said of his claim to fame. “It’s an honor to be on this album.”

Yearwood says he only received $150 for being on the cover of Ready to Die, but his place in music history is priceless.

Woods, 35, has been spotted recently with a new lady friend, who bears some resemblance to Nordegren. The blond beauty is Alyse Lahti Johnston, a 22-year-old aspiring golf pro originally from Cleveland, Ohio.

Sports and entertainment blog TerezOwens.com first broke the news last Friday that the pair have been dating for a few months. “They went out on his yacht with another couple the other night and Tiger seems to be smitten over her,” the blog post said.

Calls to Woods’ rep were not immediately returned.

According to Britain’s Daily Mail, Johnston moved to the Windermere, Fla., estate where her mother and stepfather live after graduating from Ohio State last year.

The top exec at the Eye network is ready, willing, and able to forgive and forget all of Sheen’s recent antics and continue broadcasting the series, with Sheen back in the starring role, a well-placed insider tells us.

According to our source, CBS President and CEO Les Moonves has been speaking directly with top execs at Warner Bros. Television — the company that produces Men and also fired Sheen.

oonves has also spoken directly to ‘Men’ co-creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre, who has been the target of Sheen’s “violent hatred.”

Moonves wants a solution that brings Sheen back to the show in a situation everyone can live with.

“Moonves told Chuck Lorre that he should ‘let us handle Charlie’,” the source says.

Lorre produces two other huge CBS hits, The Big Bang Theory and Mike & Molly. The prolific writer/producer also has several other projects in development for CBS.

“Moonves wants to get the show back on the air. He’s all for it,” the insider adds. “He says certain people need to forget anything and everything Charlie’s done recently and just move on with the business at hand.

“The core issue is, as he put it, the volatile relationship between Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre. He believes that if CBS and Warner Bros. TV honchos can find a way to get Chuck and Charlie to speak again, cooler heads will prevail.”

Discussions about the possibility of bringing Charlie back to Two and a Half Men have been going on in earnest the last couple of days.

As RadarOnline.com has been reporting, the actor was fired earlier this month, with CBS and Warner Bros. TV issuing a statement that “Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services” for their hit sitcom.

Since then, in several exclusive interviews with RadarOnline.com, Sheen’s spoken about his “winning” attitude, life with his “goddesses” and regularly referred to everyone connected with ‘Men’ as “trolls.”

He also filed a $100 million lawsuit against Lorre and Warner Bros. TV.

Sheen is now taking his rant on the road, and has 20 concert dates planned, including one at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

It’s unclear how far along CBS’ Moonves is in convincing the powers at Warner Bros. TV to rehire Charlie or if he’d accept their offer if one is made.