Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter. Then take away the rest of my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

One evening there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of the others. One of the members of the family witnessed the crime.

The other one helped the murderer.

These are the things we know for sure:

1. The witness and the one who helped the murderer were not of the same sex.

2. The oldest person and the witness were not of the same sex.

3. The youngest person and the victim were not of the same sex.

4. The one who helped the murderer was older than the victim.

5. The father was the oldest member of the family.

6. The murderer was not the youngest member of the family.

Who was the murderer?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

I can write cow in 13 letters.

Can You?

Which is the rope you never skip with?

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

Count the number of times the letter "F" appears in the following paragraph:

FAY FRIED FIFTY POUNDS OF
SALTED FISH AND THREE POUNDS
OF DRY FENNEL FOR DINNER FOR
FORTY MEMBERS OF HER FATHER'S FAMILY.

What does this rebus puzzle means ?

There were three women in all the swimming costumes!
One was happy and the other two were sad!
The happy one was crying and the sad ones were smiling.
Why was this?