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As Boko Haram Strengthens, Terrified Locals Flee Major Nigerian City
Time - 5 Sep 2014 06:59
Nigerian troops have floundered against the Islamist militants
Coast Guard seizes cocaine worth $93 million in Florida
Chicago Tribune - 5 Sep 2014 00:35US, NATO Allies Form Coalition Against ISIS, Vow To Stop Flow Of Foreign Fighters
IBTimes - 5 Sep 2014 18:30
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced Friday a new international coalition aimed at wiping out Islamic State militants. The plan against the extremist group, formerly known as ...
Sexual Violence Against Children: UN Report Says Over One In 10 Girls Raped Or Sexually Abused By Age 20
IBTimes - 5 Sep 2014 06:30
More than 10 percent of women worldwide are raped or sexually abused by age 20, according to a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF.
ISIS bride: 'I want to become a martyr'
CNN - 5 Sep 2014 03:21
She was raised in an affluent suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, and loved Harry Potter and Coldplay. Now she's in Syria, married to an ISIS fighter, leaving her parents wondering what went wrong.
F.D.A. Allows First Use Of a Novel Cancer Drug
The New York Times - 5 Sep 2014 01:55
The treatment unleashes the body's immune system against tumors, and will initially be used against advanced melanoma.
Joan Rivers' Funeral To Be Held In New York City
ABC News - 5 Sep 2014 00:13
The comedian will be honored in her hometown.
Caroline Wozniacki in U.S. Open Final as Peng Shuai Retires in Pain
The New York Times - 5 Sep 2014 23:30
Wozniacki beat Peng in a United States Open semifinal match after Peng could not continue with the score, 7-6 (1), 4-3.
Maine mom fights state to keep baby daughter alive after she emerges from coma
Fox News - 5 Sep 2014 07:42
A teenage mother from Maine has the governor on her side in a legal battle to keep her ailing baby alive, even though the state now has custody and previously sought to enforce a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.
Why Holder's Probe Won't Fix Ferguson
Time - 5 Sep 2014 00:36
Not all investigations are created equal, and this one is tackling a big problem with small tools
BP 'grossly negligent' in 2010 U.S. spill, fines could be $18 billion
Reuters - 5 Sep 2014 00:35
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Top CIA officer in Benghazi delayed response to terrorist attack, US security team members claim
Fox News - 5 Sep 2014 00:12
A U.S. security team in Benghazi was held back from immediately responding to the attack on the American diplomatic mission on orders of the top CIA officer there, three of those involved told Fox News' Bret Baier.
Behemoth dinosaur Dreadnoughtus made T. rex look puny
Chicago Tribune - 5 Sep 2014 15:03A Few Helpful Rules for Reviewing Books About Slavery
Slate - 5 Sep 2014 18:01
I don't have any do's for writing book reviews on slavery--I don't have any do's for writing book reviews, period--but I have a few don'ts, courtesy of the Economist's now-withdrawn review of The Half Has Never Been Told...
Up in the Air
Slate - 5 Sep 2014 16:43
In June, a Los Angeles crowd was celebrating the Los Angeles Kings' Stanley Cup victory when people noticed a small drone overhead. It appears that members of the crowd thought the drone was operated by the L.A. Police D...
Corrections
Slate - 5 Sep 2014 10:15
In a Sept. 4 Future Tense, Karmella Haynes misidentified vanilla flavoring, commonly found on store shelves and made from chemically synthesized vanillin, as vanilla extract, made from vanilla pods.
Third U.S. Ebola Patient Flying Home for Treatment
Boston - 5 Sep 2014 03:35
A plane carrying a third U.S. missionary infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia left the capital of the West African nation on Thursday on the way back to the United States for treatment in Omaha, Nebraska. Doctor Rick...
Comparing ideology: ISIS vs al Qaeda
CNN - 5 Sep 2014 03:07
Faisal Al Yafai chief columnist at The National examines the contrasting strategies of Al Qaeda and ISIS.
As Islamist Militants Advance, Residents Flee a Nigerian City
The New York Times - 5 Sep 2014 02:23
Many people were fearful that the army could not repel an attack by the Islamist militants, who have taken over other cities in the region.
Syrian raids kill eighteen Islamic State foreign jihadists
Chicago Tribune - 5 Sep 2014 02:17US opens Ferguson civil rights inquiry
Al Jazeera English - 5 Sep 2014 02:00
US justice department says there is cause to investigate Ferguson police over death of black teenager, Michael Brown.
U.S. court rejects gay-marriage bans as 'implausible'
Reuters - 5 Sep 2014 01:57
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