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Undercover cop poses as homeless man to catch texting drivers
New York Post - 28 Oct 2015 16:05
BETHESDA, Md. -- A Maryland police officer went undercover dressed as a homeless man to catch people who were using their phones while driving. Cpl. Patrick Robinson went undercover Tuesday morning equipped with a police...
Poets to get 99 lashes for handshakes
CNN - 28 Oct 2015 09:10
Two Iranian poets are facing 99 lashes each for shaking hands with people of the opposite sex in one of the latest examples of harsh punishments meted out against writers and artists by Iran's judiciary, according to hum...
Afghanistan Transfers Inmates to Kabul to Thwart Further Jailbreaks: Report
Time - 28 Oct 2015 09:07
Two jail attacks in recent weeks have freed scores of militants
Pentagon Decides Who Will Build the Next Stealth Bomber
Time - 28 Oct 2015 09:54
A major aerospace company won a huge contract to build a new line of combat aircraft
Bikini Islanders Seek Climate Change Refuge in US
Discovery News - 28 Oct 2015 00:17
About 1,000 displaced residents of the Bikinia Atoll want to relocate to the United States due to rising sea level.
Why is the Pentagon being so secretive about American casualties in Iraq?
The Week - 28 Oct 2015 16:44
The first report of an American soldier wounded in combat against ISIS terrorists came in March of this year. Since then, publicly available data and interviews with Pentagon leaders suggest that a total of six American ...
Saudi prince busted with two tons of ISIS drug and cocaine on his private plane: officials
New York Post - 28 Oct 2015 16:33
Yet another Saudi prince is being accused of royally screwing up. Prince Abdel Mohsen bin Walid bin Abdulaziz was detained Monday along for allegedly trying to fly two tons of drugs out of Lebanon aboard his private plan...
Paul Ryan says he will still back the budget deal, even though the process 'stinks'
The Week - 28 Oct 2015 16:15
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced Wednesday morning that he will support the tentative budget deal reached by Congressional leaders and the White House to raise the debt limit. While Ryan, who is the Republican Party's t...
Jealous passengers can't believe this fat dog is flying first class
New York Post - 28 Oct 2015 16:14
It’s anything but the cargo hold for this portly pampered pooch. American Airlines put on the dog for Hank, who was rolled aboard a flight on his pillow-topped cart and sat in first class with his owner, Kari Whitman, ...
Austria to Build Fence Along Parts of Border With Slovenia
Time - 28 Oct 2015 15:28
The move is meant to bring order to the flow of people entering the country
Israel's Netanyahu slams Arab lawmaker for holy site visit
Miami Herald - 28 Oct 2015 15:13
Israel's prime minister is lashing out at an Arab lawmaker for flaunting a directive and visiting the sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is the key issue in the recent round of violence. …
'She was rock solid frozen': Uncle of dead cryotherapy spa aide
New York Post - 28 Oct 2015 15:09
LAS VEGAS -- That’s his niece, Albert Ake said of the woman photographed in promotional photos featuring a chamber the size of a phone booth bubbling with a cottony cloud of liquid nitrogen at a Las Vegas cryotherapy c...
Salem witch takes 'world's best-known warlock' to court
New York Post - 28 Oct 2015 15:07
BOSTON -- A Salem, Massachusetts, woman who calls herself a witch priestess is taking a self-proclaimed warlock to court over accusations of harassment. Lori Sforza, who runs a Salem witchcraft shop and leads a pagan chu...
Taliban overrun remote northern district in Afghanistan
Miami Herald - 28 Oct 2015 09:45
The Taliban have overrun a district in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province, and intense battles were underway Wednesday as government forces fought to retake it, an official said. …
World's first 'Indigenous Olympics' held in Brazil
Al Jazeera English - 28 Oct 2015 09:35
The event is billed as a chance for indigenous groups from as far as Ethiopia and Mongolia to test their mettle.
Tony Abbott, Ousted Australian Leader, Urges Europe to Take Hard Line on Migrants
The New York Times - 28 Oct 2015 09:27
In a speech in London, Mr. Abbott offered Australia's tough policies as a model. "This means turning boats around, for people coming by sea," he said.
S. Asia quake death toll rises to 364
CNN - 28 Oct 2015 09:26
Noor Wali was sitting inside his shoe shop in northwestern Pakistan when he heard a loud roaring sound and saw cracks appear in the walls.
Australian Police Say Mom's Murderers Then Pretended to Be Her on Phone to Her Family
Time - 28 Oct 2015 08:56
Karlie Pearce-Stevenson's bank account was accessed for years after her death
US vows to repeat sail-by at China-claimed islands
Al Jazeera English - 28 Oct 2015 08:53
Announcement angers Beijing, which earlier summoned US envoy to protest against US navy activity in South China Sea.
Who's to Blame for the U.S.'s Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital?
Time - 28 Oct 2015 08:44
The U.S. military has changed its explanation of the strike several times
Town haunted by fear of ISIS return
CNN - 28 Oct 2015 08:33
CNN's Clarissa Ward spent several days in the Hasakah Province in Syria and found a landscape scarred by battle and haunted by fear.
Runaway U.S. military blimp causes havoc in Pennsylvania
Reuters - 28 Oct 2015 23:07
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