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Jordan Launches Airstrikes on ISIS in Retaliation for Pilot’s Death
Two days after news emerged that ISIS had burned a captive Jordanian pilot to death, the Middle Eastern nation hit back with airstrikes targeting the terror group — following through on its vow ...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2015

WATCH: Georgia Barber Gives Misbehaving Kids ‘Old Man’ Haircuts As A Disciplinary Tool
(ATLANTA) — Never has a single haircut caused such a fuss. Some call it the "Benjamin Button Special;" others the "old man" cut. In either case, it's supposed to be the ...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2015

WATCH: NBC News’ Brian Williams Apologizes For Claiming He Rode In Helicopter Struck By Enemy Fire
(NEW YORK) — It was a dramatic account from the early stage of the Iraq War, one that placed NBC News anchor Brian Williams aboard a U.S. military helicopter that had drawn enemy fire. The story...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2015

WATCH: Two Students Shot At Frederick High School; Police Still Looking For Suspects
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The suspects in a shooting that wounded two students outside a high school basketball game in Maryland were still at large Thursday morning, and police said they haven'...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2015

LATEST: Pilot Of Doomed Taiwan Plane Sent ‘Mayday’ Message Moments Before Crash
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — From the start of the flight in Taiwan's capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. "There was some sound next to me. It did not feel right shortly after ...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2015

Staples Buys Office Depot for $6 Billion to Keep Up with Change
NEW YORK (AP) — There are few places where evolving technology has been more disruptive than in the work place, which played out again Wednesday as Staples announced it would spend about $6 bill...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2015

US Will Not Return Guantanamo to Improve Relations With Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday ruled out handing over the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, rejecting a central demand of Cuban President Raul Castro for restoring norm...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2015

WATCH: Six Dead In NY SUV-Commuter Train Crash, Investigation Begins
VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — Federal railroad investigators are on the scene of a deadly crash between a commuter train and a car in suburban New York. The Federal Railroad Administration said its inve...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2015

DRAMATIC VIDEO: Commercial Plane In Taiwan Lifted from River; At Least 26 Dead
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital late Wednesday as they searched into the nigh...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2015

Jordan Confirms Death of Pilot, ISIS Video Shows Pilot Burned to Death
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The spokesman for the Jordanian armed forces has confirmed the death of a pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group and vowed "punishment and revenge." &...
Syndicated Author Feb 03, 2015
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