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Investigators work throughout the early morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., where a gunman took three people hostage Tuesday. The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Fuaed Abdo Ahmed later released one hostage but around midnight shot the two remaining hostages, killing one of them before being shot and killed by police authorities said.
Crime   Hostages   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States 2013   		 Chicago Sun-Times 
Police kill Louisiana bank hostage taker; 1 hostage dies
ST. JOSEPH, La. — A man who authorities said was mentally unstable and believed a device had been implanted in his head shot two hostages, killing one, at a rural Louisiana bank before state police ... (photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis)
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference at the Capitol Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Richmond, VA. Bolling announced yesterday that he was suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor.
Business   Campaign   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Bill Bolling   		 Richmond Times Dispatch 
LONG SHOT Bolling doesn’t embrace write-in, but doesn’t rule it out
He coulda been a contender. | Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has heard that refrain enough in the five months since he decided not to mount an independent bid for governor. Over time and with the be... (photo: AP / Steve Helber)
This photo released by the Nigerian Army claims to show soldiers and civilians inspecting a displayed arms cache recovered from a house in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, May 30, 2013.  Swissinfo 
Clashes between Nigerian army and Boko Haram kill 18
  | Reuters | August 17, 2013 - 18:25 | MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes between soldiers and members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria, a military sour... (photo: AP / Nigerian Army)
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Ted Cruz speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Houston Chronicle 
Texas on the Potomac
Top Ten: Ted Cruz is turning into Rick Perry’s worst nightmare in Iowa | Saturday, August 17, 2013 | Share this: | CommentsComments(1)Comments() Email Print 0 | Every week Texas on the Potomac g... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)
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A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, after receiving fuel over Afghanistan. Two B-1Bs hit reported al-Qaida safe havens Jan. 10 in Arab Jabour, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelique Perez) Swissinfo
Bomb hits Iraq's main commodity port, traffic unaffected
  | Reuters | August 17, 2013 - 14:44 | By Aref Mohammed | BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded at Iraq's main commodities port near the oil-exporting south... (photo: Creative Commons / Denniss)
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Fish in a lake - water The Siasat Daily
How female fish choose the ‘right’ sperm
Washington, August 17: | A new study has revealed how females choose the right sperm to fertilize their eggs when they are faced with the risk of getting impregnated by w... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Village Ship Temple under water in a flooded in Ghatal, some 95 kms south of Kolkata. Floods caused by a dam water release at a upper point and continuous heavy rains which have hit the region in the past three days, affected thousands of villagers in the eastern Indian State of West Bengal on Friday 02 August 2013 Swissinfo
Yemen flood sweeps away wedding party, 27 dead and 41 missing
  | Reuters | August 17, 2013 - 10:33 | SANAA (Reuters) - At least 27 people died and more than 41 were missing after a wedding party was swept away while driving ac... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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A mosquito - harmful insect Reuters
Florida Keys considering drones to fight mosquitoes
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida Keys agency charged with keeping the island chain's mosquito swarms at bay might become the nation's first to use drones to spot remote bree... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Disease   Florida   Miami   Photos   Wikipedia: Florida  
College students playing on the college ground - sport - education Kansas City Star
Small colleges using sports to keep enrollment up
FREMONT, Neb. — Brennan Azinger harbors no dreams of making it to the major leagues. In fact, if it weren't for a friend at a small college in Nebraska putting in a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Education   Nebraska   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Enrollment  
A workman quickly slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters where President Bush and CIA Director Porter Goss would be standing for a news briefing during Bush's visit to the super-secret facility in Langley, Va., near Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2005. Richmond Times Dispatch
CIA acknowledges Area 51 — but not UFOs or aliens
LAS VEGAS UFO buffs and believers in space aliens are celebrating the CIA’s clearest acknowledgement of the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold War test site that... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
CIA Aliens Conspiracy   Central Intelligence Agency   Nevada Area 51   Photos   Wikipedia: Area 51  
Warning sign near secret Area 51 base in Nevada. Otago Daily Times
CIA acknowledges Area 51 exists
National security scholars at George Washington University have some good news and bad news for UFO buffs - the U.S. government has finally confirmed the existence of Are... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S.Government Printing Office)
CIA Aliens Conspiracy   Central Intelligence Agency   Nevada Area 51   Photos   Wikipedia: Area 51  
Lycium barbarum - Goji berries The Examiner
Seniors take an interest in growing goji berries in backyards (Video)
More seniors are growing goji berries in their backyards, since studies show that a small amount of Goji berries may improve damage to the retina. In Chinese and in Tibet... (photo: GFDL)
Chinese   Cooking   Fruit   Photos   Wikipedia: Goji  
Looking south up main beach. Manuel Antonio National Park, in Spanish the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, The Examiner
Costa Rica undergoing a journey in consciousness
Drivers in Costa Rica seem to regard street markings as general guidelines. Last night as we were returning from Monteverde, our friend stopped at a few locations, just s... (photo: Creative Commons / Eric T Gunther)
Costa Rica   Family   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Costa Rica  
Filipino kids buying soda - Soft drinks - Kids - children Chosunilbo
Children Who Drink Lots of Soda More Likely to Be Aggressive
A new study has found that young children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks per day are more likely to show signs of aggression than youngsters who don't dri... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Children   Health   Mothers   Photos   Wikipedia: Soda  
Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel argues a call with second base umpire Fieldin Culbreth in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Orioles Park at Camden Yards on June 9, 2012. Philadelphia Daily News
Manuel out as Phillies manager
Gear Up! | Loading... Fan Shop | INQUIRER STAFF | Posted: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 3:01 AM | UPDATE (1:44 p.m.): Matt Gelb of the Inquirer reports that Charlie Manuel i... (photo: Creative Commons / Keith Allison)
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