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...There have been other signs that jihadi organizations are reaching out to disaffected young Muslims in the U.S. Consider the Somali-American youths who flew from Minneapolis to join al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda-linked militia that runs much of Somalia. If it turns out that it was al-Qaeda (or the Taliban) that reached out to Zazi and his associates - and not the other way around - then it would suggest that the U.S. is vulnerable to attacks from within...
...school girlfriend on MySpace - "You know, before it became the cyberghetto of the Internet." The two dated during junior and senior year of high school; the last time the two saw each other was on the day they graduated. Sixteen years later, they exchanged MySpace messages, and then Peterson flew from New York to San Francisco to see what had become of the woman who had once captured his teenage heart. "I knew it wasn't going to turn out like some Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy," Peterson says. "I just wanted to see her again." The pair still got along...
...Duncan attended the prestigious University of Chicago Lab School, a rigorous K-12 program that led him to Harvard. There he graduated magna cum laude while maintaining his obsession with basketball, co-captaining the team his senior year. After college and a failed tryout with the Boston Celtics, Duncan flew to Australia to play in that nation's professional basketball league. He stayed for four years, playing ball, working with foster kids and eventually meeting his wife Karen...
...Israeli government announced and then maintained in the face of doubting by its press that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spent a full day incommunicado last week because he was visiting a secret Israeli base, it has since admitted Netanyahu leased a private jet from an Israeli citizen and flew to Russia for the day, where he spoke in secret...
...Still, even the chancellor admitted the "new beginning wouldn't be easy." Under the deal, Magna and Sberbank will own 55% of the "New Opel", GM will keep 35% and the company's workers will take a 10% stake. GM's chief negotiator John Smith, who flew in from Detroit for a Berlin news conference, said Magna had come up with the best offer. "Magna has a great manufacturing culture and it enjoys the support of German labour unions, and the funding is there. It makes sense," said Smith. But he also warned of job-cuts. Magna's bid outlined...