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Frontier Airlines hijacking
FrameworkA Los Angeles Police Department bomb disposal squad member, wearing protective clothing, watches hijacked Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 jetliner parked at LAX.... -
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body rejected for burial in Cambridge
This post has been updated. See below for details.There may be no place in the earth for Tamerlan Tsarnaev. One of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been dead more than two weeks after a dramatic showdown with police in Watertown, Mass., on April 19. But officials and his family still don't...Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, U.S. Congress
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
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FBI investigating hijacking hoax involving Alaska Airlines flight
Military jets scrambled Thursday night and escorted a flight from Hawaii to Seattle after receiving a hoax call that there was a hijacker aboard. The FBI interviewed one of the passengers aboard the Alaska Airlines flight from Kona, Hawaii, but no...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Stranger Than Fiction
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U.S. officials say China is reducing purchases of Iranian oil
World NowChina has fallen in line with Western efforts to cut back purchases of Iranian oil and will be spared economic punishment threatened under a new round of U.S. sanctions, Obama administration officials said this week.... -
Passengers, flight crew in China foil hijack attempt, police say
World NowPassengers and flight crew helped foil a hijacking attempt Friday in the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang, the official New China News Agency said, citing police.... -
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange defies British police
World NowJulian Assange defies extradition order to Sweden; Supporter alleges preparations are under way for further extradition to US... -
At Sept. 11 sites, a powerful day of remembrance
From the vibrant heart of Lower Manhattan to a quiet meadow in Pennsylvania, family members, police officers, firefighters, presidents and many other Americans marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with ceremonies that reflected the losses...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Justice System, Air and Space Accidents, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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EU forces mount first attack on Somali pirates' onshore bases
World NowEU naval force mounts first attack on Somali onshore pirate bases: With 300 hostages in the hands of Somali pirates, the first land attack on a Somali pirate base by the EU's anti-pirate force Tuesday was a delicate one: in all several speed boats were... -
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Airports: Are we any safer?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn May 1, 1961, Inez Harlow flew into the history books. The 23-year-old flight attendant had been suspicious of the slim passenger from the moment he boarded the National Airlines Convair CV-440 in Miami. "He had dark glasses on, his collar up,...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel, X-rays
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Portugal won't extradite fugitive killer George Wright to U.S.
Nation NowEscaped hijacker and killer George Wright wins his bid to remain in Portugal. A court in Portugal has rejected the U.S.' request to extradite him....
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