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UK fighter jets scrambled to escort passenger jet from Pakistan
A Pakistan Airways passenger jet bound for the Manchester, England has been intercepted by fighter jets from Britain’s Royal Air Force after it sent an emergency radar signal to air traffic controllers, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said.Defence officials said fighter jets had been scrambled but the reason for the emergency signal was not immediately known."Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby were ...
    


Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:28 GMT
Jersey Shore reopens 7 months after Sandy: We're 80% there, says Christie 
Seven months after being devastated by the worst storm in New Jersey history, most of the beaches and boardwalks of the Jersey Shore are back and open for business in time for Memorial Day weekend.Take that, Sandy. On TODAY Friday, Gov. Chris Christie strolled the rebuilt boardwalk with Matt Lauer in Seaside Heights, the famed ground zero for MTV’s “Jersey Shore’’ and a town hit hard by the storm....
    


Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:27 GMT
'Like a Hollywood movie': Driver escapes I-5 bridge collapse into Wash. river
A driver said he thought he was about to die when an Interstate 5 bridge span collapsed in Washington state, plunging his pickup and another car into the Skagit River below.Dan Sligh, his wife and another motorist found themselves waist-deep in water when the freeway crumbled moments after the bridge was clipped by an oversized truck, he told NBC affiliate KING5 of Seattle.State officials said the...
    


Fri, 24 May 2013 11:32:54 GMT
Tornado-ravaged city of Moore, Okla., to hold Sunday memorial
The decimated city of Moore, Okla., will hold a public memorial service Sunday evening, six days after a tornado killed 24 people, injured 377 and destroyed hundreds of homes.Gov. Mary Fallin said the prayer service at the First Baptist Church will be "open to all," though it was unclear if President Barack Obama, who is visiting Oklahoma that day, will attend.The gathering will be the first oppor...
    


Fri, 24 May 2013 09:57:04 GMT
Groups look for next step in delicate immigration reform dance
After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislation’s progress as it heads toward a high-profile airing in the full Senate.While some groups aligned with Democrats failed to secure their desired changes to the sweeping Senate legislation as ...
    


Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:00 GMT
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