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February 7, 2014
Turkish forces seize suspected hijacker on plane in Istanbul, media
Turkish special forces seized a passenger who is suspected of making a bomb threat and trying to hijack a plane, demanding to go to the Winter Olympics venue of Sochi, CNN Turk and other Turkish media said on Friday.
Henry Waxman: Not quite the last of the just, but close
I don\’t fault Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) for leaving Congress.
At 110, holocaust survivor finds sustenance in music
During her lifespan of 110 years, Alice Herz-Sommer has been an accomplished concert pianist, teacher, prisoner in Theresienstadt, wife and mother, and now she is the star of an Oscar-nominated documentary.
AIPAC says ‘no’ to vote on Iran sanctions bill
AIPAC, the main pro-Israel lobby on Capitol Hill, broke with its allies in the Republican Party, and came out against holding a vote on a new Iran sanctions bill until there is clear bipartisan support, The Hill reports.
Countergraffiti on already-defaced Workmen’s Circle wall
A previously defaced mural in a largely Orthodox Jewish neighborhood has now been marked further with graffiti, changing the words “Free Palestine!!!” to “F— Palestine!!!” using a expletive.