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Clinton: US hacked Yemeni al-Qaida sites
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida – hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says U.S.
Clinton: US hacked Yemeni al-Qaida sites
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida – hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.
Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean’s part in a revival of Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car. Producer Jeffrey Richards said that McKean’s role will be played by James Lecesne from now on after Tuesday night’s accident. McKean, 64, who portrayed the lead singer in the movie “This is Spinal Tap,” was struck at West 86th Street and Broadway in Manhattan just before 3 p.m
‘Cake Boss’ kin sentenced for child sex assault
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — The brother-in-law of “Cake Boss” television star Buddy Valastro has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey. Remigio “Remy” Gonzalez, of East Hanover, was sentenced Wednesday after a judge refused his request to withdraw the guilty pleas he made in June to two counts of aggravated sexual assault
Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
WASHINGTON (AP) — A privately built space capsule that’s zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race. The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on Friday with its load of supplies.
Stewart becomes non-executive chairman of company
NEW YORK (AP) — Martha Stewart was named as non-executive chairman of the lifestyle, media and merchandising company that she created Wednesday. Stewart rejoined the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
