Va. police find explosives
Bomb technicians discovered a “multitude” of explosives Wednesday at an Appomattox, Va., home where eight people were found dead, police said. The killings launched a manhunt that ended when the suspect surrendered at sunrise.
FBI used shady methods
The FBI used a variety of informal methods, from requests by e-mail to Post-it notes, that circumvented the law to obtain thousands of phone call records for terrorism investigations, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report Wednesday.
TSA nominee drops out
President Obama’s choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.
Crashers refuse to testify
White House gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday, refusing to answer a House committee’s questions about their uninvited appearance at a state dinner.
U.N. withdraws warning
A 2007 U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were melting faster than any other place in the world and may be gone by 2035 was not backed up by science, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday — an admission that could energize climate change critics.
THE DIGIT
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YouTube is making its debut as a rental outlet Friday to help promote movies that will be shown at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The first batch of YouTube’s rentals will cost $3.99 for a 48-hour viewing period.
