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Waffle House Terrorists - Waffle House Terrorist Plot - Esquire
On November 1, 2011, four codgers who gathered at this Waffle House in Toccoa, Georgia, as well as at the Shoney's and in the home of Fred Thomas, were arrested by the FBI for plotting acts of mass murder.
Published in the February 2012 "Things We Can All Agree On" issue, on sale soon
The guys were coming over. That's what Fred and Charlotte Thomas both called them — "the guys," as though they were Fred's poker buddies. Fred and Charlotte were both in their early seventies. They were retired. They were living in a place that was still new to them, and in some ways still foreign. They weren't in the best health — Charlotte had pain in her legs, and Fred, just a month before, had endured having half a lung removed by doctors who had misdiagnosed him. They thought he had cancer, when in fact the growth was a fungus. Fred had lost half a lung by mistake, and now both Fred and Charlotte had trouble climbing the stairs in their tall, narrow house. It had been a tough year, and when Fred told her that the guys were coming over, she was just happy he had friends. -
An overzealous bill that claims to be about stopping child pornography turns every Web user into a person to monitor
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Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory | This American Life
Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in the cult of Mac." Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
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Europe can exhale following good week | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Europe has taken a step back from the brink.
Three weeks into the year, borrowing rates for debt-saddled countries have fallen to more manageable levels.
Auctions of government debt have gone better, a sign of increased investor confidence. -
Obama, crooner in chief, sings some Al Green at N.Y. fundraiser - latimes.com
It cost $200 a ticket to hear President Obama speak at a fundraiser Thursday in New York. Obama singing? That was just a bonus.
The president thrilled the crowd of about 1,400 at the landmark Apollo Theater when he briefly launched into song, crooning a few lines of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" to the surprise of, well, just about everyone. -
BBC News - Syrian activists call for release of detainees
Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of Syria in support of thousands of people detained by the government in the 10-month uprising.
The UN said last month that more than 14,000 people were in detention, but human rights activists believe as many as 40,000 people are being held.
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