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turkey
After 100 Hours, Turkey Rescuers Pull Survivor From Earthquake Rubble
An 18-year-old was pulled from underneath smashed concrete and debris on Thursday – after being trapped for almost 100 hours following the Turkey earthquake.
Videos: Powerful 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Eastern Turkey
It was the nation’s most powerful quake in at least a decade, and those that had cameras rolling as the earth trembled captured quite a harrowing scene.
Reading While Eating For July 25: British Invasion
Many of the major news events in the past six months originated in Great Britain: the Royal Wedding, the News of the World scandal and subsequent pie incident in Parliament, and the deaths of artist Lucien Freud and singer Amy …
Herakles, Weary No More: Boston Museum Returning Top Half of Famous Statue to Turkey
At long last, “Weary Herakles” will find his other half.
Live From Sesame Street: It’s Saturday Night…With The Cookie Monster?
Munching on an endless supply of cookies all day just isn’t cutting it for the Cookie Monster anymore, so he decided to do what most unfulfilled monsters do – audition for Saturday Night Live.
Reading While Eating for November 23: Turkey, Therapy and Travel
Tuesday’s links know the situation, even if The Situation got voted off Dancing with the Stars.
Turkey Day Google Doodle: Ina Garten’s Thanksgiving Recipe
Need to make a Thanksgiving turkey, but stumped about the perfect recipe? You’ve got two options today, courtesy of the word wide web: First, check out NewsFeed’s idiot-proof 10-step guide to cooking the tastiest turkey. Then …
Thanksgiving for Dummies: Cook The World’s Tastiest Turkey, in 10 Simple Steps
If NewsFeed can do it, anyone can.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 2010′s Renegade Person of the Year?
Leave it to outspoken, aggressive rhetoric to catch the eyes and ears of everyday citizens.
Israeli Forces Storm Aid Ships; 10 Dead
In a predawn raid, Israeli commandos attacked an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Palestinian territory of Gaza, seizing the ships and killing at least 10 passengers.
