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DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a hot-air balloon has possibly caught fire and crashed in Virginia and three people are unaccounted for. The crash was reported shortly before 8 p.m. in Caroline County, about an hour south of the nation's capital. The search will continue throughout the night.
NEW YORK (AP) — A US Airways flight from New York City has struck a bird shortly after takeoff and returned to the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says Flight 2191 landed safely at LaGuardia Airport on Friday night. The plane -- an Airbus A319 -- had been headed to Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It's the second bird strike this week involved a LaGuardia flight.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says two officers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen shot and killed a pair of armed Yemeni civilians during an attempted abduction last month. A spokeswoman says the officers have left Yemen. The New York Times reported that the Americans were a CIA officer and a lieutenant colonel with the elite Joint Special Operations Command. The two were reportedly visiting a barber shop in an upscale district in Yemen's capital.
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — British security experts have joined the international effort to rescue the nearly 300 Nigerian school girls recently captured by Islamic extremists. A British official says the goal is not only to free the girls but also to defeat the group Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM'). An American team of advisers is expected to arrive soon. China, France and Spain have also promised help.
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer-comic Larry Wilmore of "The Daily Show" has earned Stephen Colbert's coveted Comedy Central timeslot following Jon Stewart each night. Comedy Central says Wilmore will host "The Minority Report" at 11:30 each weeknight, starting in January. Wilmore, who's black, will add a different perspective to a late-night landscape dominated by white men. Colbert takes over for David Letterman at CBS' "Late Show" next year.
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