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Maryland school district cuts religious holidays from ‘15 calendar

Maryland’s biggest school district has stripped references to religious holidays from next year’s calendar, removing Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah from the lineup of days off.

 
U.S. sailors attacked by Turkish nationalists in Istanbul

A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting “Yankee go home” and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the United States.

 
Sentencing retrial begins again for Jodi Arias

The trial to determine the punishment for Jodi Arias resumed Wednesday with testimony from an expert witness and arguments over allegations that authorities destroyed evidence that may have benefited the convicted murderer’s case.

 
2nd hole forms in Florida neighborhood

A second hole has formed in a Tampa Bay-area neighborhood where a hole developed in a driveway and swallowed a car.

 
What US, China agreed to do to limit gas emissions

The United States and China are pledging to move faster to reduce or limit emissions of heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.

 
Virgin Galactic pilot thrown free as spaceship broke, says NTSB

The surviving pilot of the Virgin Galactic spaceship that tore apart over the Mojave Desert did not know his co-pilot had prematurely unlocked the braking system and within seconds was thrown clear of the disintegrating craft, federal investigators said Wednesday.

 
2 workers rescued from dangling scaffolding at World Trade Center

Two window washers were trapped for more than an hour Wednesday on scaffolding dangling 69 stories up the side of 1 World Trade Center before firefighters were able to cut through the new skyscraper’s glass and pull them to safety.

 
European Space Agency lands probe on comet

The European Space Agency landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a decade-long mission to get samples from what are the remnants of the birth of Earth’s solar system.