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10 new Netflix offerings you have to watch
 

Netlifx made available plenty of new offerings on Jan 1. Here are 10 to check out if you want to avoid embarrassing yourself the next time a co-worker asks if you’ve seen “a classic.”

 
Online kill plot: ‘Jihad Jane’ gets 10 years in prison

A troubled Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she had been consumed by thoughts of a Muslim holy war.

 
Man who admits slapping toddler gets 8 months in prison

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to slapping a crying toddler on an Atlanta-bound flight to serve eight months in federal prison. The sentence was more than prosecutors sought.

 
Teacher loses 37 pounds eating only McDonald’s

An Iowa science teacher inspired by the 2004 documentary Supersize Me went on a McDonald’s-only diet recently to show it is our dietary choices, not the food itself, that causes weight gain.

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‘Crop circle’ mystery a stunt to publicize computer chip

Chip maker Nvidia Corp. fessed up Sunday: They were responsible for the 310-foot “crop circle” in a California barley field, designed to draw attention to a new product as CES got going in Las Vegas.

 
Missing man found by family after photo published

A missing man who was reunited with his family after he was photographed while pressed against a steam vent to keep warm in downtown Washington is on his way back home to upstate New York.

 
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ ices out ‘Paranormal’ spinoff

On a wintry weekend, Disney’s “Frozen” retook the box-office top spot with $20.7 million, freezing out the horror spinoff “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones.”

 
Small plane makes emergency landing on New York highway

A small plane traveling to Connecticut after taking a tour of the Statue of Liberty made an emergency landing Saturday on a New York City interstate highway, startling drivers but touching down safely with no serious injuries to anyone aboard or on the ground, officials said.

 
Rescued Antarctic passengers continue journey home

An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home on Saturday, leaving behind another two icebreakers trapped in pack ice.

 
Freezing temps shut down Northeast; at least 14 dead

A storm in the Northeast on Friday shut down major highways temporarily, grounded flights, closed schools and was blamed for at least 14 deaths in the eastern half of the country. Frigid temperatures were unusual even cities accustomed to blasts of winter weather.

 
Brain samples stolen, sold on eBay

A man who allegedly stole human brain samples from a medical history museum was arrested after a California man who bought some of the tissue online alerted authorities.

 
Paul Walker Porsche going 100 mph before crash

A coroner’s report says the Porsche carrying “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker may have been going 100 mph or more before it crashed, killing both Walker and the driver.

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