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Sydney Hostage Taker Demands ISIS Flag (Newser Nine at Nine)

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Sydney Hostage Taker Demands ISIS Flag

(Newser) - Ominous developments in Sydney, where an unknown number of people are being held hostage in a chocolate shop and cafe: A gunman has contacted multiple media outlets and demanded both an ISIS flag and a phone call to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, according to Sky News Australia , and the... More »

Friends: We Wanted UVa Jackie to Call Cops

(Newser) - Three University of Virginia students have come forward using their real names to dispute their depiction in the Rolling Stone's much-contested article on campus rape. Ryan Duffin, Kathryn Hendley, and Alex Stock—referred to as Randall, Cindy, and Andy in the article—tell the AP that after their friend... More »

#illridewithyou Triumphs Amid Hostage Situation

(Newser) - In the midst of ominous developments in Sydney, Australia, this morning, one encouraging storyline has emerged: Australians are coming out en masse on social media to proclaim that intolerance will not be tolerated. The #illridewithyou hashtag has rapidly gone viral, with residents streaming online to express an eager willingness to... More »

Sony to Media: Stop Using Hacked Documents

(Newser) - Sony is calling on news organizations to stop publishing the mountain of information coming out of hackers' breach of company data. After the emergence of material ranging from Hollywood pay to personal attacks on Angelina Jolie , a letter to the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Gawker, and other media... More »

US Marine Charged in Killing of Transgender Filipino

(Newser) - The Philippines has charged a US Marine with the gruesome murder of a transgender woman found drowned in a motel room toilet bowl. Filipino Jennifer Laude, 26, who was born Jeffrey, was found October 11 outside a former US Navy base northwest of Manila, and 19-year-old Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton... More »

Denmark: North Pole Is Ours

(Newser) - The latest country to make a claim for the North Pole: Denmark. Back in 2007 , Danish scientists surveyed a 1,240-mile-long underwater mountain range beneath the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia, and by 2012 they concluded that Greenland's continental shelf is connected to the ridge, the AP reports. As... More »

1 of Last 6 Northern White Rhinos Dies

(Newser) - The number of northern white rhinos left on the planet can now be counted on one hand. Angalifu, one of the last six members of the species remaining and one of only two males, died yesterday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, apparently of old age, the San Diego ... More »

Passenger Chucks Boiling Water on Flight Attendant

(Newser) - An AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Nanjing was forced to turn around after an irate passenger deliberately threw boiling water on a flight attendant, the airline says. According to the airline, a Chinese couple who were traveling with a tour group became furious when they were seated apart, and instead... More »

South African Named Miss World 2014

(Newser) - South Africa's Rolene Strauss has been named the winner of the Miss World 2014 competition in a London finale televised in many parts of the world. Edina Kulcsar of Hungary was the runner-up, and Elizabeth Safrit of the United States took third place after a lengthy competition involving contestants... More »