• Photojournalist Luke Somers Dies in Ill-Fated Rescue Attempt by US Forces

    Freedom for American photojournalist Luke Somers was so close but apparently not meant to be. The 33-year-old was kidnapped a little more than a year ago in Yemen and was shown in a videotape earlier this week asking for the U.S. to meet al-Qaida militants's demands or else he would be killed. Apparently, our government believed that Somers's death was imminent, so early Saturday, Dec. 6, it made an attempt to rescue him. Sources said U.S. soldiers were only about 100 yards from Somers and another hostage that he was held with, Pierre Korkie of South Africa, when a militant quickly shot them both. New details in the failed mission have come out this morning, Dec. 7, explaining that about 40 American special operations forces were involved in the top-secret mission. They were backed up by Yemeni ground forces and only about 100 yards from the compound where Somers and Korkie were held before being spotted by militants.

  • Antares Rocket Explosion Is a $200-Million Disaster for NASA to Investigate

    When NASA's Antares rocket launched from its pad on Wallop's Island, Virginia, yesterday, onlookers were stunned when it exploded just six seconds later. The unmanned rocket was supposedly headed for the International Space Station with 5,000 pounds of cargo on board, but instead it ended up being destroyed with the push of a button from a command center once it began to break apart in mid-air. Nearly a million pounds of fuel exploded, leaving investigators and NASA to figure out what went so horribly wrong in the $200 million disaster.
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