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SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOULDER CITY, Nev. – National Park Service rangers responded to a report of the discovery of human skeletal remains in the Swim Beach area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area at approximately 8:00 p.m. PST on Monday, Aug. 15. Park rangers have set a perimeter to recover the remains with the support from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s dive team. The Clark County Medical Examiner has also been contacted. The investigation is ongoing. No further information will be provided at this time.

The body of a dead Afghan was found in the landing gear of a US Air Force plane that hastily took off from Kabul airport on Monday as thousands desperately tried to climb aboard even as it taxied down the runway. Human remains were found inside the C-17 transport plane’s wheel well after pilots were forced to make an emergency landing in a nearby country because they were unable to retract the landing gear, sources told the Washington Post.

On the Fourth of July of all days, “Never Trump” New York Times columnist Bret Stephens said President Donald Trump’s supporters are “idiots” who need to “admire” elites. The Times’ and MSNBC’s insufferably smug and out-of-touch useful idiot said Warren Buffett has a wonderful line: “First come the innovators, then come the imitators, and then come the idiots.”

Just want to say hi to everyone here. I just joined the forum and looking forward to having many wonderful discussions with fellow Christians and conservatives.

BOSTON (AP) — A decorated Boston police officer remained in a medically induced coma Saturday, a night after he was shot in the face by a man with several gun convictions during a traffic stop that ended when other officers fatally shot his attacker, the city's police commissioner said. Officer John Moynihan, 34, was struck just below his right eye, and the bullet remains lodged below his right ear, Commissioner William Evans said. He was listed in critical condition, Evans said Moynihan is undergoing tests and is being monitored for bleeding in his brain. "We are hoping and praying there's...

Chelsea Clinton has left the door open to one day to running for office herself. "I live in a city and a state where I support my elected representatives," Clinton said in an interview with the business magazine Fast Company. "If at some point that weren’t the case, and I didn’t support my mayor or my city councilwoman or my congresswoman or either of my senators — and I’m lucky to live in a state where I have lots of women representing me, you know — maybe then I’d have to ask and answer the question for myself, and come...

Seriously. FR is running too well. Any random thought that pops into your head really deserves its own thread. I'm sorry that I can only post one at a time, frankly. So have at it. What are you eating for dinner tomorrow? What channel will you watch? What if you see Chris Matthews pick his nose? That will be Breaking News, certainly.

(CNN) -- Five young men died Saturday when the car they were in drove off the end of a private airstrip near Ocala, Florida, became airborne for 200 feet and slammed into an oak tree, authorities said. "This had to be the worst vehicle crash that I have ever seen during my career," said Randy Robinson, a spokesman for the Emergency Medical Services Alliance with 27 years on the job. The 2008 BMW was split in two in the wreck, which happened at 3:45 a.m., said Lt. Mike Burroughs, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol Troop B. He told...

This is the text of an email I received today. Wouldn't it be fun to string this guy out for a while,then hang him out to dry ? Ideas welcome ! Dear Friend, I am Dr.Daniel Nando presently i am practising with a private hospital here in Ivory Coast W/Africa,And you don?t worry because I got your contact through a chamber of commerce and will like to explain to you about a transaction which I hope you can assist which will benefit both of us. I have a patient, a Sierra Leonia woman who was on admission for some weeks...

Home Depot confirmed Wednesday that it bought Petaluma-based Yardbirds, a chain of 10 home improvement stores in the East and North Bay areas. Atlanta-based Home Depot said the stores will continue operating under the Yardbirds name until they are converted into Home Depot stores. Specific dates or financial details were not disclosed in the company's statement. Home Depot, a national chain of more than 1,900 stores, said it will retain Yardbirds employees. Workers were informed of the changes during two-hour-long meetings held at each store Wednesday evening. Yardbirds was founded in 1975 by John Headley and generated about $185 million...

Detroit news channels flashing "Michigan Teen missing in Aruba".. Will post more as soon as its reported.

LANSING, Mich. — A federal judge has declared unconstitutional Michigan's law aimed at banning a procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion. In a ruling dated Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood (search) in Detroit ruled the law places an "undue burden" on women's right to choose an abortion. The parties in the lawsuit learned of the ruling Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, May 25 -- Insurgents said Wednesday in interviews and statements on the Internet that the leader of the group al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi, was struggling with a gunshot wound to the lung. One of Zarqawi's commanders said the Jordanian guerrilla was receiving oxygen, heightening suspicion that the groundwork was being laid for an announcement of his replacement or death. In the volatile western province of Anbar, meanwhile, U.S. Marines clashed with gunmen in their second major offensive there this month. A combined U.S. and Iraqi force of roughly 1,000 troops killed 10 insurgents as it began...