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*A Sikorsky [[HH-60 Pave Hawk]] helicopter belonging to the US Air Force [[2014 Norfolk helicopter crash|crashes into a marsh]] on England's [[Norfolk]] coast during a training mission, killing its four crew. |
*A Sikorsky [[HH-60 Pave Hawk]] helicopter belonging to the US Air Force [[2014 Norfolk helicopter crash|crashes into a marsh]] on England's [[Norfolk]] coast during a training mission, killing its four crew. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/norfolk-helicopter-crash-four-crew-killed-as-us-air-force-craft-crashes-into-cley-marshland-9045188.html (''The Independent'')] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 (BBC)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10557518/Helicopter-crash-four-killed-on-US-military-training-mission-in-north-Norfolk.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')] |
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*[[Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca|Infanta Cristina]], the youngest daughter of the [[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]], [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]], is charged by a magistrate with [[tax evasion]] and [[money laundering]]. [http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/07/spanish-princess-charged-with-money-laundering-and-tax-evasion/ (Euronews)] |
*[[Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca|Infanta Cristina]], the youngest daughter of the [[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]], [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]], is charged by a magistrate with [[tax evasion]] and [[money laundering]]. [http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/07/spanish-princess-charged-with-money-laundering-and-tax-evasion/ (Euronews)] |
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*Five members of the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]], who in 1971 stole documents from the US [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed [[COINTELPRO]], a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including [[ Martin Luther King, Jr.]] |
*Five members of the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]], who in 1971 stole documents from the US [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed [[COINTELPRO]], a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including [[ Martin Luther King, Jr.]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/burglars-who-took-on-fbi-abandon-shadows.html?hp&pagewanted=all (''New York Times'')] [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/07/fbi-1971-burglary-hold-government-accountable (''The Guardian'')] [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/activists-confess-to-1971-fbi-office-burglary.html (''New York Magazine'')] |
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*United States gold winning Olympic athlete [[Lindsey Vonn]] announces she is pulling out of her run for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]] due to a re-injured right knee. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/sochi-2014-without-lindsey-vonn-us-olympic-team-in-search-of-stars/2014/01/07/7af85dd0-77b6-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html (Washington Post)][http://espn.go.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/10256400/lindsey-vonn-not-compete-2014-sochi-olympics-due-knee-injury (ESPN)] |
*United States gold winning Olympic athlete [[Lindsey Vonn]] announces she is pulling out of her run for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]] due to a re-injured right knee. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/sochi-2014-without-lindsey-vonn-us-olympic-team-in-search-of-stars/2014/01/07/7af85dd0-77b6-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html (''Washington Post'')][http://espn.go.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/10256400/lindsey-vonn-not-compete-2014-sochi-olympics-due-knee-injury (ESPN)] |
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