US plane in 1961 ‘nuclear bomb near-miss’  —  A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, a newly declassified US document confirms.  —  Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina - both bombs fell and one began the detonation process.

US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina - secret document  —  Exclusive: Journalist uses Freedom of Information Act to disclose 1961 accident in which one switch averted catastrophe  —  A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today …

‘All Muslims leave... we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Gunmen massacre at least 22 in Kenyan shopping mall after releasing anyone who could prove they were Islamic by reciting a prayer  —  Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today …

Gunmen Open Fire at Nairobi's Most Upscale Mall  —  Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday at Nairobi's most upscale mall, witnesses and police said.  —  Large pockets of people trapped in the mall came streaming out over the course of an hour.  At least a half dozen were bloodied and were grabbed by first responders.

Obama calls Boehner, rules out debt negotiations  —  President Barack Obama is once again warning House Republicans that he will not negotiate over a debt-ceiling increase, even as the U.S. government moves closer to its borrowing limit.  —  Obama called Speaker John Boehner Friday night to reiterate his hard-line stance.

Elections used to have consequences  —  If you listen to congressional Republicans defend their shutdown scheme and crusade to destroy the federal health care system, they'll routinely use the same phrase.  The “American people,” the GOP claims, are on their side.