Struggling to Gauge ISIS Threat, Even as U.S. Prepares to Act  —  WASHINGTON — The violent ambitions of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have been condemned across the world: in Europe and the Middle East, by Sunni nations and Shiite ones, and by sworn enemies like Israel and Iran.

Kerry: U.S. not at war with ISIS  —  (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday would not say the United States is at war with ISIS, telling CNN in an interview that the administration's strategy includes “many different things that one doesn't think of normally in context of war.”

Britain: Won't take part in airstrikes on Syria  —  Associated Press 4 hrs ago  —  BERLIN (AP) — Britain won't participate in any airstrikes on Syria but otherwise is ruling nothing out as it considers how to support President Barack Obama's plan to root out the Islamic State group, the British foreign secretary said Thursday.

U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data  —  The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over user data that the company believed was unconstitutional, according to court documents unsealed Thursday …

Anchorage PD: Palins Were ‘Present’ At 20-Person Brawl.  Fate Of Hos' Weave Unknown  —  and we done called up the Anchorage PD to say “yo, Palin fight?” and they said “maybe.”  ALL THE PULITZERS PLS.  —  Anita in the Anchorage Police Department's communications office is sitting at her desk …