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PM EDITION 25 Feb     1   GOTCHA FBI: Men Planned U.S. Attack for ISIS The FBI on Wednesday arrested three men from Brooklyn who they allege planned to launch terrorist attacks in the United States if they were not able to join ISIS in Syria. Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, an Uzbekistan citizen; Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, a Kazakhstan citizen; and Abror Habibov, 30, an Uzbekistan citizen, were all arrested and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to law-enforcement officials, the men also planned to return to New York to commit an act of domestic terrorism if they failed in their effort to join ISIS. READ IT AT U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York            READ MORE U.S. Gets Ready to Jail ISIS Trolls       BY Shane Harris America’s Freelance ISIS Killers      BY Jesse Rosenfeld     2   SELECTIVE MEMORY Kerry Bombs Bibi on Iraq War Secretary of State John Kerry blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq shows his judgment on Iran can’t be trusted. “The prime minister was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading Iraq under George W. Bush. We all know what happened with that decision,” Kerry said during a House hearing Wednesday. Of course, Kerry voted for the war in Iraq in 2002 and said he was for the invasion during his presidential campaign against George W. Bush in 2004. READ IT AT Talking Points Memo           READ MORE Obama Aide: Netanyahu Talk ‘Destructive’      BY The Daily Beast     3   MEDICAL MARVEL Men Get First Bionic Hands Three amputees have become the first men to get bionic hands that can be controlled with their minds. The Austrians underwent "bionic reconstruction" to replace their injured hands, voluntarily amputating them. Then muscles and nerves from their legs were transplanted to their arms in order to control robotic prosthesis with brain signals. (Manual movements have previously controlled prosthetic hands.) "This is the first time we have bionically reconstructed a hand," said Dr. Oskar Aszmann of the Medical University of Vienna told the AP. "If I saw these kinds of patients five to seven years ago, I would have just shrugged my shoulders and said, 'there's nothing I can do for you.'" The three bionic hand cases were described in a report published in The Lancet online on Wednesday. READ IT AT AP           4   COME BACK Bobbi Kristina Taken Out of Coma Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston's daughter, has been taken out of her medically induced coma but remains on life support. Brown, 21, was found unresponsive in her bath tub last month has remained in a coma since January 31. A doctor told People magazine that people are taken out of coma "for two reasons—because the underlying problem has improved, or to simply get a sense of what the patient is able to do for themselves." READ IT AT People.com           READ MORE Whitney Houston’s Nephew Remembers ‘Tia’      BY Jen Yamato Bobbi Kristina’s Family Asks for Miracle      BY Kent Sepkowitz     5   TRAGEDY ‘Next Top Model’ Dies in Triple Homicide A recent contestant on America’s Next Top Model, Mirjana Puhar, was killed Tuesday in a triple homicide at her boyfriend’s home in North Carolina. According to TMZ, a friend saw the bodies of Puhar and her boyfriend after going to the house after getting a call about gunshots. Puhar, 19, lasted until the 10th episode of the show. Police say the incident may be connected to another shooting that left two men dead outside a hotel Sunday. No suspect has been identified. READ IT AT TMZ           READ MORE Nigel Barker: Our Favorite Spornosexual      BY William O’Connor     6   FEAR Austria Passes Anti-Islam Bill The Austrian parliament has passed a controversial bill that bans foreign funding for the religion in Austria, as well as foreign imams, many of whom are paid by neighboring Turkey. While Muslim activists have claimed the law is discriminatory to the 600,000 Muslims living in Austria (7 percent of the population), the far-right party in Austria did not think it went far enough because it did not require sermons to be spoke in German or ban burqas and minarets. The law’s proponents claim it will work to limit dangerous foreign influences on the practice of Islam in Austria. READ IT AT BBC           READ MORE Muslims Must Learn to Define Themselves      BY Dean Obeidallah Admit It: ISIS Is an Islamic Death Cult      BY Asra Q. Nomani and Hala Arafa     7   RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SCOTUS Hears Hijab vs. Abercrombie Court watchers at the Supreme Court on Wednesday found the justices appearing to side with a Muslim woman who was not hired by Abercrombie & Fitch because her black headscarf supposedly conflicted with the company’s dress code. While Samantha Elauf did not say she was wearing it for religious reasons, Justice Samuel Alito said there was no reason for the company not to hire her unless it assumed she would continue to wear it because she was Muslim. Reports from the court indicated that both liberal and conservative justices were aggressive in their questioning of Abercrombie’s lawyer. READ IT AT AP           READ MORE The Next Hobby Lobbys      BY Abby Haglage     8   LITTLE MONSTERS Gaga to Star in ‘American Horror Story’ Lady Gaga announced via Twitter she will be in the upcoming fifth season of FX’s American Horror Story. There were no details about her role or even what the premise of the next installment will be, as the location and story changes each season. It will be Gaga’s first acting role on a show that’s seen everyone from Stevie Nicks to Kathy Bates on it.   READ IT AT The Daily Beast           READ MORE Lady Gaga’s Dazzling Second Act      BY Kevin Fallon     9   BITTER Cherry Tycoon Kills Self in Weed Raid Arthur Mondella, the 57-year-old owner of the one the largest maraschino-cherry companies in the U.S., shot and killed himself Tuesday during a drug raid on his factory in Brooklyn. Dell’s Maraschino Cherries was believed to be a large drug front by Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. When officials were searching his factory and opened up a false wall, Mondella “asked to use the bathroom” and then there was a “boom,” a source told the New York Post. A total of three large bags of marijuana were found behind the fake wall, and authorities say they believe he was using the factory as a growhouse. READ IT AT New York Post           10   SKYFALL Jazeera Journos Busted for Paris Drone French authorities reportedly arrested three Al Jazeera journalists for flying a drone in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on Wednesday night. The arrests came after two consecutive nights of mystery drone flights over Paris, but AFP writes there’s “so far no suggestion” that they’re linked to the spooky sightings that have prompted police investigations and tons of speculation among the French. 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