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Bought scenic, south dakota for $799,000 about a month after it went on the market in august 2011. the rapid city journal says the church in the philippines has never publicly commented on why it bought the town, nor has it ever done anything to the town that it owns. but this is the thing. can you buy towns, ones for sale right now with a nice bar. in 1873, there was a guy named ezekiel murrieta, who bought a town in southern california. he planned to raise sheep. ezekiel murrieta was from spai...

This church in the philippines bought scenic, south dakota for $799,000 about a month after it went on the market in august 2011. the rapid city journal says the church in the philippines has never publicly commented on why it bought the town, nor has it ever done anything to the town that it owns. but this is the thing. can you buy towns, ones for sale right now with a nice bar. in 1873, there was a guy named ezekiel murrieta, who bought a town in southern california. he planned to raise sheep....

Many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. were not talking now mubaraks security forces. were talking about mercenaries. were talking about jets. were talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be...

Fueling fears that a civil war is spreading. results of the election are expected to be announced later today. pro-russian insurgents said they won overwhelmingly. one of americas most iconic landmarks reopens to the public today. the washington monument has been closed since august 2011, when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the capital, sending panicked tourists running down the steps. 36,000 stones had to be checked and more than 150 cracks repaired. beginning today, visitors will be able ...

Continues. >> its terribly disappointsing. >> when you take this beard off, what are you going to say? >> probably just bawl our eyes out. >> this is "new day." good morning, welcome back to "new day." thursday, december 26th, 8:00 in the east. an american detained by al qaeda is making a fresh push for the president to help secure his release. warren weinstein was kidnapped in august 2011 working as a contractor in pakistan. well, now he says he feels forgotten and his health is starting to d...

Totally abandoned and forgotten, an american held hostage since 2011 pleads to president obama to gain his freedom. warren weinstein appears in a video released by al qaeda. and if you didnt get your christmas presents, dont blame santa. santas helpers, u.p.s. and fedex, say the ownness is on them, and theyre rushing to get packages delivered today. a mystery deep below the streets of seattle and it stopped the worlds largest tunnelling machine in its tracks. hello, everyone. im pamela brown...

>> i think far too often the question is can we make a deal. id like to say can we find a solution. its more spending for both sides. most conservatives would agree thats the problem in washington. i dont know how a deal is good for conservatives or americans. if spending is going to go up. >> given what you know and that the alternative would be a shutdown, would you be willing to support it for now? are you willing to support paul ryan now, knowing what you know now, would you vote for it. >> ...

It looks scary up there. but invigorating at the same time to some, i suppose. >> reporter: yes. it will take about three weeks to come down. now the earthquake that you mentioned from august 2011, that caused 150 cracks in the exterior of the washington monument. thieves been repairing that. and those repairs are now about 80% complete. theyre going to continue to make repairs after the scaffolding comes down. the interior is about about 30% complete as far as that kind of reconstruction goes. ...

>> it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. were not talking now mubaraks security forces. were talking about mercenaries. were talking about jets. were talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution t...

Up skyscrapers. in d.c. the decision create aid city skyline like no other. one where you can see great federal monuments of our nation from long ways away, there are no buildings blocking your view. i dont know why they did it in the first place in 1910, the overall effect of the height restrictions an ak te-- architectural thing. rich people have the view. poor people have the view. it isnt something to trade on. d.c. height restrictions are permanent. more than a century. nobody was ever goin...