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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, one's 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 spain. for reasons now lost to time, after he bought that land in southern california and named it afte...

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, one's 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 spain. for reasons now lost to time, after he bought that land in southe...

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. we're not talking now mubarak's security forces. we're talking about mercenaries. we're talking about jets. we're talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. >> the war rages for months. in late august 2011 the reb...

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 america's 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 to climb to the top to see those stunning views. >> that really is a stunning monument. by the way,...

Continues. >> it's 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 deteriorate and it shows. hoping to see his family again. he says his captors have a proposal on the...