[Illustration by ALEX FINE] FOX NEWS: Gen. Stanley McChrystal is no longer the top U.S. commander and strategist for Afghanistan, reportedly being told Wednesday by President Obama that he is out of a job following a scathing article in which McChrystal and his aides were quoted criticizing the commander-in-chief over his leadership in the Afghan war. McChrystal got his marching orders as he held a face-to-face at the White House, where he met with the president after a meeting with Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the Pentagon. MORE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “Today, I accepted General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation.” WALL STREET […]
NO JOKING: Philly Airport TSA Worker Fired For Planting White Powder On College Student
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A college student returning to school after the winter break fell victim to a prank at Philadelphia’s airport by a Transportation Security Administration worker who pretended to plant a plastic bag of white powder in her carryon luggage. The worker is no longer employed by the TSA after the incident this month, a spokeswoman said. Rebecca Solomon, 22, a University of Michigan student, wrote in a column for her campus newspaper that she was having her bags screened on Jan. 5 before her flight to Detroit when the employee stopped her, reached into her laptop computer bag and […]