1. SCOTLAND VOTE
A wee important referendum: Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom – along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland – following a historic referendum vote. A majority of voters rejected the possibility of Scotland breaking away and becoming an independent nation. UK Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed Scotland’s decision in a televised statement outside 10 Downing Street.
2. ISIS
Waiting for the word: The U.S. military has everything it needs to strike ISIS inside Syria and is awaiting President Barack Obama’s authorization to do so, U.S. military officials tell CNN. For weeks, intelligence and military targeting specialists have been working around the clock on a list of targets. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday that he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey signed off on plans to strike ISIS in Syria.
3. FLORIDA SHOOTING DEATHS
Murder-suicide: A Florida man shot and killed his daughter and six grandchildren yesterday in the small north-central Florida town of Bell in what authorities called a murder-suicide. Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz identified the shooter as Don Spirit, 51, and the daughter as Sarah Spirit, 28. The sheriff told reporters the children – three boys and three girls – ranged in age from 3 months to 11 years.
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source: CNN.com
