Ukraine Says Russia Shot Down One Of Its Warplanes Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Ukraine Says Russia Shot Down One Of Its Warplanes It's the second plane in recent days that Kiev says was downed by a missile fired from Russian territory — the strongest accusation to date of Moscow's direct involvement in the separatist conflict. Read this story Microsoft Will Cut As Many As 18,000 Jobs A large layoff is under way at Microsoft, as the technology company says it will cut 13,000 jobs in the next six months. All but 500 of those layoffs are related to the Nokia phone division. Read this story Blues Guitarist Johnny Winter Dies At 70 Texas blues legend Johnny Winter has died, ending a long and expansive career that included working alongside bluesman Muddy Waters and playing at the Woodstock festival. Read this story Mortars Rock A Shaky 5-Hour Truce Between Hamas And Israel Israel and Hamas agreed to hold their fire for five hours, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time, for humanitarian reasons. But the peace was marred by a mortar attack around noon. Read this story The GOP Now Likes Community Organizing (If It Wins Elections) Yes, Republicans plan to use technology to get out voters in the midterms much like President Obama used it in 2012. But he was Sputnik to their planned moon landing, an official said. Read this story more news stories

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