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Somalia, Norway, Belgium, Afghanistan

AROUND THE WORLD (FOX44) – Somalia, hungry refugees have been given kilos of rice as famine continues to strike the African nation. All of it was donated.

The FBI launches an app to protect your child

NATIONAL (FOX44) - The FBI is launching a new app they say is a critical tool to use if you're child is ever lost, it's called “Child ID”.

President Obama trying to find work for veterans

NATIONAL (FOX44) - President Obama has new proposals, which he says will help the one million unemployed veterans find work, including tax cuts for companies that hire vets.

National unemployment rate drops

NATIONAL (FOX44) - Washington is giving Wall Street a reason to be a bit more optimistic about the U.S. economy. The nation added 117-thousand jobs last month dropping the nation's unemployment rate a point.

On this day in history, Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home

1833 - The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250.

Japan, Sweden, Turkey, United States, China

AROUND THE WORLD (FOX44) – Japan, we're getting close to the yearly rice harvest and farmers don't even know if they'll be able to sell their crops. Officials have begun testing the rice today for radioactive material.

Wall Street takes major hit

NEW YORK CITY, Ny (FOX44) - A tough day for investors, and for those who are still looking for work. On Wall Street, stocks plunged more than 500 points. This is the largest single day loss since December 2008.

Ground turkey recall due to salmonella

NATIONAL (FOX44) - The feds have linked ground turkey to another salmonella outbreak. They've recalled 36 million pounds of the meat as a result.

Virginia Tech campus shut down after report of a man with a gun

BLACKSBURG, Va (FOX44) - The all clear sounded at Virginia Tech on August, 4th, after a report of a man with a gun led to a lockdown, and intense building-to-building search at the same site of one of the worst mass shootings in American histor

On this day in history, Billboard introduces its 'Top 100'

1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York.