Earthquake-damaged Washington Monument closes indefinitely

Visitors to one of the capital's most iconic monuments -- the Washington Monument -- are out of luck: The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that was centered in Virginia on Tuesday and rocked the East Coast from the Carolinas on up to Boston and beyond also caused lasting damage to the world's tallest obelisk.

Washington, D.C. Earthquake 2011: 5.8 Earthquake Hits Nation's Capital, Felt In New York

The Huffington Post   Dean Praetorius   First Posted: 8/23/11 02:07 PM ET Updated: 8/23/11 07:08 PM ET

Preliminary reports are indicating that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Virginia at 1:51 pm EDT., according to the USGS.

BNI Readers, this came from a woman in Ohio who is trying to fight the Islamization of schools there

To BARE NAKED ISLAM:

I am sorry I don’t know what to call you but here goes.

    I live in the Hamilton, Ohio area it is just north of Cincinnati and south of Dayton. I live kind of in the country if that helps.  I am a Catholic but had sent my son to public school here where I live, back in 2008 October, Ross Local schools brought into the classrooms 4 Muslim Indonesian clerics to our public schools. 

US Jew Abducted in Pakistan

Warren Weinstein, a US Jew working as a development contractor in Pakistan, has been kidnapped from his home in Lahore.