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'Star Wars' celebration has its legions of fans so excited
A wrecked Star Destroyer. A close-up on a X-Wing fighter pilot. Stormtroopers in formation. Lightsabers and droids aplenty. But Harrison Ford's Han Solo says it best in the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens: "Chewie ... we're home." Director J.J. Abrams was among the cast and crew that unveiled a new trailer for the new Star Wars film — the seventh overall since director George Lucas kicked off the series in 1977 — at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, Calif. Just a guess: You probably weren't there, so take a minute and catch up on all the amazingness. Read our Star Wars superfan's review, watch the trailer, learn more about the new characters ... you did watch the trailer, right? Lots of people are streaming and tweeting about the celebration (where Abrams, in an awesome move, bought everyone pizza!) If the Force is strong with you, too, see what happens when you use the hashtags #BB8, #C3PO, #Stormtrooper, #SWCA, StarWars or #StarWarsCelebration. Better yet, try those hashtags when you tweet about #TheShortList.
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What else is in #TheShortList:
• Remembering the Oklahoma City bombings, 20 years later
• The statistics on teens who smoke e-cigs are alarming
• Gyrocopter guy 'apparently literally flew in under the radar'
• Searchers are still looking for MH370
Remembering the Oklahoma City bombings -- and meeting Timothy McVeigh
It was not just any meeting. "May I call you Kevin? Or do you prefer Mr. Johnson?" the accused Oklahoma City bomber asked. In any other setting, at any other time, the questions would have meant nothing. Certainly not worth a mention in a journalist's notes. USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson details his jarring interview with Timothy McVeigh as the 20th anniversary approaches of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. The assault that left 168 dead was shocking in scope. Yet, as this community and the nation prepares to mark the anniversary Sunday of what then was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, its legacy lives in the response McVeigh never saw coming: victims' rights. Some of the concessions the Oklahoma City victims won served as a template in the prosecution of the 9/11 attacks. They also informed the responses to virtually every other mass casualty event since, from Tucson to Boston. To all the victims and their families, you're in our thoughts.
Photo shows the Whicher family of Edmond, Okla. The father, Alan, left, was a victim of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Children are Meredith, 16,( pink) Ryan, 12, (hat) and Mindy, 15, ( blue). At right is wife Pamela.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Photo courtesy of Pamela Whicher)
Debbie Elmore, left, of Oklahoma City, and her daughters Ashley Elmore, 10, and Alyssa Williams, 3, wait outside the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena with LaTonya Colbert, right, of Oklahoma City. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Eileen Blass, USA TODAY, USA TODAY)
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Teen e-cigarette use tripled in the past year
Just say no to e-cigs. A report out today says about one in four teens uses tobacco in some form, from pipes to cigars to smokeless tobacco. And many of them are using electronic cigarettes. The percentage of teens using them tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All the while, cigarette smoking was down. E-cigarettes don't contain tobacco or create smoke, but they usually contain nicotine, which is addictive. Teens aren't supposed to be able to buy e-cigs in most states (42 ban the sale to minors), but they're easy to get online. The Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning e-cigarette sales to buyers under 18, but nothing has been finalized.
Kieran Thomas smokes an e-cigarette at Digita Ciggz on Jan. 28 in San Rafael, Calif.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
How did he land a gyrocopter at the Capitol? He 'apparently literally flew in under the radar'
The man who flew his gyrocopter through restricted airspace to land on the Capitol grounds yesterday most likely was flying too low in an aircraft too small to be detected by radar and would have been noticed only when someone spotted him. That's according to aviation experts who, like the rest of us, are still talking about the act of civil disobedience by Florida mailman Doug Hughes. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the Associated Press today that the copter "apparently literally flew in under the radar." If you somehow haven't seen the footage of the flight, watch it below.
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A witness described the pilot of a one-person helicopter as calm as he landed onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, surprising spring tourists and prompting a temporary lockdown of the Capitol Visitor Center. (April 15) AP
MH370's disappearance remains a mystery, but the search continues
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared without a trace more than a year ago, may take another year to complete, government ministers said today. An agreement was made to double the current search zone in the Indian Ocean if the plane is not found by the end of May. The plane vanished within an hour of takeoff on March 8, 2014. Satellite and radar analysis suggests it veered off course and turned south for several hours before running out of fuel. Investigators have found submarine volcanoes, high ridges, deep trenches and containers from cargo ships, but no debris from the Boeing 777. Beijing railway worker Zhang Hongjie, whose wife Zheng Ruixian, an insurance saleswoman, was on board, welcomed the agreement on expanding the search. "I saw a trace of hope. It's the first time after the accident I felt a little relieved," said Zhang, 45. "I'm looking forward to progress in their search. As a relative, we could do nothing but wait. I wish every party could do more to search for the plane. Such a long time has passed."
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Contributing: Brian Truitt, Carly Mallenbaum, Kelly Lawler, Kevin Johnson, Liz Szabo, Marisol Bello, Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY
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