The Blaze

	February 24, 2013
	'Carnage On The Racetrack': Last Lap Crash At Daytona NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. See the latest update on this unfolding story HERE. READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT
	Army Vet Faces Seven Years In Prison Over Empty Ammo Mags
	An Army veteran in New York is facing up to seven years in prison for possessing five empty 30-round ammunition magazines. Nate Haddad told WGRZ-TV he was parked on a road last month waiting to meet someone interested in buying them off him when police approached. What happened next has put the combat veteran's freedom at risk. See the full story HERE.
	READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT Ted Cruz Responds To The New Yorker's 'New McCarthy' Smear Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s office told TheBlaze it was “curious” that the New Yorker would dig up a years-old speech for the purpose of dubbing him “our new McCarthy.” Catherine Frazier, a Cruz spokesperson told TheBlaze, "It’s curious that the New Yorker would dredge up a three-year-old speech and call it ‘news.’” Get the whole story HERE. READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT
	You Had A Lot To Say About The Columbine Survivor's Letter To President Obama  This week, Columbine shooting survivor Evan Todd released an open letter to President Barack Obama picking apart gun control proposals point-by-point. Evan's letter lit up TheBlaze comments section. Read what some of you had to say HERE. READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT
	Blaze Book Of The Week: 'Ten Years Later'
	You know her as Kathie Lee's pal on their hilarious Today show program. But Hoda Kotb also knows how to seriously inspire. Ten Years Later looks at six people's lives a decade after pivotal events dramatically affected them. Experience all their triumph over adversity right HERE.
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	NRA CEO's Bold Claim About Universal Background Checks  National Rifle Association executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre continued speaking out against President Obama’s recent gun control proposals Saturday night, zeroing in on “the real consequences of background checks.” Watch the speech HERE. READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT Teachers Sorry For 'Cruel' & 'Dirty Rotten' End Of Year Prank
	Teachers at a public school in Windsor, Canada decided to teach a student a lesson for snooping by pulling an elaborate prank on the 8th grade class, telling them they were all going to Disney World for graduation before dashing their hopes several days later. One of the teachers reportedly filmed the students’ devastated reactions on her iPad and showed the clip to at least one other class. Some parents were outraged. See the the video and get the whole story HERE.
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	Gang Member Caught With 100 Bags Of Heroin Hidden In His... On Thursday, New Jersey police cops pulled over Rasoul Speight, 32, and passenger, Gary Sylak, 26, both from New York. The car smelled of burnt marijuana, but a search of the vehicle didn’t turn up any drugs. However, the routine traffic stop led to the discovery of a whopping 100 bags of heroin concealed in an unlikely place. If you want to know the location, click HERE. READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT
	Guess What's Inside This Former Soviet Airplane Hangar?
	The photos attached to this story are nothing short of amazing. A giant airplane hangar that once housed a former Soviet air force base in Brandenburg, Germany has been turned into a resort called Tropical Islands. Take a look at the photos HERE.   READ THIS | TWEET IT | LIKE IT