The Islamic State’s Effort in State-Building Appears to Be Crumbling from Too Much Fighting and Enforcing; Boy with Worst Case Muscular Dystrophy Gets Dream Job with Indianapolis Fire Department; Congressman Michael Grimm Apologizes for Tax Evasion, but Vows to Stay in Office; Kratom Marketed as Pain Reliever Banned from Minors in Illinois • FRI DEC 26, 2014 11:01 AM CT

The Islamic State’s vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling http://t.co/ELBXsvkkNL pic.twitter.com/r6rgNR0A0l
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 26, 2014

A DREAM COME TRUE: Boy with fatal condition gets dream job with fire department ---> http://t.co/jNsgRmQcPK pic.twitter.com/CUpc8zFQzW
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) December 26, 2014

Congressman @repmichaelgrimm apologizes for tax evasion, but vows to stay in office: http://t.co/1B7KQNFYrC pic.twitter.com/FArvRK5L2s
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 24, 2014

What’s kratom? Banned for minors come January, that’s what http://t.co/eiUlrGL101 pic.twitter.com/sBE337H9xF
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 26, 2014