Nation: Authorities in the New York area yesterday rounded up 71 people accused of possessing and swapping child pornography images. The suspects include a small town police chief, a New York City cop, and a mother believed to have produced sexual images with her own child. James Hayes Jr., head of the New York office of Homeland Security Investigations said, “Reasonable people cannot fathom such depravity,”

The Girls: Eighty American military personnel, mostly Air Force, are being sent to Chad to help with the searchfornearly 300 school girls kidnapped by Muslim militants in neighboring Nigeria. A White House notification to Congress said, “These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area.” Predator drones will be used for aerial surveillance and electronic snooping.

A Pentagon official told a House committee, that the girls may have been split up and, “They may or may not all be in Nigeria.”

The Predator crews are in addition to 30 civilian and military exerts already in Nigeria helping to search for Islamic militants and their captives. This is often how it starts.

World: Powerful explosions in a busy market in the Xinjiang region of China killed at least 31 people and wounded 94, according to Chinese officials. Witnesses say the attackers drove Land Cruisers through the crowd, throwing explosives. One of the attacking vehicles exploded, they said. Photos posted on the Internet showed bloody vendors and customers down on the street amid fruits and vegetables. The attackers are believed to have been Uigher separatists, who are becoming increasingly bold.

> Thailand’s military has suspended the constitution and taken control of the government. Television and radio stations are under military control and political demonstrations have been banned. A curfew is in place. The military chief says he will restore order to the politically troubled country.

>Fourteen Ukrainian soldiers were killed in an attack on a checkpoint that resulted in the biggest loss of life for Ukrainian troops so far. The attackers were not identified but an army officer told the BBC he did not think it was separatists.Ukraine is holding elections Sunday to replace its temporary leadership.

Recall Motors: General motors recalled still more cars for defects yesterday, bringing to 29 the number of recalls this year, and topping their own company record for the number of cars recalled in a year.

People Get Ready: Climate change threatens both the quantity of food produced and its quality, according to a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The report says food producers will have to find ways to farm and raise animals in extreme heat, drought, and floods. “Adaptation must begin now,” the report says. “Developing the necessary scientific breakthroughs and broadly disseminating them will require years, even decades of lead time.”

Feedback: eBay has advised all its customers to change their passwords after their customer database was hacked. The company says only passwords and not financial information were compromised.

Fair and Arrested: Fox News weekend anchor Gregg Jarrett spent a few hours in the tank after being arrested drunk at noon in a Minneapolis airport bar. The 59-year-old Jarrett l went on leave last week to handle personal problems. He must be worried about the Benghazi investigation.

Bulls 3, Matadors 2: A major bullfighting event in Madrid was been cancelled after three matadors were gored. The first matador was gored and a replacement quickly killed the bull. A second bull gored the second matador, and was quickly dispatched by a third matador, who, in turn, was gored. Those are some pretty uppity bulls that, in the sport of Hemingway, don’t know they are always supposed to lose.

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