Gaza: Ten Palestinians waiting in line for food at a United Nations school were killed by an Israeli missile strike today. It’s the third time a UN school has been hit.

In another development, Israel announced that the soldier they thought was captured by Hamas rebels Friday has been declared killed in action. The family of 23-year-old Lt. Hadar Goldin was notified of his death. The army said they changed their determination after DNA testing on the remains left after a suicide bombing that also killed two other soldiers. The Hamas attackers had emerged from a tunnel exit inside Israel.

Speaking on television Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will reassess its actions after destroying the network of tunnels from Gaza to Israel, but, he said, “The military will prepare for continuing action in according to our security needs.”

China Quake: At least 150 people are already reported dead in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southwest China. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that 12,000 homes collapsed in the quake northeast of Kunming. Many Chinese buildings are made of unreinforced masonry and fall easily in an earthquake.

> Also in China, the government admitted that 96 people were killed this past week in a Uighur terrorist attack. They said a gang armed with knives and axes attacked civilians. The police said they “gunned down” 59 terrorists, but 37 civilians also died in the incident. China has been dealing with a series of increasingly violent attacks by Uighur Muslim separatists.

Ebola: An American doctor infected with the Ebola virus has arrived for treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Dr. Kent Brantly of Forth Worth, TX is believed to be the only person ever to be treated for Ebola in an American hospital. He was able to walk in on his own. The Emory hospital has a special unit for containment of highly infectious patients. Another American aid worker, Nancy Writebol, who worked at the same hospital as Brantly in Liberia, is expected to be transferred back to the states within a few days.

Water, Water: Half a million residents of the Toledo, Ohio area have been told not to drink the tap water because it has tested positive for a toxin. The governor of Ohio declared a state of emergency in three counties because the water tested positive for microcystin, a toxin believed to have been produced by an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is the source of public water. The area nearly immediately ran out of bottled water and truckloads are being brought in.

Samizdat: Russia has enacted a new law to control Internet bloggers that one human rights activist called “draconian.” Sites with more than 3,000 readers must register with the government media regulator and follow the regulations that govern professional media outlets. This basically means they can’t say what they want about the Russian government. Bloggers must also keep available records on their readers for government inspection and save an archive of what they’ve written.

Take a Ring Off It: The NY Post reports that Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z are staying in separate hotels and that lawyers have joined their concert tour. They aren’t there to hammer out a music deal. The Post previously reported that the music power couple has hit marital rocks and that Beyoncé has been looking for her own apartment. But they play the happy couple for the concerts.

Taking the high road, or just being clueless, the NY Times published a feature saying Beyoncé may be the most powerful person in popular music but has failed to become a fashion icon.

Like: Facebook went down briefly Friday and, after fielding a series of 911 emergency calls, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department put out an announcement that the loss of Facebook is not a police emergency.

-30-