But there was evil afoot. Hackers broke into an email database, stealing away with a tremendous number of addresses, scaring us up quite a bit. But that was nothing compared to that plane that suddenly developed a hole in its fuselage, and a brave soul brought back pictures for us to gawk at. Scary stuff.
And there was a lot more. What? Did you miss all that? Never fear, we'll get you caught up forthwith:
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