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BY ERIK SHUTE
This is Newsy Now and here are the headlines you need to know.
First up, the U.S. is pledging its help to find those responsible for several bombings in Nigeria on Christmas Day. Al Jazeera has the video.
“The impact was devastating, about a dozen cars were destroyed. In some of them entire families perished -- just as they were leaving the first mass... But angry residents say they fear is much higher. They vent their anger at the failure of security agencies to protect them.”
More than 100,000 people marched on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan in support of Imran Khan -- a former cricketer, turned politician. On Sunday, Khan promised an end to corruption in Pakistan's leadership within 90 days of being elected.
“More than 100,000 people turned out for a rally in support of former Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan on Sunday. The protest in Karachi was held as President Asif Ali Zardari government faced growing unrest over power blackouts and a troubled alliance with the US.”
In the U.S. -- police are searching for a motive this morning after 7 people were found dead in their Texas home Christmas Day. Fox News reports outside the scene in the Dallas suburb Grapevine.
“Seven people found shot to death inside that apartment behind me. It appears they were celebrating Christmas. There was wrapping paper still on the floor inside that apartment. Police alert to all this someone inside the apartment called 911... Officers believe one man killed his family members and himself. The victims, four females, three males. Ages 8 to 16.”
Police continue to look for the cause of a deadly fire Christmas Day which left five people dead in Connecticut. MSNBC reports the house owner made it out alive, but lost her loved ones.
“Officials in Stanford, Connecticut, say it may be another few days before they know the cause of a house fire that killed five people Christmas morning. It swept through an old Victorian home killing her three children and her two parents.”
Finally, more than 20,000 domains disappeared from domain register GoDaddy.com on Sunday.
CNET reports the mystery could be coincidence, or it could stem from GoDaddy’s flip-flop stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act this past week. It notes “an anti-Go Daddy thread on social site Reddit led to the creation of Godaddyboycott.org, a site set up to let people amass their disapproval with the company's support of SOPA.” The web domain registrar did withdraw its support of the controversial legislation on Friday.
Stay with Newsy for more analysis of news throughout the day. For Newsy Now, I’m Christina Hartman -- highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.
