2015-01-27 abc55de92f97ae1eaf51c850b5ae6df552d4399a 7 Charles Hard Townes 70 /wiki/charles%20hard%20townes Nobel 13 /wiki/nobel%20prize Nobel Prize in Physics 36 /wiki/nobel%20prize%20in%20physics U.S. 1 /wiki/united%20states laser 115 /wiki/laser Charles Hard Townes Nobel Nobel Prize in Physics U.S. laser U.S. /feed/2015/01/27/american-1964-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-charles-hard-townes-who-helped-invent-the-now-ubiquitous-laser-dies-at-the AP 27 0cc07aa6cf81b889dfa06b34b534526024b0d10f 1 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c168e7c542de4c5f83b23a9dc98aede5/laser-co-creator-charles-townes-nobel-laureate-dies 2015 American 1964 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Charles Hard Townes, who helped invent the now-ubiquitous laser, dies at the age of 99. 2015-01-27 fd7e5079657462f8f8b47513f653c3cc7b5f95bc 6 Boston 14 /wiki/boston January 2015 nor'easter 1 /wiki/january%202015%20nor'easter Massachusetts 37 /wiki/massachusetts New England 2 /wiki/new%20england Boston January 2015 nor'easter Massachusetts New England January 2015 nor'easter /feed/2015/01/27/new-england-sees-the-worst-of-the-blizzard-with-boston-massachusetts-covered-in-two-feet-of-snow AP 27 e90b52843b520596d01e9991d2babad915842b17 1 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4bca019430084bd1aab3dceac2c59dfa/millions-hunker-down-northeast-storm-totals-downgraded 2015 New England sees the worst of the blizzard with Boston, Massachusetts covered in two feet of snow. 2015-01-27 8add70545f298b2110cef4e325bb166a6865958f 5 Hellenic Air Force 13 /wiki/hellenic%20air%20force January 26 crash 1 /wiki/2015%20los%20llanos%20air%20base%20crash Spain 36 /wiki/spain Hellenic Air Force January 26 crash Spain January 26 crash /feed/2015/01/27/the-death-toll-from-the-january-26-crash-of-a-hellenic-air-force-f-16-fighter-jet-in-southern-spain-rises-to-eleven AP 27 cd26b10b7a50d153567df4025fa17ce47f8bc386 1 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/759ffa2017f7499d997f3c002e0b9087/spain-investigators-probe-jet-crash-base-killed-10 2015 The death toll from the January 26 crash of a Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet in southern Spain rises to eleven. 2015-01-27 a3c5978a14179757a3ceb84cc5f2d6e0f25af367 4 Pope Francis 1 /wiki/pope%20francis Vatican 13 /wiki/vatican%20city Pope Francis Vatican Pope Francis /feed/2015/01/27/pope-francis-holds-a-private-meeting-with-a-transsexual-man-and-his-fiancee-at-the-vatican The Daily Mail 27 bc2dfade7c82454828dcf5c6ff5bc772ca7d53e4 1 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928251/Pope-holds-private-meeting-transsexual-man-fianc-e-sex-swap-Spaniard-said-local-priest-denounced-devil-s-daughter.html 2015 Pope Francis holds a private meeting with a transsexual man and his fiancée at the Vatican. 2015-01-27 33681ba98c6b2b2d74b049da941eec53e8034d2f 3 Bashar al-Assad 71 /wiki/bashar%20al-assad Golan Heights 239 /wiki/golan%20heights Hezbollah 14 /wiki/hezbollah Israel 2 /wiki/israel Israeli–Lebanese conflict 1 /wiki/israeli-lebanese%20conflict January 18 airstrike against a Hezbollah convoy 116 /wiki/january%202015%20mazraat%20amal%20incident Syria 172 /wiki/syria president 37 /wiki/president%20of%20syria Bashar al-Assad Golan Heights Hezbollah Israel Israeli–Lebanese conflict January 18 airstrike against a Hezbollah convoy Syria president Israeli–Lebanese conflict /feed/2015/01/27/israeli-security-forces-claim-that-hezbollah-and-forces-loyal-to-the-president-of-syria-bashar-al-assad-are-responsible Xinhua 27 1344cf88c12cacc2014c84f397867ff09f627dbc 1 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2015-01/28/c_127428713.htm 2015 Israeli security forces claim that Hezbollah and forces loyal to the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad are responsible for firing rockets from Syrian territory onto the Golan Heights into the mount Hermon sky resort. 2015-01-27 161c0e07b7ba991faf12832b669abd78c228bfcc 2 Corinthia Hotel 14 /wiki/corinthia%20hotel%20tripoli Libya 2 /wiki/libya Tripoli 37 /wiki/tripoli,%20libya ongoing civil war 1 /wiki/libyan%20civil%20war%20(2014-present) Corinthia Hotel Libya Tripoli ongoing civil war Ongoing civil war /feed/2015/01/27/five-gunmen-at-the-libyan-corinthia-hotel-in-tripoli-attack-with-at-least-ten-dead-the-hotel-was-previously-the-locatio AP 27 2bc48ea826d72d18c3699b23f2fa63bcc2d51a9e 1 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8247412f8f2d4ab6a95f6597eb6a69eb/car-bomb-explodes-outside-luxury-hotel-libyas-tripoli 2015 Five gunmen at the Libyan Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli attack with at least ten dead. The hotel was previously the location in 2013 where a former prime minister was abducted.