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August 06, 2012 | | DOMESTIC TERRORISM As police and the FBI investigate the massacre at a Wisconsin Sikh temple that left seven dead, residents say the alleged gunman, 40-year-old Wade Michael Page, lived blocks away from the site of the shootings, but was not originally from the area. Plus, Eliza Shapiro on how the shooting has rattled Sikhs. RED PLANET An eight-month journey across the reaches of space has ended safely for NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed safely on Mars on Sunday. The rover began beaming images of the planet’s surface back within minutes of its successful descent through the planet’s atmosphere at a staggering 13,000 miles per hour. “I can’t believe this. This is unbelievable,” said Allen Chen, who helped oversee the rover’s safe landing. The NASA craft will spend the next two years on an unprecedented mission exploring the surface of Mars, traveling through the Gale crater, and searching for signs that Earth’s neighbor may once have hosted life. HUNGRY? Newsweek asked 53 master chefs to compile the finest, oddest, most memorable dining hotspots in the world. From smoky Basque bars to bustling Asian markets, the top 101. UNREST Syrian television suffered a bomb attack, while state media reported that the country’s prime minister had been removed from his post Monday morning, though rebels say he defected. Former minister of agriculture Riyad Hijab had held the position for only two months since being appointed by Bashar al-Assad. Syrian television reported the turnover and said Omar Ghalawanji, who had served as deputy prime minister, would lead an interim government. Also Monday, the offices of the state television and radio stations in Damascus were the target of a bomb attack. A bomb went off on the third floor of the building, which gunmen attacked in June, but the explosive did not seem to effect station operations. ADVISER Obama adviser and 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe accepted an $100,000 speaking fee from a subsidiary of MTN Group, a company with ties to Iran, in 2010. The subsidiary of the South Africa–based company made the payment to Plouffe in December, shortly before he joined the staff at the White House. The company has been the subject of close inspection by the government since then, and MTN’s ties are reported to go back to before Plouffe spoke at the company’s behest. The company had a five-year deal with an Iranian telecommunications company at the time of the Obama adviser’s appearances at two company events in Nigeria. | | 
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