Jan 12, 2009 7:40 AM

Five for Fighting 1/12/09

* IDF pushes into Gaza City * Hamas tried to down Israeli aircraft * Fresh shot at a spaceplane * Fake fingerprints for sale * Video: Gaza’s booby-trapped zoo (High five: EM)

* IDF pushes into Gaza City
* Hamas tried to down Israeli aircraft
* Fresh shot at a spaceplane
* Fake fingerprints for sale
* Video: Gaza's booby-trapped zoo

(High five: EM)

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