Longmont Officer Fired Upon, Shooter in Critical Condition

Early Wednesday morning, a Longmont, Colorado police officer pulled a car over for not driving with it's headlights on.

As the other vehicle came to a stop, in a parking lot, the driver got out and opened fire on the officer's car.

The officer managed to dive into the back of his car and avoid being struck by the bullets.

When the shooter's AR15 ran out of rounds, the officer returned fire, wounding the man.

Twenty-eight year old Jonathon Shank is in the hospital, in critical condition.

At this time, no motive is known.

Longmont and Boulder police are combining efforts in the investigation.

16 Injured in Russian Tornado

Sixteen people were injured when a tornado struck in central Russia, on Wednesday.

More than two hundred buildings were damaged in Efremov, including seven schools.

Trees, power poles, and cars were thrown around by the twister.

The Russian government tried to put the incident off to just being strong winds, until pictures of the funnel started hitting social media sites.

Tornadoes are extremely rare in Russia and nothing there is designed for dealing with them.

9 Colombian Soldiers Killed in Ambush

Nine Colombian soldiers were killed, on Wednesday, when their unit was ambushed with an improvised explosive device.

The ELN is being blamed for the attack.

It is the worst loss of Colombian soldiers since February.

ELN is the second biggest rebel group in Colombia.

They have been stepping up their attacks as the government and FARC, the largest rebel group, work towards peace talks.

Man Murdered in Terror Stabbing in London

On Wednesday afternoon, a man walking down the sidewalk in Woolwich, England was struck by a vehicle.

Two men got out of the vehicle, one with a kitchen knife and the other with a meat cleaver, and attacked the man further, stabbing him until he was dead. According to some witnesses they beheaded him before police arrived.

Refusing to put their weapons down, they were shot and wounded by police. Both men have been taken, under guard, to the hospital.

Due to things said by the two men, in which they identified themselves as jihadists, authorities believe that the attack was an act of terror.

According to some sources, the murdered man was a soldier out of the nearby military barracks.

Remembering: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch

On May 22, 2012 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket made it's successful launch.

It carried the Dragon Capsule up into space.

By Friday, it became the first commercial space craft to dock with the International Space Station.

SpaceX and other companies will be replacing the now retired NASA space shuttles, with their own reusable space craft.

Commercial companies are able to make the supply runs for around a third of the cost that NASA was making them.