Weekly Web Harvest for 2017-10-15

  • Suspect In Would-Be Airport Bombing Nabbed With Help From REI : The Two-Way : NPR

    There was no video footage this time. And again, the man paid cash. But, Anderson writes, “the individual … used an REI membership number when paying.”

    An REI membership entitles a customer to 10 percent back on purchases every year. In this case, it also gave the FBI a name — Michael Estes. After releasing a still photo from the surveillance footage, authorities found Estes in downtown Asheville. He was arrested on Oct. 7.

  • Worldly Wise – Futility Closet

    If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.