Court agrees to hear Assange’s appeal

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition.

Assange is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual assault and molestation. He denies wrongdoing.

The British government has approved his extradition, but the Supreme Court said today that it would consider his appeal in February.

Fla. man accused of taking car during date

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) — Deputies in Florida say a man is accused of stealing a woman’s car while they were on a date at a Tampa area movie theater.

Pasco County Sheriff ’s deputies say 27- year- old Michael Pratt now faces grand theft charges.

The St. Petersburg Times reports Pratt told the woman he needed to get something from the car while they were watching the movie.

She gave him her keys. When he didn’t return, she called him. Authorities say Pratt laughed, then told the woman he had stolen her car.

She tried contacting Pratt before calling the sheriff ’s office. Four days later, Pratt called and told her he dumped the car. Deputies found it and arrested Pratt on Wednesday.

Iran warns of downing other U.S. drones

TEHRAN, Iran ( AP) — A senior military official says Iran will hunt down other U.S. drones if American spy planes continue to violate Iranian airspace.

Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani says Iran won’t remain silent to incursions by foreign surveillance drones. His remarks were reported today by the official IRNA news agency.

They come in response to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who said Wednesday that America will continue to conduct intelligence operations such as the one that led to the loss of its RQ-170 Sentinel over Iran two weeks ago.

Iran has displayed the pilotless aircraft it captured over the country’s east. The U.S. says the drone went down because of a malfunction.