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Jolie: nervous, excited about premiere in Bosnia
Updated: Sat, Feb 11, 2012
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BERLIN (AP) — Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey." The film, which is showing at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, is set to make its full debut in the Bosnian capital on Feb. 14, though... Read More
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BERLIN (AP) — Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey." The film, which is showing at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, is set to make its full debut in the Bosnian capital on Feb. 14, though... Read More
VA cuts substance abuse housing in Murfreesboro
Updated: Wed, Feb 8, 2012
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — The VA medical center in Murfreesboro has suspended housing for veterans seeking substance abuse treatment after officials said they don't have staff to oversee the patients 24 hours a day. Chris Conklin, a spokesman for the Alvin C. York campus, said after reviewing the supervision at... Read More
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — The VA medical center in Murfreesboro has suspended housing for veterans seeking substance abuse treatment after officials said they don't have staff to oversee the patients 24 hours a day. Chris Conklin, a spokesman for the Alvin C. York campus, said after reviewing the supervision at... Read More
NYC vendor who alerted police to bomb seeks office
Updated: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Congress. Duane Jackson said his brush with terrorism and celebrity taught him that it made sense to get involved. "It was kind of an epiphany for me," he said. "I... Read More
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Congress. Duane Jackson said his brush with terrorism and celebrity taught him that it made sense to get involved. "It was kind of an epiphany for me," he said. "I... Read More
NYC parade record? 5,438 tons of confetti in 1945
Published: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's sanitation commissioner says he expects to see about 40 tons of paper showered on the New York Giants during their Super Bowl victory parade up the Canyon of Heroes. That's a lot but not one for the record books. The city threw 5,438 tons of ticker tape on returning veterans at... Read More
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's sanitation commissioner says he expects to see about 40 tons of paper showered on the New York Giants during their Super Bowl victory parade up the Canyon of Heroes. That's a lot but not one for the record books. The city threw 5,438 tons of ticker tape on returning veterans at... Read More
Gay Ca. veteran sues over denial of benefits
Published: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A gay Army veteran and her wife sued the federal government on Wednesday after they were denied military benefits granted to straight spouses. The lawsuit announced in Washington involves a 12-year veteran of the Army, Tracey Cooper-Harris. After leaving the Army she married Maggie... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A gay Army veteran and her wife sued the federal government on Wednesday after they were denied military benefits granted to straight spouses. The lawsuit announced in Washington involves a 12-year veteran of the Army, Tracey Cooper-Harris. After leaving the Army she married Maggie... Read More
St. Louis parade on Iraq War's end draws thousands
Published: Sat, Jan 28, 2012
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans. The parade, borne out of a simple conversation between two St. Louis... Read More
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans. The parade, borne out of a simple conversation between two St. Louis... Read More
US Sen. Brown releases military service record
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2012
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BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown released his military service record Saturday documenting the more than three decades he has served in the Army National Guard. The records include his promotions, awards and officer evaluation reports, which offer high praise of Brown's service during the Massachusetts... Read More
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BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown released his military service record Saturday documenting the more than three decades he has served in the Army National Guard. The records include his promotions, awards and officer evaluation reports, which offer high praise of Brown's service during the Massachusetts... Read More
St. Louis hosting 1st big parade on Iraq War's end
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2012
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans. The parade, borne out of a simple conversation between two St. Louis... Read More
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans. The parade, borne out of a simple conversation between two St. Louis... Read More
Mayor Bloomberg: No NYC parade for Iraq War vets
Published: Fri, Jan 27, 2012
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials. The mayor said on his Friday appearance on WOR Radio officials in Washington "think a parade would be premature while we still... Read More
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials. The mayor said on his Friday appearance on WOR Radio officials in Washington "think a parade would be premature while we still... Read More
St. Louis hosts 1st big parade on Iraq War's end
Updated: Fri, Jan 27, 2012
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. So, two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations, launched a Facebook page, met with the mayor and mapped a... Read More
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. So, two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations, launched a Facebook page, met with the mayor and mapped a... Read More
Committee will investigate VA cemetery mistakes
Updated: Thu, Jan 26, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are calling on the Veterans Affairs Department to audit all its cemeteries to ensure that remains are correctly interred and marked. A VA spokesman, Josh Taylor, says the department has already decided to review all 131 cemeteries under its control. A VA review of 83 cemeteries has... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are calling on the Veterans Affairs Department to audit all its cemeteries to ensure that remains are correctly interred and marked. A VA spokesman, Josh Taylor, says the department has already decided to review all 131 cemeteries under its control. A VA review of 83 cemeteries has... Read More
Wind turbine maker looking to hire veterans
Published: Thu, Jan 26, 2012
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Wind turbine maker Siemens has pledged to hire 300 military veterans this year, including some at a new distribution center in Woodward. Read More
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Wind turbine maker Siemens has pledged to hire 300 military veterans this year, including some at a new distribution center in Woodward. Read More
VA discovers errors affecting 123 gravesites
Updated: Tue, Jan 24, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of cemeteries administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs has revealed problems with 123 gravesites, including eight cases in which people were buried in the wrong gravesite. The other mistakes consisted primarily of headstones and markers that were incorrectly moved to the... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of cemeteries administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs has revealed problems with 123 gravesites, including eight cases in which people were buried in the wrong gravesite. The other mistakes consisted primarily of headstones and markers that were incorrectly moved to the... Read More
War is hell
Published: Sun, Jan 22, 2012
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“Desecration of the dead is old as war” (Associated Press, Jan. 15) is directed at Americans who again are ordered by our corrupt professional politicians to fight wars with no intended victory. Of course there is rage. War is ugly, bloody and terrifying. Just ask a combat veteran. Ask those wounded Americans,... Read More
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“Desecration of the dead is old as war” (Associated Press, Jan. 15) is directed at Americans who again are ordered by our corrupt professional politicians to fight wars with no intended victory. Of course there is rage. War is ugly, bloody and terrifying. Just ask a combat veteran. Ask those wounded Americans,... Read More
Military amputees inspire through softball
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — When a roadside bomb in Afghanistan shredded Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Wege's legs in 2009, the former high school baseball star wondered if he would even survive — let alone walk, run or play ball again. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, a crowd at a Tampa-area stadium watched him drill... Read More
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PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — When a roadside bomb in Afghanistan shredded Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Wege's legs in 2009, the former high school baseball star wondered if he would even survive — let alone walk, run or play ball again. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, a crowd at a Tampa-area stadium watched him drill... Read More
Wars lessons being applied to ease combat stress
Updated: Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn't rush back to their everyday lives. Instead, the Marine Corps put them into a kind of decompression chamber, keeping them at Camp Pendleton for 90 days with the... Read More
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn't rush back to their everyday lives. Instead, the Marine Corps put them into a kind of decompression chamber, keeping them at Camp Pendleton for 90 days with the... Read More
Prosecutors say veteran killed homeless for thrill
Updated: Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran charged with stabbing to death four homeless men in a weeks-long rampage in Southern California was a thrill seeker who took pleasure in killing his victims, prosecutors said Wednesday. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told reporters outside a jailhouse... Read More
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran charged with stabbing to death four homeless men in a weeks-long rampage in Southern California was a thrill seeker who took pleasure in killing his victims, prosecutors said Wednesday. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told reporters outside a jailhouse... Read More
Edward Derwinski, 1st veterans affairs sec'y, dies
Updated: Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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CHICAGO (AP) — Edward Derwinski, who represented Chicago's south side and adjoining suburbs in Congress for nearly a quarter-century before becoming the nation's first secretary of veterans affairs, has died. He was 85. Derwinski died Sunday of cancer, his family said. He will be buried this weekend at Arlington... Read More
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CHICAGO (AP) — Edward Derwinski, who represented Chicago's south side and adjoining suburbs in Congress for nearly a quarter-century before becoming the nation's first secretary of veterans affairs, has died. He was 85. Derwinski died Sunday of cancer, his family said. He will be buried this weekend at Arlington... Read More
DA: Homeless killings suspect stalked victims
Updated: Tue, Jan 17, 2012
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Iraq War veteran would carefully stalk each of his victims from among the thousands of homeless living in Southern California. He would then stab them repeatedly with a knife that could cut through bone, authorities say. For his fourth and latest victim, they say, Itzcoatl Ocampo... Read More
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Iraq War veteran would carefully stalk each of his victims from among the thousands of homeless living in Southern California. He would then stab them repeatedly with a knife that could cut through bone, authorities say. For his fourth and latest victim, they say, Itzcoatl Ocampo... Read More
Kan. panel hears about mental health of veterans
Published: Tue, Jan 17, 2012
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Funding cuts are making it difficult to meet the increasing needs of veterans with mental health issues, mental health providers and agencies for veterans in Kansas told lawmakers on Tuesday. Advocates told the House Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee that an increase in such... Read More
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Funding cuts are making it difficult to meet the increasing needs of veterans with mental health issues, mental health providers and agencies for veterans in Kansas told lawmakers on Tuesday. Advocates told the House Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee that an increase in such... Read More
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