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Texas police hold suspect in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL Chris Kyle
HOUSTON—Dallas-area police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday of former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and a second man at a north Texas shooting range. Late Saturday, Lancaster,...Tags: Shootings, Criminals, NBC (tv network), Murder, U.S. Military
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A war veteran comes home to a strange world
An intensely conceptual play like "Luther" (not the John Osborne play, nor the BBC America thriller, but a new work from New York by Ethan Lipton) relies on an audience buying its central metaphor. In this instance, that metaphor takes the form of a...
Tags: BBC, Arts and Culture
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Cookies mean a lot to troops overseas
Yeah, yeah, yeah — I'm writing about Girl Scout cookies again! What of it? Last year I gave you a break and didn't say a word about the hordes of Girl Scouts selling cookies all over La Cañada. It's their rite of passage, and it's part of what...Tags: Girl Scout Cookies, Youth Organizations, Armed Forces, Behavioral Conditions, Social Organizations
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Charity helps foreign troops take Afghanistan pets home
KABUL, Afghanistan — She was just an ordinary brown mutt, a stray, but Pvt. Conrad Lewis loved her. Lewis, a British paratrooper in Afghanistan's Helmand province, adopted the dog and named her Pegasus. Everyone called her Peg. In his letters...Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Kabul (Afghanistan), Vaccines
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Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office. The...
Tags: Afghanistan, Frederick County (Virginia), Diabetes, Injuries and Wounds, Accounting and Auditing
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VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report
For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Paranoia, Conservation, Iraq, Eric Shinseki
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The Sunday Conversation: It's a dog's life for Robert Crais
"Suspect," Robert Crais' 19th crime novel, which hit bookstores last week, introduces two new characters (and one new species) to the award-winning L.A. author's repertoire — LAPD cop Scott James and his K-9 partner, Maggie. The former TV writer,...
Tags: Human Interest, Authors, ABC (tv network), General Practitioners, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Women joining men in combat
Re "Military to lift ban on women in combat jobs," Jan. 24 As a retired service member, I saw numerous changes throughout the period I served, and since the 9/11 attacks each service has faced its own challenges, including simultaneous spousal...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Armed Forces, Sex Crimes, Leon Panetta
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'American Sniper' Chris Kyle shot dead in a post-combat world
Military sniper Chris Kyle had survived the dust-worn places where he had to worry about enemy fire — or even friendly fire — until this weekend. Kyle, 38, an author and former Navy SEAL, was shot dead Saturday by an unemployed, 25-year-...Tags: Shootings, Behavioral Conditions, Criminals, NBC (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Veterans: Coming home in one piece but not in peace
HealthThe military hero looked out of place in the bar. He was walking toward me and I couldn't avert his gaze. HIis eyes carried the look of pain, indelible experiences from his career as a military sniper. I didn't know he was a veteran when I first met him.... -
In sniper Chris Kyle's shooting death, postwar worlds collide
A killer and a survivor, Chris Kyle had left the dust-worn places where he had to worry about enemy fire -- or even friendly fire. Kyle, 38, an author and former Navy SEAL sniper, was shot dead Saturday in Texas by an unemployed, 25-year-old Marine...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Criminals, NBC (tv network), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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She pins the can-do on you
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — Ruby Brower says in a grave voice that she has “bad news,” and Marie Holley hangs her dejected head. Brower, a life coach who’s trying to inject self-empowerment into five women at the Mishawaka Food Pantry who are...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, William Kelly
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