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State disability funds going broke, and going away
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With hundreds of thousands of wounded veterans looking for work after World War II, many states offered businesses an incentive to hire the returning heroes. They created special disability funds to help pay the tab should...Tags: Afghanistan, Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , St. Louis
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Guardsman arrested again, accused of driving drunk
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- A National Guardsman who was released from jail in November after being declared not responsible for his crime by reason of insanity has been arrested again, this time for allegedly driving drunk. Archie Whitest Jr.'s vehicle allegedly...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Christmas, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Police Arrests
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Ark. woman stabbed granddaughter, killed self
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say an Arkansas woman who adopted her granddaughter after her son's death in Iraq stabbed the 7-year-old girl in the chest and then set fire to their home in a murder-suicide. Faulkner County sheriff's spokesman Maj....Tags: Suicide
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Ex-Michigan congressman sentenced in terror funding case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman and U.S. delegate to the United Nations has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for lobbying for a Missouri-based Islamic charity that had been identified as a global terrorist...Tags: Prosecution, Mali, Politics, Punishment, United Nations
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War over in Iraq, but not all soldiers coming home yet
DOWAGIAC - Today is the day U-S forces officially pulled out of Iraq. While many Americans are happy to see the troops come home, that’s not the destination for all of them.
Julia Miller's 24-year old son, Taylor Phillips is overseas serving his...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Veteran dog gets full military funeral
KNOX – A war hero, Purple Heart recipient and man’s best friend was buried in front of the VFW Post in Knox Saturday.
"I think about her every day," said Neil Burg, commander of the American Legion in Hamlet.
At the VFW post in Knox, it...Tags: Afghanistan, Indiana, Defense, Human Interest, Veterans Affairs
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Vet thrown from coaster receives military funeral
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A double-amputee Iraq war veteran who was thrown to his death from a western New York roller coaster has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. About 150 friends and relatives were at the historic Virginia cemetery...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure, Theme Park Vacations, Travel
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2 hikers released from Iranian prison return to US
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Americans released from an Iranian prison have landed in New York after more being held for more than two years on accusations of spying. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer arrived in the U.S. on Sunday at Kennedy Airport. The two...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, Prisons, Iran
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Poll: 1 in 3 vets sees Iraq, Afghan wars as wastes
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new opinion survey says one in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not worth fighting. Most of the vets polled by the Pew Research Center also think that after 10 years of...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Afghanistan, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Big Charade
With the debt ceiling and budget talks in Washington taking center stage you would think mature adults in positions of power would do the right things. Oh, wait a minute. Doing the right thing really isn’t a priority in Washington anymore. It is all...Tags: Charity, Government Debt, Germany, Politics, Washington (U.S. state)
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In LMC talk, Gates sees Iran as top threat
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterBENTON HARBOR - Look out for Iran, says a man who should know. He’s Robert Gates, the former U.S. secretary of defense, and he addressed the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Wednesday night at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center. The...Tags: Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, Weaponry, National Security, Robert Gates
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Ending U.S. presence in Iraq bittersweet for families who lost soldiers
President Obama recently announced U.S. troop involvement in the Iraq War will stop at the end of the year, with members of the military returning home by the end of December. That comes as great news to families with loved ones in uniform, but it's...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Family, Barack Obama
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