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Pilot of the Jet Blue plane
When Clayton Osbon, the pilot of that Jet Blue plane, lost it a few weeks ago, the entire world stepped back and asked, "What was wrong? Did the weight-loss shakes that he sold somehow impact his neurons? Was he so sleep deprived that he became...Tags: Health, Health Care Reform (2009), Sleep Deprivation, Personal Service
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Source: Afghanistan slaying suspect first failed to mention children
World NowArmy Staff Sgt. Robert Bales initially asserted that he had shot several Afghan men outside a U.S. combat outpost in southern Afghanistan on March 11 and did not mention that a dozen women and children were among the dead, according to a senior U.S.... -
Afghan shooting: U.S. pays $50,000 per villager killed
World NowThe U.S. government has paid $50,000 in compensation for each of the Afghan villagers who were killed in a shooting rampage in which an American soldier faces murder charges, Afghan officials said Sunday. Families of the wounded received $11,000 per... -
U.S. boosts compensation for grisly Afghanistan killings
World NowThe U.S. paid families of Afghans killed earlier this month in a shooting spree allegedly committed by an American soldier substantially more than it usually does in such cases because of the horrific nature of the massacre, according to senior military... -
Robert Bales: Matt Lauer to interview soldier’s wife
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNBC News' Matt Lauer has landed an interview with the wife of Robert Bales, the Army staff sergeant charged with 17 counts of murder in Afghanistan. Lauer's chat with Karilyn Bales will air Monday on “Today” and “NBC Nightly News.”... -
One man's defiance inspires a region to stand up to the Taliban
ZANGABAD, Afghanistan — The uprising began in early February with a Taliban commander's knock on the door of Hajji Abdul Wudood. The militant leader demanded that Wudood, a stout, weathered man of 60, surrender one of his eight sons, who was...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Corruption, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Army staff sergeant to plead guilty in Afghanistan massacre
SEATTLE — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has agreed to plead guilty to the killing of 16 Afghan civilians who were shot to death in their homes outside a U.S. Army outpost in a violent rampage his lawyers have said was brought on by stress fueled with...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Murder, Armed Conflicts, Court Preliminary, Behavioral Conditions
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Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...
Tags: Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Murder, Military Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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10 Things to know for today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. U.S. TRACKING TELEPHONE RECORDS OF MILLIONS A top secret court order required one of the nation's largest telecommunications companies to give...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Major League Baseball, Susan Rice, National Security Agency
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Soldier accused Afghan massacre describes killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty Wednesday then described shooting each victim, telling a military judge he has asked...
Tags: Justice System, Shootings, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Death Penalty, Murder
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Bales on Afghan village massacre: 'Sir, I intended to kill them'
The U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in two villages pleaded guilty Wednesday in a move expected to spare him from the death penalty. And when a military judge asked Robert Bales, 39, why he slaughtered the men, women...
Tags: Justice System, David Petraeus, Prosecution, U.S. Army, Punishment
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AP: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre
SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first...
Tags: Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Death Penalty, Armed Forces
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