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Slain NJ man's daughter thankful fugitive caught
HOWELL, N.J. (AP) — The daughter of a New Jersey gas station owner who was gunned down during a robbery in 1962 is glad her father's convicted assailant has been caught in Portugal. Ann Patterson told The Associated Press on Wednesday "now there'...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, FBI, George Wright, World War II (1939-1945), Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Seven Marines killed, others injured in Nevada training explosion
Seven Marines were killed during a training exercise at a U.S. Army depot in western Nevada, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday. The explosion shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at Hawthorne Army Depot also injured several others from the 2nd Marine...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Army, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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Mortar explosion blamed for 7 Marine deaths at Nevada training site
A live ammunition training exercise erupted in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured at least seven others at a storied Nevada military munitions depot, officials said Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred about 10 p.m. Monday night at the...
Tags: U.S. Army, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Harry Reid, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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7 service members killed in training exercise in Nevada
US military: 7 service members killed in training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada An official at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada says an explosion has occurred during a Marine Corps training exercise. Russ Collier told KRNV-TV in Reno that...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va.,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Medicare, Harry S. Truman, John Boehner
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New Details in Trial of General Charged With Forcible Sodomy
Los Angeles TimesFORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An Army brigadier general stands accused of sexual misconduct with subordinates and a civilian, of threatening one woman’s career and her life, and of responding "I'm a general, I'll do whatever the [expletive] I want” when...Tags: U.S. Army, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants, Sex Crimes
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Sources Name Alleged Gunman In Wisconsin Temple Shooting
The man who shot six people to death and wounded three others during a rampage at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb was an Army veteran who may have been a white supremacist, according to information from authorities and neighbors.
Law enforcement...Tags: CNN (tv network), Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police ID Army vet as Wis. temple shooting gunman
An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far-right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four, according to information Monday from law enforcement authorities. Wade Michael...
Tags: Civil Rights, Customs and Tradition, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kids Hailed as Heroes in Wisconsin Temple Attack
CNNOAK CREEK, Wisconsin -- Two young children have emerged as heroes after warning others of a gunman on a rampage at their Sikh house of worship in suburban Milwaukee. Abhay Singh, 11, and his sister, Amanat, 9, were sitting outside the gurdwara Sunday...Tags: Punk (genre), Crime, Law and Justice, Nazi Party, Ku Klux Klan, Wade Michael Page
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Titanic: For many victims, their final resting place is in Halifax, Canada
Halifax, Canada — A cold wind ripped through Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Then came the frigid rain. In a minute, I was thinking, the headstones will be shivering. "Now," said Blair Beed, my guide, "imagine how it would have been in those lifeboats....
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U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
Los Angeles TimesThe paratroopers had their assignment: Check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for identification. The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived at the...Tags: U.S. Army, Interior Policy, International Military Interventions, Politics, Emergency Incidents
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