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BASKETBALL: Roncalli boys vs. O'Gorman
Aberdeen Roncalli will play Sioux Falls O’Gorman at the Dakota Schoolers-Sanford Pentagon Classic at the Elmen Center on Jan. 12. Admission for the event on the Augustana College campus in Sioux Falls is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Here is... -
Scoreboard -- Jan. 12, 2013
||TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Georgetown at St. John’s, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Duke at North Carolina State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Marquette at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Minnesota at Indiana, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network);...Tags: Tyler Bray, Bruce Miller, Glover Quin, Will Shields, Martin Luther
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The meaning of Hagel
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON -- The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Israel, Elections, Iran, Defense
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Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s...
Tags: Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Armed Forces, Central African Republic, Defense
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Expect a stealth leadership struggle in post-Chavez Venezuela
Chavismo is alive and well in Venezuela, which is more than can be said with confidence about the man who inspired it. President Hugo Chavez remains so ill and incommunicado a month after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba that he missed his inauguration...
Tags: Cuba, Regional Elections, Hugo Chavez, U.S. Department of State, Human Interest
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Women warriors
Thousands of military jobs have opened up to women in recent years, but not those in the front-line combat units. That may soon change, however, as a result of a lawsuit brought late last year by four women veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,...
Tags: Afghanistan, American Civil War (1861-1865), Armed Forces, Iraq, Minority Groups
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Obama nominates Brennan for CIA chief, Hagel for Defense secretary
WASHINGTON -- President Obama tapped two controversial figures to lead his national security team Monday, and warned that any delays caused by a confirmation fight would put the safety of the country at risk. When it comes to national security, Obama...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, Republican Party, Susan Rice, George W. Bush
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As Another Base-Closing Threat Looms, Groton is Ready
The Hartford CourantThe Pentagon is likely to seek another round of base closings in Obama's upcoming budget proposal and this time, unlike last year, it won't go away easily. That's the assessment from Bob Ross, director of the state's Office of Military Affairs -- who'...Tags: Joe Courtney, M. Jodi Rell, Bob Ross, Military Equipment, Groton
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Where do our tax dollars go? Mostly to the military
Republicans say they will not cooperate on raising the debt limit in mid-February unless Democrats agree to cut spending by an equivalent amount ("Trouble ahead," Jan. 2). What these trillions of tax dollars are allocated for is instructive. The...Tags: Annapolis, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Military Equipment
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Susan Rice, Pakistan, Elections
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a complex, captivating thriller, critics say
Opening in limited release Wednesday, director Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," a dramatized account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, is already the talk of two towns. In Washington, questions have arisen about whether Bigelow and screenwriter Mark...Tags: Movies, Docudramas (genre), Osama bin Laden, Kathryn Bigelow, The New York Times
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Defense bill includes provision for space contractors
A little-noticed provision in a massive, $633 billion military spending bill approved by Congress last week will end a decade-old battle over whether to ease export restrictions on U.S. satellite technology. If signed by President Barack Obama, the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Satellite Technology, Elections, Defense, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Jan 4, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 11, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 11, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 31, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 11, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 8, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jan 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 21, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 19, 2012
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Dec 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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