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U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan nearing 2,000
As of Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at least 1,988 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is six less than the Defense...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Conflicts, Injuries and Wounds
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Veterans rally behind Mullen
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- About two dozen local veterans gathered Wednesday on the steps of the St. Joseph County Courthouse to show their support for Democratic congressional candidate Brendan Mullen. The group, which represented eras from World War II to the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Washington, DC, Elections, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Veterans pitted against each other in ads
South Bend TribuneSome local veterans have joined the fray over a couple of pointed advertisements released this week in north-central Indiana's congressional race. Jackie Walorski, a Republican from Jimtown, began airing an ad Tuesday that calls Democrat Brendan Mullen a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Elections, West Point
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Walorski goes on the attack against Mullen
Jackie Walorski has raised the temperature in this year's race for north-central Indiana's congressional seat. The Jimtown Republican televised two advertisements earlier this summer in which she decried partisanship and talked about how she can bring...
Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Elections, Political Fundraising, John Boehner
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Nigerian scammers target local investigator
WSBT-TV ReporterImagine being part of an international romance scam that’s bilking hundreds of people out of money. The worst part? You have no idea your face is being used to con people you’ve never met. That’s what happened to retired Elkhart police...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Punishment, Networking, Nigeria
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Gay students graduate openly at military academies
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — For the first time, gay students at the nation's major military academies have been able to openly participate in major school events, now that "don't ask, don't tell" has been repealed. U.S. Naval Academy students were able...Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, United States Naval Academy
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Gay students graduate openly at military academies
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting from the end of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that used to bar them...Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), West Point, Minority Groups, Students, Middletown
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Dog injured in Afghanistan finds new life in Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A white, mixed-breed dog utters a warning bark at a beige SUV as it pulls up alongside a barn on Mount Gilead Road, a few miles east of Bloomington. The van stops, and a 30-year-old man climbs out. "Hey, buddy," the man...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Skittles joins food brands at center of tragedy
NEW YORK (AP) — It could've been Starbursts, Twizzlers or Sour Patch Kids. But when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot, he happened to be carrying a bag of Skittles. The 17-year-old's death at the hands of a neighborhood watchman in February ignited...Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., National Football League, PepsiCo Inc., Food Industry, Mars, Inc.
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Cabbie unlikely celebrity in Colombia sex scandal
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and now seems to be in...Tags: Sex Crimes, Facebook, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Media, Twitter, Inc.
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Afghans: US paid $50,000 per shooting spree death
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States has paid $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in the shooting spree attributed to a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official and a community elder said Sunday. The families of...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Robert Bales, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Explosions
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