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Gordon Gayle dies at 95; received Navy Cross for attack on Peleliu
Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Gordon Gayle, who received the Navy Cross for leadership and bravery during the assault on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest and most complex and controversial battles fought by Marines during World War II, has died. He was 95....
Tags: Japan, Georgetown, Explosions, Armed Forces, Emergency Incidents
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Obama, at Ohio State, calls on graduates to be active citizens
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, President Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act....
Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, The Ohio State University, Annapolis, Ethics
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PASSINGS: George A. Roberts
. George A. Roberts Helped transform Teledyne Corp. George A. Roberts, 93, who was a pioneer in the field of steel manufacturing and helped turn the Southern California-based Teledyne Corp. into a Fortune 500 firm, died Feb. 15 of heart failure at a...
Tags: Industrial Production, Metal, Science and Technology, Heart Failure, Technology
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Zhuang Zedong dies at 72; helped get 'pingpong diplomacy' rolling
It might have been a chance meeting or a cunning act of propaganda, but the encounter more than 40 years ago between two pingpong champions — one Chinese, the other American — launched what President Nixon would call "the week that changed the...
Tags: Communist Party of China, White House, Newspaper and Magazine, Henry Kissinger, Culture
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Brother of naval officer arrested on suspicion of his murder
L.A. NOWThe brother of a Navy officer found dead in his San Diego apartment has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said Tuesday. Zachary Tenorio, 21, was booked into jail and is set to be arraigned in Superior Court on...... -
Navy officer found dead in his San Diego apartment
L.A. NOWHomicide detectives from the San Diego Police Department are investigating the case of a Navy officer found dead inside his Mission Valley apartment. Ensign Jonathan Jake Tenorio, 25, a native of Guam and a recent graduate of the Naval Academy,...... -
Navy captain relieved for alleged drunkenness in Russian port
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James D. Watkins dies at 85; retired admiral led AIDS, ocean panels
Navy Adm. James D. Watkins was considered "an unlikely hero" after he was called out of retirement in 1987 to accomplish what many considered a near-impossible task — taking over the leadership of an embattled and divided presidential commission...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, The Pentagon
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Navy ship captain relieved of duty after collision
L.A. NOWThe captain of a Navy ship damaged during a collision with another ship off Southern California has been relieved of command, the Navy announced Tuesday in San Diego.... -
Wesley Brown dies at 85; first black graduate of Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer. A 1949 graduate, Brown was...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Howard University, Korean War (1950-1953), Annapolis, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Jared Verbeek dies at 22; Marine Corps lance corporal from Visalia
Jared Verbeek had always wanted to be a Marine — like his father, who retired as a gunnery sergeant.
As a kid, he sometimes wore his father's old uniforms. When he graduated from high school in the Central Valley city of Visalia, southeast of...Tags: Taliban, Afghanistan, MySpace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Administration officials double as Obama campaign speakers
Obama administration Cabinet members and senior aides are fanning out across the country in an aggressive fundraising drive, taking advantage of porous campaign finance laws that allow them to appear as marquee speakers and raise substantial money for the...Tags: Charity, Steven Chu, White House, Environmental Issues, Politics
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