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Riding for a purpose, cyclists get ready to go
For Robert Burton Sr., riding a bicycle is more than just exercise. It has helped heal body and mind from the damage inflicted by two combat tours in Iraq and subsequent medical problems. The 39-year-old Virginia Beach resident, who served with the 1st...Tags: Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Fort Eustis, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Naval Station Norfolk
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Public activities for Memorial Day weekend
Here is a list of some public activities happening over the Memorial Day weekend. Indiana Mishawaka  — The city’s observance will open with a ceremony featuring a cannon salute, Mishawaka High School Band and speakers at 8 a.m. Monday at...Tags: Memorial Day, American Legion, Arts and Culture, Army National Guard, Festive Events
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Memorial Day weekend activities
Here is a list of some public activities happening over the Memorial Day weekend. Indiana Mishawaka  -- The city's observance will open with a ceremony featuring a cannon salute, Mishawaka High School Band and speakers at 8 a.m. Monday at Battell Park...
Tags: Memorial Day, American Legion, Arts and Culture, Army National Guard, Festive Events
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North Shore veterans reflect on those who didn't come home
When Frank White was 23 years old, he was on a ship in the South Pacific, wishing away the torpedoes and kamikazes. "I was the oldest junior officer on the ship," said White, now 93, sitting on his back porch in Wilmette. "It was a young man's war."...
Tags: Memorial Day, Culture, U.S. Military, Japan, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Deal struck on bin Laden evidence in WikiLeaks case; raid witness may not have to testify
Associated PressFORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military...Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Department of State, Military Justice, Politics, Prisons
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'Body of War' veteran who said he was ready to die says he will live on for now
The Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now. "I decided I was going to hold on as long as I can until it becomes too unbearable for me,"...Tags: International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Pharmaceuticals, Music
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Review: 'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within
There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style. Illuminating large-scale public concerns through the microscopic examination...
Tags: International Military Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...
Tags: Politics, Parliament, Nouri Maliki, Wars and Interventions, Islam
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: Basra (Iraq), Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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War on Terror heroes solemnly remembered
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.Yuba City resident Paul Hughes wiped tears away from his eyes on Sunday as he listened to the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony for the Freedom's Heroes War on Terror Memorial. For Hughes, a wounded Vietnam War veteran, hearing about someone else'...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Religion and Belief, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Al-Qaeda
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Marywood educating students from Kurdistan
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.Rebin Zikhani wants to improve the health care system in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Karokh Mohammed wants to better his government. The cousins from the growing region are trying to improve their home 5,800 miles away -- while at Marywood University....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Colleges and Universities, Scranton, Education
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