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    Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. 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, Explosions, Emergency Incidents

  2. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. 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.
    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: Politics, Harry Reid, Brian Sandoval, World War II (1939-1945), Armed Forces

  4. Apr 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. 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.
    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....

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Movies, Entertainment, Bars and Clubs, Hotel and Accommodation Industry

  6. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times Exclusive
  7. U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers

    The 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 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: Davan Maharaj, The Pentagon, Police Investigations, Politics, Personal Data Collection

  8. Dec 23, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  9. Portugal won't extradite fugitive killer George Wright to U.S.

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    Escaped hijacker and killer George Wright wins his bid to remain in Portugal. A court in Portugal has rejected the U.S.' request to extradite him....
  10. Nov 17, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Portugal refuses to extradite American fugitive George Wright

    World Now
    American fugitive George Wright has been freed by a Portugese court after it refused a U.S. request to extradite the convicted murderer to complete his 15- to 30-year sentence for the shooting death of a gas station employee during a robbery the day after...
  12. Aug 9, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Santa Ana neighborhood preserves and relocates vintage homes

    Special to The Times
    French Park, a residential neighborhood northeast of downtown Santa Ana, is an architectural wonderland -- a place where historic homes are spared the wrecking ball or given a safe haven. Built from the late 1890s through the 1920s by some of Orange...

    Tags: Homes, World War II (1939-1945), Death, Flatiron

  14. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| KWCH
  15. 7 service members killed in training exercise in Nevada

    US military: 7 service members killed in training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot 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, Explosions, Emergency Incidents

  16. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  17. 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: Barack Obama, National Government, Afghanistan, Republican Party, Armed Forces

  18. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV
  19. New Details in Trial of General Charged With Forcible Sodomy

    FORT 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 challenged about making demeaning comments about women, military prosecutors said Monday.
    Los Angeles Times
    FORT 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: Iraq, Afghanistan, Justice System, Prosecution, Courts-Martial

  20. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| WPIX-LTV
  21. 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.
    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: The Pentagon, Religious Conflicts, India, Barack Obama, John Edwards

  22. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV
  23. 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.
    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: The Pentagon, Police Investigations, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Gun Control

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