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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Explosions, Suicidal Behavior, Afghanistan, Suicide
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TV This Week: May 19 - 25: 'Save Me' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY Respect their longevity! 1980s icons...
Tags: Faith Hill, Seth MacFarlane, Entertainment, Brad Paisley, Audra McDonald
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How the IRS spun out of control
WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands. Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Pension and Welfare
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WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info
When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (movie), Benedict Cumberbatch, Entertainment, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (movie)
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Recognition for a reserved WWII vet
Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Eric Shinseki, Tokyo (Japan), Chinese Restaurants, Smithsonian Institution
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Tattered flags in West L.A. anger veteran
An upside-down American flag is considered a signal of distress. And that's the feeling Robert Rosebrock had when he looked up and noticed the red, white and blue street-lamp banners outside the Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles Medical...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Hospitals and Clinics, Automotive Equipment, Veterans Affairs, Flag Day (United States)
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Military's record on sexual assault: From bad to worse
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Another day, another military sexual assault scandal. On Tuesday, a week after the Air Force announced its chief of sexual assault prevention had been arrested in Arlington, Va., on suspicion of drunkenly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, the Army...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, F-bomb Dropping, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault
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Monday's TV Highlights:'Castle' on ABC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES How I Met Your Mother As Robin and...
Tags: Entertainment, ABC (tv network), John Cho, Chris Hardwick, Cobie Smulders
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Afghans on U.S. bases losing jobs after years of devoted service
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — Abdul Shakour was working the night shift at Bagram air base repairing American vehicles when he was called to an emergency meeting. The news was bad: Shakour and 22 other Afghan mechanics were being laid off. After seven...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Science and Technology, Taliban, Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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Army sergeant found guilty of premeditation in killing 5 servicemen
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell was found guilty Monday of the premeditated murder of five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Families...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Punishment, Murder
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Legendary Hollywood car customizer Dean Jeffries dead at 80
Dean Jeffries, the legendary car painter and customizer who made the Monkeemobile and the Green Hornet's original Black Beauty, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Hollywood. He was 80. His death was confirmed by his son, Kevin. During the car-...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Auto Racing, The Monkees (tv program), Korean War (1950-1953), Automotive Equipment
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PASSINGS: Jeff Hanneman, Urban Leonard 'Ben' Drew, John Williamson
Jeff Hanneman Founding member of metal band Slayer Jeff Hanneman, 49, a guitarist and founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, died Thursday of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital,...
Tags: Pneumonia, Germany
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