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Ex-U.S. soldier accused of joining Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities arrested and charged a 30-year-old U.S. Army veteran turned Middle East "freedom fighter" with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction — a rocket-propelled grenade — after allegedly joining Al...
Tags: Trials, Police Investigations, Firearms, Iraq, FBI
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Petraeus offers apology for scandal during speech at USC
Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end. Petraeus has kept a low...
Tags: NATO, Central Intelligence Agency, FBI, Paula Broadwell, Christopher Stevens
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Civilian CEO moves to modernize military's retail business
The first civilian to run the military's $10-billion-a-year retail business is working to bring the enterprise into the modern age. The CEO of the Dallas-based Army & Air Force Exchange Service, Tom Shull, is the first retailer to hold the post. It...Tags: Michael Kors, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, West Point, U.S. Military, Best Buy Co., Inc.
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Las Vegas: Sequester grounds air shows, including Aviation Nation
Blame the sequester for the cancellation of popular air shows, including the long-running performance at Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas, the home of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Aviation Nation, which routinely drew huge crowds to...
Tags: Labor Day, U.S. Air Force, Media Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Petraeus apologizes for affair, hints at return to public life
After Gen. David H. Petraeus apologized in Los Angeles for engaging in an extramarital affair, he signaled he is ready to move beyond the scandal and perhaps back into the public eye. Before about 600 guests in a hotel ballroom in downtown L.A. on...
Tags: NATO, Adultery, Central Intelligence Agency, Paula Broadwell, George W. Bush
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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museum of Modern Art, Orson Welles, The Wall Street Journal, Japan
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Southland ports could see more tax revenue
WASHINGTON — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are in an unusual position in today's era of Washington austerity: They could soon receive more federal money. A bill sent to the Senate by a committee chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Barbara Boxer, Port of Long Beach
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Gen. Petraeus raises profile, contrite but confident
Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end. Petraeus has kept a low profile...
Tags: Police Investigations, NATO, Central Intelligence Agency, FBI, George W. Bush
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Sequestration threatens 14 SoCal air traffic control towers
The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to decide Friday whether to shut down 14 air traffic control towers in Southern California as part of the agency's efforts to trim $600 million because of the federal government's so-called sequestration....
Tags: Military Equipment, U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Armed Forces, Transportation Accidents
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Football: Another wild story from the recruiting world
Varsity Times InsiderHigh school coaches are beginning to understand what players are going through when it comes to making commitments in the recruiting world. Gardena Serra Coach Scott Altenberg was offered the job as an assistant coach for the Under Armour all-star...... -
Judge in Ft. Hood case says Hasan can't plead guilty
A military judge ruled Wednesday that an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 shooting at Ft. Hood could not plead guilty and that the trial would stay at the Texas base, officials said. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 42, is charged with 13 counts of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Prosecution, Justice System, U.S. Military
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The Swoose
FrameworkLos Angeles once had "The Swoose" - the oldest B-17 in existence - as a possible war memorial....
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