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18 hrs ago | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Employers remember Harris County couple slain in murder-suicide

From the road, it looks like the American Dream. A million dollar home on five acres in southern Harris County.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Harris County Sheriff: Couple died in murder-suicide

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide after the bodies of Christopher and Andrea Holcombe were discovered by their teenager late Wednesday morning in their mansion at 131 Old Gate Road.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

The Boston Globe

Indonesia's president: a crooner and a general

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired four-star general who rose through the ranks of Indonesia's dictatorship and can also croon romantic ballads, looked set to win a second five-year term in presidential elections Wednesday.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Gazette

Let's close WHINSEC/SOA

With the Fourth of July celebration still fresh in our minds, here's something we can do to help other people become free.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Sojourners

Protests and International Pressure Against Honduras Coup Continue

As the situation regarding the military ouster of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya continues to develop, I Metroed across town to the U.S. State Department to photograph a protest calling for cutting off U.S. aid to Honduras until Zelaya's reinstatement.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Facing South

Honduran coup shines spotlight on controversial U.S. military training school

Before the torture debates about Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, there was the School of Americas -- a U.S. military training school in Fort Benning, Georgia, which has trained some of the worst human rights abusers in Latin America.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Defence Industry Daily

$203M to Lockheed Martin to Operate Fort Bragg Logistics Center

Men at work Lockheed Martin received a task order to manage the Field Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Bragg , NC.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Associated Content

Fort Benning/Army Childcare for Single Soldiers Desperately Needs an Overhaul

Go forward and answer the call. That is the number one job of a soldier and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are stretching our nations army thin.

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WRBL

Columbus Police Investigating Weekend Murder

Police say the incident happened in the parking lot at the Waffle House off of Veterans Parkway.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Netscape

Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.

Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S. >> Posted By dissent 4 hours, 33 minutes ago in News Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S. At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras today were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing ...

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

WLUK-TV Green Bay

Army names top drill sergeants for 2009

Staff Sgt. Michael Johnston from Fort Benning, Ga., won the active-duty 2009 Drill Sergeant of the Year title June 26, 2009.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Combat support unit returning from Iraq

The Army says about 90 soldiers from the 63rd Engineer Company are scheduled to return to Fort Benning from a 15-month deployment to Iraq early Monday.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Fort Benning trainees learn how to react to heat injuries

Heat injuries are so common among soldiers drilling on Fort Benning during the summer months that basic trainees are required to practice twice a day on how to quickly and effectively respond to life-threatening conditions.

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WVEC-TV Norfolk

Army names drill sergeants of the year at Fort Monroe

After a week-long competition, the Army Training and doctrine Command named its 2009 Drill Sergeants of the Year.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

Queensra Che Rocks Troops At Fort Benning; Video Available

On Monday, May 18, QUEENSRA CHE rocked the troops at Fort Benning, Georgia in between tour dates in support of their new Rhino Records CD, "American Soldier" . The post welcomed QUEENSRA CHE with "open arms" as they gave all band members and their crew an exhilarating ride in an M1A1 Abrams tank and an M2 Bradley tank.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

IEP High School Mania - El Paso Times

Bomb kills Fort Bliss soldier

A Fort Bliss infantryman wounded in combat on a previous tour died Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Iraq, Army officials said Friday.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

WRBL

Fort Benning July 4th Celebration

Independence Day is two weeks away but you can celebrate early with Fort Benning.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Columbus police officers plead not guilty to felonies

Two former Columbus police officers and a Fort Benning soldier pleaded not guilty to felony charges in two unrelated cases in federal court Friday.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Story: Benning trainees build on long legacy of the Infantry

It was a sight that so overwhelmed Alma Powell, wife of former Secretary of State and retired Gen.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Fort Benning's Barbero to head Iraq transition, get third star

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, commander of the U.S. Army Infantry Center and Fort Benning, will soon get his third star, according to a post press release.

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