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About 9,600 current and former Marines are eligible for at least $500 through a new program that pays troops for the months they were kept on active duty by the Defense Department's stop-loss policy, Marine officials said.

Expect traffic delays as a funeral procession for DEA Special Agent Michael E. Weston makes its way to Quantico Marine Corps Base this afternoon.

A spokeswoman says the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Va., is at "threat condition alpha" after shootings in Fort Hood, Texas, that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.

KABUL a ' President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise.

Senior Defense Department officials today showcased a more agile, downsized version of the militarya s family of super-armored vehicles now arriving in Afghanistan.

The story of Sgt. David Budwah baffles the mind. This man, not content to serve his country in whatever capacity it deemed fit, decided he would make up a hero's tale to regale listeners and earn unwarranted awards.

A press release from the FBI today invites condolences to the team members of the Belgian Malinois.

Three Drug Enforcement Administration officers were killed Monday when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan during a narcotics mission.

Sgt. David Budwah is headed for a dishonorable discharge from the Marine Corps, but he finally did something honorable last week: He admitted to faking post-traumatic stress disorder and to making up a service record to get treatment worthy of an actual hero.

In a cramped 6 feet by 10 feet Oxford Police Department interrogation room, Lt. Det. Dan Umbstead explains his preferred interrogation technique.

A Marine noncommissioned officer who faked being a decorated wounded war hero was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in the brig and fined $25,000. Sgt.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a warning yesterday about the spread of materials and know-how for making nuclear weapons, citing a failure to stop North Korea from developing the bomb and weakness in the U.N. agency responsible for monitoring nuclear programs.

A second trial has begun to determine whether a mentally ill man who stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others, was legally insane at the time.

The Marine Corps says a sergeant charged with faking war injuries to obtain freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty.

Hubert R. Johnson, 84, of Triangle departed this life at home on Wednesday morning, Oct.

The Drug Enforcement Administrationa s legal office wants to replace its existing case management system with a new off-the-shelf software application.

Starting in November, Fredericksburg area residents who work in Tysons Corner will have a new commute option.

Assault and Battery, occurred on October 6, 2009, around 6:50 p.m. in the 14600 block of Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge.

CLAWSON - Clawson Police Chief Harry Anderson plans on starting a Citizens Police Academy, one of the benefits residents will get from his training this summer at the FBI National Academy.

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