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46 min ago | Seattle Times

2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor." Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw were remembered Tuesday at a private memorial ceremony at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Chapel at Quantico , the agency reported on ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, US Marine Corps

Tue May 21, 2013

KRCR

Oklahoma tornado death toll expected to rise

A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary schools.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, US National Guard, Moore, OK, Weather

KMBC-TV

Army suspends general over alleged misconduct

The Army has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina due to allegations of adultery and assault, an Army spokesman said.

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Related Topix: US Army, Fort Jackson

EDGE

GOP Nominates Anti-Gay Minister for Virginia Lt. Gov.

The Associated Press reports that Virginia Republicans have nominated the controversial conservative minister E.W. Jackson for the state's lieutenant governor, making him the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, US Marine Corps

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Military joins search for tornado victims

Military forces used thermal imaging technology and other specialized equipment to help search for victims buried in rubble from Monday's devastating tornado outside Oklahoma City.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, US Air Force

Eagle 102

Here's the inspirational story of an American flag hanging amid the Oklahoma tornado's destruction

Tragedy struck Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, with death, injury and destruction running rampant .

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KARE-TV Minneapolis

Historic Lake Superior lighthouse offered free - with a catch

No longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, the lighthouse is being offered to any eligible group that would use it - and pay for its upkeep - for education, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes.

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Related Topix: Superior, WI, US Coast Guard, US News, Sports

Russia Taday

Ongoing military rape epidemic: 85k vets treated for sex abuse in 2012

More than 85,000 US veterans received medical treatment for sex abuse trauma in 2012, while only 4,000 applied for disability benefits.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Milbridge, ME, US Navy

Mon May 20, 2013

WRAL.com

South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics

Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.

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Related Topix: Mandela, Drama Movies, World News, South Africa, Africa, US Air Force

NBC Washington

Navy Dolphins Uncover Rare Torpedo

Did the idea of "Navy dolphins" confuse you? Then you should know there is an entire program dedicated to studying and training marine mammals, called the Navy Marine Mammal Program .

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WHDH

Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday

The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Vandenberg Air Force Base, US Air Force

WKRN

More Fort Campbell troops return from Afghanistan

The plane carrying nearly 90 members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division touched down at the U.S. Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border Sunday evening.

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Journal Gazette

FBI Agents Killed in Virginia Training Accident

Two FBI agents from an elite counterterrorism unit based in Northern Virginia were killed Friday during a training exercise in the Virginia Beach area, the FBI said Sunday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia Beach, VA, Quantico, VA, US Navy

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Robin Abcarian: Military sex assault scandal goes from bad to worse

After writing last week about the Pentagon's report on the dramatic increase in reports of sexual assault in the last two years, I went back and looked at some of the coverage of one of the most notorious sexual assault scandals in U.S. military history, which took place in 1991 at the annual gathering of the Tailhook Association, a group of active ... (more)

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Sun May 19, 2013

WTVG-TV Toledo

Norwalk man charged in meth lab bust

The raid happened in back in March. The Norwalk Reflector reports authorities found an active meth lab in the apartment of Allen Mobberly, 32.

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Related Topix: Youngstown, OH, US Coast Guard, US News

Genesee Country Express

Wingnuts contrive another silly Obama "scandal" - Umbrella-gate

When U.S. Marines were shown providing umbrella coverage for President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a Rose Garden news conference the other day , the right-wing noise machine went into high gear.

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Related Topix: US Marine Corps, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Middle East, World News

North Port Sun

Re-enactor brings Black Seminole history to life

SUN PHOTO BY AL HEMINGWAY Dressed in ceremonial garb, John Griffin explains the role Black Seminoles had during their conflicts with the U.S., during the 13th annual Emancipation Day celebration Saturday afternoon at the Blanchard House Museum in Punta Gorda.

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Related Topix: Seminole, FL, Punta Gorda, FL, US Army

Patch.com

Military Dog Sniffs Bomb Inches from Handler's Foot

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto will always consider Eddie a hero, regardless of the outcome of a public poll for the next American Hero Dogs.

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Related Topix: MacDill Air Force Base, US Air Force, San Antonio, TX

ABC11

After nearly 30 years, Camp Lejeune coming clean

Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this unassuming patch of grass and mud.

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Related Topix: US Marine Corps, US News

Rocky Mount Telegram

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

As a young Marine electronics technician at Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, the Massachusetts man figured he'd dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground.

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