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Seven Marines killed, others injured in Nevada training explosion
Seven Marines were killed during a training exercise at a U.S. Army depot in western Nevada, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday. The explosion shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at Hawthorne Army Depot also injured several others from the 2nd Marine...Tags: U.S. Army, Emergency Incidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Explosions
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Mortar explosion blamed for 7 Marine deaths at Nevada training site
A live ammunition training exercise erupted in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured at least seven others at a storied Nevada military munitions depot, officials said Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred about 10 p.m. Monday night at the...
Tags: U.S. Army, Brian Sandoval, World War II (1939-1945), Armed Forces, Politics
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7 service members killed in training exercise in Nevada
US military: 7 service members killed in training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada An official at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada says an explosion has occurred during a Marine Corps training exercise. Russ Collier told KRNV-TV in Reno that...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Explosions
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How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va.,...Tags: Harry S. Truman, Armed Forces, Food and Drug Administration, Layoffs and Downsizing, Defense Intelligence Agency
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New Details in Trial of General Charged With Forcible Sodomy
![FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An Army brigadier general stands accused of sexual misconduct with subordinates and a civilian, of threatening one woman’s career and her life, and of responding "I'm a general, I'll do whatever the [expletive] I want” when challenged about making demeaning comments about women, military prosecutors said Monday.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-09/72547564-26121645.jpg "FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An Army brigadier general stands accused of sexual misconduct with subordinates and a civilian, of threatening one woman’s career and her life, and of responding "I'm a general, I'll do whatever the [expletive] I want” when challenged about making demeaning comments about women, military prosecutors said Monday.")
Los Angeles TimesFORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An Army brigadier general stands accused of sexual misconduct with subordinates and a civilian, of threatening one woman’s career and her life, and of responding "I'm a general, I'll do whatever the [expletive] I want” when...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Sexual Misconduct, Afghanistan, Courts-Martial
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Sources Name Alleged Gunman In Wisconsin Temple Shooting
The man who shot six people to death and wounded three others during a rampage at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb was an Army veteran who may have been a white supremacist, according to information from authorities and neighbors.
Law enforcement...Tags: Murder, Hate Crimes, White House, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Police Investigations
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Police ID Army vet as Wis. temple shooting gunman
An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far-right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four, according to information Monday from law enforcement authorities. Wade Michael...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Customs and Tradition, Interior Policy
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Kids Hailed as Heroes in Wisconsin Temple Attack
CNNOAK CREEK, Wisconsin -- Two young children have emerged as heroes after warning others of a gunman on a rampage at their Sikh house of worship in suburban Milwaukee. Abhay Singh, 11, and his sister, Amanat, 9, were sitting outside the gurdwara Sunday...Tags: Harley-Davidson Inc., Sikh Temple Shooting (2012), September 11, 2001 Attacks, The Pentagon, Shootings
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Titanic: For many victims, their final resting place is in Halifax, Canada
Halifax, Canada — A cold wind ripped through Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Then came the frigid rain. In a minute, I was thinking, the headstones will be shivering. "Now," said Blair Beed, my guide, "imagine how it would have been in those lifeboats....
Tags: Entertainment, John Green, James Cameron, Titanic (movie, 1997), Dining and Drinking
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Choosing to photograph, choosing to publish, choosing to look
Before they started snapping pictures, the amateur photographers of the 82nd Airborne Division whose work was recently made famous by the Los Angeles Times had official business to transact: bombings to investigate, corpses to identify, biometric...
Tags: Music, Baltimore County, Entertainment, Photography and Video, Concerts
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U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
Los Angeles TimesThe paratroopers had their assignment: Check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for identification. The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived at the...Tags: Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Interior Policy, The Pentagon, Police Investigations
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Portugal won't extradite fugitive killer George Wright to U.S.
Nation NowEscaped hijacker and killer George Wright wins his bid to remain in Portugal. A court in Portugal has rejected the U.S.' request to extradite him....
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