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Family of veteran who battled post-traumatic stress wants to help others with same condition
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — The parents of an Indiana soldier who died in a car crash after struggling with post-traumatic stress syndrome says there are thousands more veterans like their son who need help. Tyler Armacost served 16 months in Iraq and...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine
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Wethersfield Memorial Parade Offers Both Celebration, Solemnity
The town is gearing up to honor veterans from the Afghanistan conflict to the Revolutionary War at the upcoming Memorial Day parade. This year's parade will step off at 9 a.m. on May 25 from the state Department of Motor Vehicle parking lot on State...
Tags: Wethersfield, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Politics
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Review: 'Free the Mind' documentary finds hope in meditation
There's something healing about simply watching "Free the Mind," Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary spotlighting the use of such drug-free options as meditation and mindfulness to treat anxiety and trauma. Writer-director...
Tags: Culture, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Social Sciences, Movies
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Judge: Texts can be used in Jerome murder trial
Daily American Staff WriterA Somerset County judge will allow text messages between homicide suspect Erin Nicole Everett and her co-defendant, William Stanley Nair, to be used at trial. In April President Judge John M. Cascio heard arguments both for and against the use of the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior, Defendants, Shootings, Prosecution
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Section 8 (housing), Budget Control Act of 2011
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: University of Utah, Explosions, Epidemics and Plagues, Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan
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Judge to decide fate of US soldier who killed servicemen in Iraq
ReutersBy Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE, May 16 (Reuters) - A military judge is expected to rule on Thursday whether a U.S. soldier who faces a likely life sentence for killing five fellow servicemen in a 2009 shooting spree in Iraq will ever be eligible for parole....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment, Armed Forces, Military Justice
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Florida should stop putting its youths in solitary confinement
The time is now to end solitary confinement of Florida's youth. Several years ago, I taught English as a second language to students from all over the world. Two young students, newly arrived and excited to see the United States, decided to do some...Tags: Students, Human Rights, Tampa, Florida Legislature, Teaching and Learning
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Greenwich Village, Dining and Drinking, U.S. Congress, Guillaume Canet
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Judge rules U.S. soldier's killing of five was premeditated
ReutersTACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A military judge ruled on Monday that a U.S. soldier who shot and killed five fellow servicemen at a combat stress clinic in Iraq acted with premeditation, a decision that will almost surely get him life in prison. U.S....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lawyers, Firearms, Theft
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: Heart Disease, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Ozarks woman sexually assaulted in military is encouraged by calls for change
lrussell@ky3.comMARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The shocking numbers released this week of sexual assaults in U.S. military services come as no surprise to one woman here. She is one of the thousands of sexual assult victims. It happened to Carrie Watkins 30 years ago, but she...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Assault, U.S. Military, Sexual Assault
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