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Ill. prison pass 18 vets from transition program
The Illinois Department of Corrections says 18 prisoners who've served in the military have graduated from a program designed to ease their reintegration into society. The newest graduates of the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program were...Tags: Veterans Affairs
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Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Associated Press WriterA conservative nonprofit group with a past link to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign wants to spend $2.8 million on an ad questioning Democrat Barack Obama's relationship to a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. The ad,...Tags: Weather Underground, Elections, Campaign Finance, Colleges and Universities, National Government
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U.S., Russia tussle on missile shield
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The ongoing and increasingly sharp rhetorical exchange between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday as the Bush administration moved one step closer to completing a deal to build an American missile shield in Poland, paving the...Tags: Robert Gates, National Government, Government, NATO, Weaponry
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Health care drops off the radar screen
The Swampby Jill Zuckman What happened to health care? In the daily rat-a-tat-tat between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, the silence is deafening. It was once the "it" topic of public policy that helped propel the Clintons into office, sparked......Tags: Elections, Mining, CBS Corp., Hillary Clinton, Insurance
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Gamber landlord charged with attempted murder of tenant
Sun reporterA 66-year-old Gamber landlord has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting and assault of a tenant who had come to pay his rent, state police in Westminster said today. Glenn Allen George, 46, had gone to the Niner Road home of his landlord,...Tags: Firearms, Assault, Murder
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Des Moines Marine reservists to return home
About 150 Marine reservists will return to Des Moines after serving seven months in Iraq. The Marines are members of the Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division of Fort Des Moines. A military officials says they are scheduled...Tags: Armed Forces
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France pays tribute to the 10 soldiers killed in Afghanistan
France paid tribute today to 10 of its soldiers killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, and the government said parliament would debate the army's presence there after the country's worst military loss in 25 years. At a religious ceremony in the golden-domed...Tags: Parliament, Government, Heads of State, Nicolas Sarkozy, Armed Forces
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Authorities searching for man who robbed Carbon bank twice
Authorities are still looking for a man suspected of robbing a Carbon County bank twice in two weeks, and Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is helping by featuring it as the crime of the week. Cash rewards are offered for anonymous tips leading to an arrest...Tags: Jim Thorpe, Theft, Armed Forces
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Suicide bombers killed at least 64 people at the Pakistan army weapons complex
Tribune correspondentTwo suicide bombers killed at least 64 people during a shift change at the Pakistan army's main weapons complex Thursday, a sign of the worsening security in the troubled country as parties in the ruling coalition continued to squabble over priorities...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Death and Dying, National Government, Bombings, Government
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Russia Ends Cooperation with NATO
Associated PressBURSSELS, Belgium -- Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia. Alliance spokeswoman Carmen Romero said NATO had received notification...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Dmitry Medvedev, Bombings, Multi-Sport Events, Diplomacy
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Obama: From unknown to nominee, a meteoric rise
AP National WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- When Barack Obama arrived at the Democratic National Convention eight years ago, he was a politician in need of clout. He had just been trounced in his bid for Congress. His credit card was rejected at the car rental counter. He couldn'...Tags: Parliament, Legal Service, Denver Broncos, Columbia University, Sharon Cohen
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Rice meets with Maliki, but says U.S.-Iraq security deal isn't imminent
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBAGHDAD -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today downplayed expectations that the signing of a U.S.-Iraq security agreement was imminent after she met here with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. "We'll have agreement when we have agreement. So all...Tags: Muqtada Sadr, Parliament, Government, Armed Forces, United Nations
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