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Respected ex-NYPD detective suspected in bank rob
Associated Press WriterHe was a highly respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as the so-called...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Long Island, Cancer, Police
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Media Say Hezbollah Hit Lebanese Helicopter By Mistake
Associated PressHezbollah on Friday handed over a man suspected of firing on a Lebanese army helicopter a day earlier that killed a navigator, the militant group said. Hezbollah described Thursday's shooting as "very unfortunate and painful," but some media reports...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Defense, Armed Forces
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Pakistan's presidential favorite under guard
Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday as a militant campaign against the government led to more violence in the country's volatile northwest. The party of Asif...Tags: Political Candidates, Guerrilla Activity, Suicide, Armed Forces, Government
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Ill. spent millions securing prison set to close
Associated Press WriterIllinois spent more than $17 million in the late 1990s and early part of this decade turning the Pontiac prison the governor plans to close into a specialized lockup to keep hundreds of the state's most violent and destructive prisoners away from other...Tags: Regional Authority, State Budgets, Unions, Executive Branch, Employees
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BMW Donates Driving Lessons to Disabled Veterans
KickingTiresWounded veterans of the Iraq war face serious emotional and physical challenges upon returning home. The New York Times recently highlighted the efforts of BMW to make this transition just a little bit easier. The automaker donated instructors, the use......Tags: Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Veterans Affairs, New York Times, Defense
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Carter: McCain "milking" POW experience
Spin CycleThere is, as we have pointed out here occasionally, a danger to McCain if he overuses his POW experience -- which seems to be coming up again and again. So far, it's a third rail. Wesley Clark went after......Tags: Wesley Clark, John McCain, Lake Forest, Prisoners and Detainees, Jimmy Carter
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Obama Attacks 'Broken Politics'
Chicago TribuneBarack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a scathing assessment of John McCain and a searing indictment of the Bush administration, promising to repair "the broken politics of Washington" and preside over a more...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Vice, Los Angeles, Society, Political Candidates
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Veiwpoint: The Cold War, reheated
So you haven't liked the last couple of decades? Been longing for a simpler time, before text-messaging, Hannah Montana, the Global War on Terror and other total bummers? No problem. For you, we'll make it 1981 again. Rick Springfield, whose single...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Rick Springfield, Guerrilla Activity, Robert Gates, NATO
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Putin suggests U.S. may have provoked Georgia conflict
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe United States and Russia on Thursday traded some of their sharpest words over the conflict in Georgia, including a suggestion by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that Washington provoked the fighting to sway the outcome of the U.S. presidential...Tags: Economic Sanctions, Vladimir Putin, Foreign Aid, The White House, Diplomacy
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Deadly Afghan Raid May Have Been A Setup
Associated PressAfghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival clan. It was the latest twist in a tangled debate over what happened. U.N. officials...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Terrorism, Human Rights, NATO
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Senior Iraqi Official Arrested
Associated PressA senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday, suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said. The arrest of Ali al-...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Saddam Hussein, Civil Unrest, Defense, Police Arrests
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Exit strategy may be forced on United States by Iraq, not the other way around.
South Florida Sun-SentinelTHE ISSUE: Top Iraqi wants U.S. exit. John McCain supports the surge and a "win the war" approach to Iraq. Barack Obama opposes the war, and has called for a "responsible" exit. Whose argument is most persuasive? It may be a moot point. The ones...Tags: Government, Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama, John McCain, Guerrilla Activity
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