Wounded and with his platoon leader dead, he and his men overcame a Taliban ambush
The locals had not shown up for work at Vehicle Patrol Base Seray on the morning of July 31, 2007, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Upp was concerned. Combined with intelligence reports of an imm...
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise,
Thu Dec 10 22:38:12 PST 2009
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National League Team Notes
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USA Today,
Fri Dec 11 02:42:13 PST 2009
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Washington Nationals Team Report
Beginning the winter meetings by trading for Yankees reliever Brian Bruney and punctuating them by giving 38-year-old catcher Ivan Rodriguez a two-year deal that caught many teams off guard...
USA Today,
Fri Dec 11 02:54:25 PST 2009
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Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report
If the Dodgers are to make their third National League Championship Series in three seasons in 2010, it looks as if they are going to have to do it with one of the least experienced startin...
USA Today,
Fri Dec 11 02:53:27 PST 2009
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Kansas City Royals Team Report
First baseman/DH Mike Jacobs, who was the Royals' premier acquisition in the 2008 offseason, and left-hander John Bale, who was signed in 2006 after three solid seasons in Japan, were relea...
USA Today,
Fri Dec 11 02:51:08 PST 2009
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'I didn't see where the gunman came from'
Spc. James D. Ashley's platoon, nicknamed Killer Troop, pulled an early morning patrol on Nov. 12, 2008, from its outpost in downtown Mosul, arguably the most dangerous "post-surge" city in...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald,
Thu Dec 10 12:24:26 PST 2009
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Woods' crash hampers wealthy neighbors' privacy
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Park Hills Daily Journal,
Thu Dec 10 11:04:58 PST 2009
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The Leading Business Weekly
IF a Shakespeare should ever arise in Bangladesh, he would have plenty of tragedies around which to weave his history plays. ON a blustery beach in South Africa
Zimbabwe Independent,
Thu Dec 10 07:03:37 PST 2009
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Wounded Soldier Saves Comrade
Spc. James D. Ashley
Arkansas News Bureau,
Thu Dec 10 03:31:02 PST 2009
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Meetings help lay Sox's groundwork
Meetings help lay Sox's groundwork
Major League Baseball,
Thu Dec 10 18:49:33 PST 2009
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On Syria border: No sign of Saddam loyalists
Iraq's border with Syria runs for hundreds of miles through barren land patrolled by a relative scattering of security forces. But despite claims about exiled Saddam Hussein loyalists sneak...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Thu Dec 10 06:13:16 PST 2009
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Former Revere man earns Bronze Star
Army Specialist Marc Silvestri was pinned behind a bush in the mountains of Afghanistan, about 2 miles from the Pakistani border. Dozens of Taliban insurgents fired at him from three sides.
Boston Globe,
Thu Dec 10 21:28:35 PST 2009
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CTB: Cubs
Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Cubs "are close to trading Milton Bradley" and "all indications are that he'll be going to Tampa Bay." Bradley has been linked to the Rays for ...
MSNBC,
Thu Dec 10 13:47:53 PST 2009
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The extraordinary story of the US 12th Infantry in Afghanistan
It's the meanest, most dangerous hellhole in Afghanistan. But instead of killing, the US 12th Infantry is trying to make friends. This is their extraordinary story..
Daily Mirror,
Fri Dec 11 02:21:52 PST 2009
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Man escapes blaze
A passerby who alerted a man to the fact his house was on fire on Thursday morning probably saved his life.
The Chronicle-Journal,
Fri Dec 11 00:32:30 PST 2009
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CBHS Support our troops campaign
Colonial Beach High School students gather outside the Post Office last Wednesday, loaded up with boxes to mail overseas. The students, headed by the Student Council Association and Trici...
The Journal Press,
Wed Dec 09 12:12:33 PST 2009
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A reunited band of brothers
World-Herald News Service ASHLAND Ed Mauser stood in the doorway of the C47, turned and smiled at the adoring fans, many of whom elbowed their way through the crowd and stood on their tipto...
North Platte Telegraph,
Fri Dec 11 03:34:52 PST 2009
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Veteran gets France's highest honor for World War II service
EL PASO -- Abelardo R. Navarrette Sr. received France's highest honor on Thursday, 65 years after the Normandy invasion. The World War II veteran received the Legion of Honor medal for figh...
El Paso Times,
Thu Dec 10 23:07:38 PST 2009
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Local/area briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 1
Monday accident injures two Two people were taken by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island after a two vehicle collision at Highway 2 and Webb Road.
Grand Island Independent,
Fri Dec 11 02:41:51 PST 2009
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