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Evangel University mourns loss of graduate killed by bomb in Afghanistan
ewood@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Students and faculty members at Evangel University gathered Thursday morning to remember one of their own. Army 1st Lt. David Johnson, 24, was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday by a roadside bomb while he was on foot patrol....Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Memorial service honors Navy SEAL in Green Forest
jscherder@ky3.comGREEN FOREST, Ark. -- A Navy SEAL from the Ozarks was one of 30 U.S. troops killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6. Family and friends honored Senior Chief Tommy Ratzlaff at a memorial service on Tuesday. Jim...Tags: High School Sports, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Defense
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African-American veteran remembers harsh words after his service in World War 2
sgrant@ky3.comWASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 1.2 million African-Americans saw combat during World War 2. Around the same number were drafted or enlisted for non-combat jobs to support the U.S. military around the globe during that war. The latest Ozarks Honor...Tags: U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Minority Groups
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Arkansas Fishing Report
Fishing Tip: Looking for more information on the lakes listed? Click the lake’s name in this report. The link will send you to that lake’s profile page on the AGFC’s new website. The page lists the regulations for that body of water and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Event Planning, Fishing, U.S. Army, Travel
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Syrian dissidents report at least 50 killed in single town
World NowAt least 50 people were reportedly killed Friday in attacks in the Syrian town of Houla northwest of Homs, according to opposition activist groups. Dissidents said it was one of many attacks by government forces Friday as protests erupted across the... -
DigitalGlobe, GeoEye jump on nod for imagery funding
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - DigitalGlobe Inc and GeoEye Inc on Friday welcomed a decision by the Senate Armed Services Committee to authorize continued funding for commercial imagery purchases, a move that sent the two companies' shares sharply higher. Shares...Tags: U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Marketing
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Robert L. Rice Sr., 87
Robert Lee Rice Sr., 87, died peacefully Thursday, April 26, 2012, with family members by his side at Cape Canaveral Hospital, Fla. He was of the Protestant faith. He was born April 3, 1925, in Pinesburg, Md., Washington County. He came to live in Brevard...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Cape Canaveral, Richard Lee, Brevard County
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Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, massacre claimed
ReutersBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the hostages at the centre of a kidnap drama heightening tensions over the conflict in...Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Beirut (Lebanon), Turkey, Murder
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AWOL Muslim Soldier Guilty in Fort Hood Bomb Plot
CNNWACO, Tex. -- A U.S. soldier charged with plotting to blow up troops from the nation's largest Army post has been found guilty of a battery of federal charges, prosecutors announced Thursday. Naser Jason Abdo was found guilty of attempted use of a weapon...Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Psychiatry, Freedom of Religion, Murder
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UPDATE 3-Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen
Reuters(Adds claim of responsibility) SANAA, May 25 (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said....Tags: Yemen, Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saudi Arabia, Religion and Belief
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Two female soldiers sue military over ban on combat roles
Two female soldiers are suing the Department of Defense and the Army to end policies prohibiting women from serving in a combat role. Their complaint, filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that the military is...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Laws, Trials, Minority Groups, U.S. Army
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Moratorium on the dead is cause for celebration this Memorial Day
If all goes as planned, Army veteran Frank Schmidgall will amble across the manicured grounds at Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Orlando on Monday morning, toward Section F. Where troops are mustered for eternity. And as he's done the past 16...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, U.S. Army
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