Four American service members were killed in a mortar attack on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a senior defense official confirmed to NBC News. NBCNews.com: World news
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U.S. service members killed in attack on Bagram Air Base
By admin on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
Holmes sanity test team likely will have 3 members
By admin on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
Holmes sanity test team likely will have 3 members Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:33 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 DENVER (AP) — The sanity evaluation of Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes probably will be conducted by a psychiatrist and [...]
Read More...BAFTA Gives Members Extra Week to Vote
By admin on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
LONDON — BAFTA voters will have an extra week to cast their votes for next year’s British Academy Film Awards. On Tuesday, BAFTA released its 2014 timetable for the awards, which sees nominations announced next year on January 8, while the ceremony will take place, as previously announced, on February 16. This year, nominations were… [...]
Read More...SAG-AFTRA Members OK Commercials Contract By 96%
By admin on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year commercials contract with 96% support among those voting. It’s the first major successor agreement to go into effect under the year-old merger of SAG and AFTRA. Approval had been expected. The union’s national board had unanimously approved the deal on April 21 and no organized opposition had… [...]
Read More...Members of U.S. Congress urge Redskins to change nickname
By admin on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 | Comments Off
Representatives sent letters to Redskins owner Dan Snyder, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Redskins sponsor FedEx and the other 31 NFL franchises, saying the name is offensive to Native Americans globeandmail – Sports
Read More...Americans gather to honor fallen service members
By admin on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 | Comments Off
ATLANTA — Susan Jimison was 14 in the summer of 1969 when her older brother, Warrant Officer Mark Clotfelter, was shot down on a mission in Vietnam. He was later confirmed dead. Forty-four years later, she’s writing a book about her brother and his company. “It’s written as a letter to him,” she said. “The [...]
Read More...Americans gather to honor fallen service members
By admin on Monday, May 27th, 2013 | Comments Off
ATLANTA — Americans planned to gather at cemeteries, memorials and monuments nationwide to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day, at a time when combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindles. President Barack Obama was expected to lay a wreath Monday at the Tomb of the [...]
Read More...Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
By admin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
The Boy Scouts voted to allow gay boys to participate. The ban on gay leaders remains. USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...IRS Official’s Silence Riles House Committee Members
By admin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
On Wednesday, Lois Lerner, the IRS official overseeing the tax-exempt organizations office, refused to testify during a hearing on Capitol Hill, and was attacked by some Republicans on the House committee. Her brief appearance was the beginning of a five-hour session marked by angry outbursts and allegations of political motives. Politics
Read More...At 87, queen shifting duties to other royal family members
By admin on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 | Comments Off
Queen Elizabeth II shows no signs of abdicating the throne at age 87. But she is relinquishing some aspects of her role to her son Prince Charles and other members of her family. NBCNews.com: World news
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