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Memorial Day closings
Holiday closings GOVERNMENT OFFICES FEDERAL: Closed STATE: Closed LOCAL: Gloucester County — Closed Hampton — Closed Isle of Wight County — Closed James City County — Closed Mathews County — Closed Middlesex...Tags: Deltaville, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Environmental Issues, Urbanna, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Pakistan doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden sentenced
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani doctor who led a phony vaccination campaign aimed at helping the CIA pinpoint Osama bin Laden's whereabouts was convicted of treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a decision that is likely to...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, DNA, Disease Prevention, Politics, Preventative Medicine
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: State University of New York, Stony Brook, College Sports, Jimmy Carter, U.S. Army
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Obama touts American exceptionalism in speech
The Washington PostCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- President Barack Obama sent 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets into active duty Wednesday by laying out his vision for a postwar America in which the United States leads beyond the battlefield and defiantly challenging his critics'...Tags: Afghanistan, NATO Summit, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Pakistani doctor who helped find bin Laden gets prison
Los Angeles Times (MCT)ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani doctor who led a phony vaccination campaign aimed at helping the CIA pinpoint Osama bin Laden's whereabouts was convicted of treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a decision that is likely to further erode...Tags: Leon Panetta, Biotechnology Industry, Central Intelligence Agency, Drugs and Medicines, Osama bin Laden
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Obama to address Air Force Academy grads, campaign in Bay Area
President Obama plans to speak at a U.S. military service academy on Wednesday, a forum he has used throughout his administration to chart an evolution in military strategy and the gradual process of withdrawal from Afghanistan. The president is...Tags: Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, NATO Summit, Barack Obama
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Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden gets 33 years in prison
World NowA Pakistani doctor who led a phony vaccination campaign aimed at helping the CIA pinpoint Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts was convicted of treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a decision that is likely to further erode Washington&#... -
Bin Laden realized the truth: Terrorism doesn't work
Five weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden publicly commanded his foot-soldiers to ramp up the violence against American civilians. But five weeks before his death, he privately instructed his lieutenants to refrain from killing any civilians....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Social Sciences, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ariel Sharon
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Mids describe smooth transition from 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.
His friend didn't know it, Atwill says, but he really was gay — and under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,...Tags: Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton, Minority Groups, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Preakness 2012 Infield beer waits swell to 30 minutes
Revelers in the Preakness Infield were jovial Saturday morning, staking out prime spots -- near the track for some, and near concert stages for others. Lines for betting moved quickly, while the wait for those paying $20 extra for a refillable beer mug...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Federal Hill, Equestrian
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Mariano cruises to Run for the Dream half-marathon win, Williamsburg's Quarles wins women's race
WILLIAMSBURG — Exhaust emissions were the only downside to Greg Mariano's first half marathon. Otherwise, the 26-year-old Arlington resident was locked in and pleased. Running by himself for the last 12 miles, Mariano cruised to victory in the...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), College Sports, Politics, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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'Battleship's' real-life soldier Greg Gadson is action tested
While promoting the movie"Battleship"in Tokyo last month,U.S. ArmyCol. Greg Gadson found himself face-to-face with a stunned reporter. "He thought I was computer-generated," said Gadson, a burly former West Point football player who walks with the aid of...
Tags: Battleship (movie), Entertainment, Physical Therapists, U.S. Army, Taylor Kitsch
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