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2011 vacation dreams and realities: What readers said
We asked readers where they would go if money and time were no object, and where they were likely to go in 2011. Thailand for dental work, one said. A trip with a friend to France, another said. Here are some of the other responses. Bon voyage! Waking in...Tags: Natural Resources, Colorado, Spain, Royal Caribbean International, Spring Training
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Air Force Senior NCO from Berks County to receive Medal of Honor
Content ManagerAn Air Force senior NCO who was killed 42 years ago will receive the Medal of Honor for actions he took after enemy forces overran a clandestine U.S. radar site in Laos in Southeast Asia. Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. "Dick" Etchberger, 35, died March 11,...Tags: White House, Health and Medical Professionals, Armed Forces, Defense, Physical Therapists
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Robert S. McNamara dies at 93; architect of the Vietnam War
Driven, cerebral and pugnacious, Robert S. McNamara was the preeminent policymaker behind the massive buildup of American forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968. As Defense secretary for two administrations, he wielded blizzards of facts and figures to...Tags: Diplomacy, Bill Clinton, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Ford, Errol Morris
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Robert S. McNamara, Defense Chief during Vietnam War, Dies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as "terribly wrong,'' died Monday. He was 93.
McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home,...Tags: Bombings, Guerrilla Activity, Iraq War (2003-2011), Henry Ford, The Associated Press
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PASSINGS: Bill Millin, Yvonne Lenart
Bill Millin
Bagpiper played at D-day invasion
Bill Millin, 88, a Scottish bagpiper who defied enemy fire as he led comrades into battle at the 1944 D-day landings in Normandy, France, died Wednesday at a hospital in Torbay, England, after a short...Tags: Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, Finance, Los Angeles, Health
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Sarah Palin's TEA Party: A third party?
The Swampby Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......Tags: United Nations, Australia (movie), Diplomacy, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Civil Unrest
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Agent Orange's lethal legacy: For U.S., a record of neglect
Tribune reportersPart 1 of a Tribune investigation finds that U.S. officials have neglected a lasting problem even as the health fallout has spread. Complete coverage >> In central Indiana, two sisters struggle through another day, afflicted by a painful condition in...Tags: Science and Technology, Industrial Accidents, Hodgkins Disease, Armed Forces, Pacific Ocean
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Blumenthal Counters With Longer Version Of Video
The Hartford CourantA 2008 video clip of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asserting that he served in Vietnam is perhaps the most damning evidence of what he says were his occasional misstatements about his military record. But in a longer clip from the same event,...Tags: Wesleyan University, Richard Blumenthal, Elections, Armed Forces, Political Campaigns
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'Map of the Invisible World' by Tash Aw
Map of the Invisible World
A Novel
Tash Aw
Spiegel & Grau: 318 pp., $25
Early in Tash Aw's second novel, "Map of the Invisible World," Din, an Indonesian university student, argues that the West thinks "the history of Southeast Asia started with the...Tags: Virginia, History, Central Intelligence Agency, Corporate Crime, Corruption
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Hairy-nosed otter, once believed to be extinct, is caught on camera in Borneo
L.A. UnleashedA photograph snapped on Borneo island of an otter once thought to be extinct in Malaysia has raised hopes that there's still time to save the creature, an official said Monday. The image of the hairy-nosed otter -- sometimes called...... -
Singaporean restaurant Spice Table to open downtown
Daily DishBryant Ng, a chef who helped open Pizzeria Mozza and has worked at Campanile as well as at Daniel in New York and La Folie in San Francisco, plans to open a Singaporean restaurant in downtown's Little Tokyo. Ng's Spice...... -
UCI professor receives $4.7M for malaria research
IRVINE — Close to half of the world's population risks contracting malaria on a daily basis. Although Africa ranks among the most dangerous regions for the illness, Southeast Asia has some of the strongest strains of malaria, which are growing...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Research, Health and Safety at School, Education, China
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