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At Hampton VA, caring for sexual assault victims is ongoing battle
— Over two weeks, the Pentagon has suffered a string of embarrassments in its effort to show progress in curbing sexual assault within the ranks. A Defense Department anonymous survey estimated a 35 percent increase in sexual assault and related...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Substance Abuse, Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Sex Crimes
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan, NATO, Armed Conflicts, Taliban
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US military praises Pakistan's steps to curb fertilizers used in Afghanistan bombs
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan, Military Equipment, Islamabad (Pakistan), Fertilizer
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Thomas Harvey: Aerospace engineer helped send men to the moon
In the early days of the nation's space program, when American astronauts were first launched into space from the scrublands of Cape Canaveral, Thomas Harvey was there to see it firsthand. As an aerospace engineer for Martin Marietta Corp., Harvey was...
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Winter Springs, Science and Technology, Neil Armstrong, Heart Attack
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Orlando woman lied about military service to avoid paying mortgage, feds say
No lie was too big to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said. Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in the...
Tags: U.S. Air Force, Trials, Judges, Mortgages, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hooversville teen aims for military career
Daily American Staff WriterSimon Knapp, an 18-year-old senior at Shade-Central City High School, has his sights set on a career as a U.S. Army officer. Growing up in a military family, the Hooversville teen said he is drawn to the pursuit of excellence at the U.S. military academy...Tags: U.S. Army, West Point
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Ses-qui-cen-ten-ni-al'
When it comes to American history, the Civil War remains a topic that's charged with emotion. So it's disappointing that there's not more passion at the heart of "Ses•qui•cen•ten•ni•al – The Civil War Remembered," a one-...
Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Orlando, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Punkin Milller would have loved this ceremony
One of the last things Punkin Miller wanted to do as manager of the MetLife Orioles in the Blue Mountain League was get a scoreboard dedicated at his team's Curt Simmons Field at Egypt Memorial Park. On Sunday afternoon, that scoreboard was dedicated,...Tags: College Baseball, High School Sports, Reggie Jackson, National League Championship Series, Miami Marlins
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Military's record on sexual assault: From bad to worse
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Another day, another military sexual assault scandal. On Tuesday, a week after the Air Force announced its chief of sexual assault prevention had been arrested in Arlington, Va., on suspicion of drunkenly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, the Army...Tags: Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, Lee Baca, Sexual Assault, F-bomb Dropping
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Turkish prime minister, Obama discuss Syria's civil war in White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish...Tags: Hamas, Politics, U.S. Department of State, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Government
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on chemical weapons in Syria
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON--President Obama on Thursday ruled out any unilateral U.S action in response to the alleged Syrian use of chemical weapons, further reducing the chance of any forceful response to the crossing of what Obama had described as a “red line.&...Tags: Hamas, Politics, Palestinian National Authority, Weaponry, Government
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U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...
Tags: White House, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Television Industry
May 19, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 19, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 18, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 18, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 17, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 13, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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