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Russian navy squadron sets off for Atlantic, Mediterranean
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's sole aircraft carrier and several accompanying ships set off Friday for the Atlantic and the Mediterranean — the latest in a series of efforts aimed to demonstrate the Kremlin's global reach. Navy spokesman Capt. Igor...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Armed Forces, Petroleum Industry, World War II
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Cruise ship adrift, taking on water
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina A cruise ship carrying 122 people is adrift and taking on water after running aground yesterday in the Antarctic but is in no danger of sinking, the Argentine Navy said. The Argentina-based Ushuaia - with 89 passengers and 33...Tags: Television Industry, Armed Forces, Maritime Accidents
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He quietly broke the color line
Gary Steele didn't attribute much significance to the pass he'd just caught. He was merely doing his job as the sophomore tight end for Army's football team. But in the stands at Michie Stadium, two older men gently knocked knees. It was a subtle gesture...Tags: Pfizer Incorporated, Armed Forces, Joe Paterno, ESPN, Colleges and Universities
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Stover doesn't mind a little backup
Little has changed for Matt Stover. Despite the Ravens' plan to have Steve Hauschka attempt field goals outside of Stover's range and handle kickoffs, Stover is still the team's primary kicker for field goals. It's a situation the 19-year veteran is...Tags: Houston Texans, Ed Reed, Philadelphia Eagles, Joey Porter, Ray Lewis
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Prep memories 'big deal'
The foundation of Navy's football dominance over Army can be found hundreds of miles north of Annapolis, at the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, R.I. It is there that a long-haired quarterback from Hawaii named Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada cut his locks...Tags: Michael Wright, Armed Forces, Colleges and Universities
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Groundwork
When a college football player first scores a touchdown before the home fans, it should be a moment of unfettered joy, of promise fulfilled.
For Darryl Hill, who integrated the U.S. Naval Academy's football program, then became the ACC's first black...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, Colleges and Universities, Civil Rights, Washington Redskins
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Deaths elsewhere
NICHOLAS MONTOS, 92 First to make FBI's most-wanted list twice Nicholas Montos, the oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts and a career criminal who was the first person to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list twice, died Sunday, Department of...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Prisons, Firearms, Theft, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Agency opens its house for military families
The Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Red Cross will welcome military families to an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the chapter, 4915 W. Mercury Blvd., Newport News. Local service members and the families will be recognized for the...Tags: Hampton Roads, Charity, Armed Forces, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Where the money's going
TCPalm.comDave Weldon, R-Indialantic • 8: earmarks requested worth $9.7 million • 7: earmarks approved worth $12.5 million Approved • $5.6 million: Canaveral Harbor (co sponsored with Sen. Mel Martinez). Bill: Corps of Engineers operation and maintenance. •...Tags: Armed Forces, Mario Diaz-Balart, Lauderdale Lakes, Ander Crenshaw, Barry University
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2 State Men Indicted In Boy's Uzi Death
The Hartford CourantA Massachusetts grand jury has indicted a police chief, two Connecticut men and a gun club in the Oct. 26 death of an 8-year-old Ashford boy who shot himself in the head at a machine gun event in Westfield, Mass. Christopher K. Bizilj lost control of a...Tags: Government, Lawyers, Interior Policy, Armed Forces, Firearms
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Gun club, police chief, 2 others face manslaughter charges in boy's Uzi death at Mass. show
Associated Press WriterSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter counts in the gun-fair death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi that a prosecutor said...Tags: Lawyers, Interior Policy, Armed Forces, Firearms, Prosecution
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Analysis: In her last dash into world's problems, Rice's diplomacy yields nothing specific
AP Military WriterISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came looking for a public pledge from Pakistan to go after terrorists using the country as a hideout, and an unsteady U.S.-backed government told her what she wanted to hear. It's not...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Asif Ali Zardari, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Diplomacy
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