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...were trapped inside by the flood waters. As they filed into the helicopter with the most meager of belongings, the emotional pain of the adults contrasted with the excitement of children like Dawonne Matthews, 11, who was taking his first 'copter ride, joyfully sporting the helmet that crew chief Cpl. Jessica Buckley, 25, had given him to wear. "We've never felt so forgotten in our lives," said Dawonne's mother, Trinise Henry, who said the family's food and bottled water had begun running out the day before. "Thank God this helicopter showed up, because I really thought...
...tiny town of Crawford is Fort Qualls named in honor of Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls killed in Fallujah last fall. Among the patriotic displays are the three crosses bearing his son's name that Gary Qualls has retrieved from the antiwar protest site. "There is a big difference between our wants and our needs," Qualls said. "We know what Cindy wants, but we know what our needs...
...them the old-fashioned way: with cold cash. When he placed third at a major tournament in Dallas, he went home, slapped a check on the table and said, "I won $4,000 playing a video game!" Since then, Wendel has been world champion of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL)--the gamer's equivalent of the NBA--three times. Over the next three months, he'll play in tournaments in Brazil, Britain, Sweden, Germany, France and Finland, and all over the U.S. and Asia. Outfits like the CPL are bent on becoming big-time spectator-sports leagues like...
...short list of people who now hate us: John Gotti, The Spee, Delta Gamma, Wellesley Women for W and Cpl. Clifford W. Kitto of the U.S. Marine Corps...
...funny, we thought to ourselves upon penning the line. But Cpl. Clifford W. Kitto of the U.S. Marine Corps was not as amused. “You are making a joke about Soldiers, Sailors and Marines being killed, a subject which I don’t think anybody has the right to joke about,” wrote Cpl. Kitto, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Now if you think I’m being hard and humorless that’s fine, all I ask is in the future keep comments like that...