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...Mousab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian operative who directs many of the foreign jihadists, the Iraqi insurgency has attracted Islamic terrorists from around the world. But even without the provocation of Iraq, there's no reason to assume the terrorist threat to the U.S. would disappear. "Whether we pull out of Iraq or not," says a U.S. counterterrorism official, "al-Qaeda will still want to hit us where it hurts: in the homeland...
...another soldier as a gunman approaches. On Nov. 17, even as Representative John Murtha was stirring debate on Capitol Hill by calling for an immediate redeployment of U.S. troops, the young soldiers of Blue Platoon were amid a citywide battle that revealed just how hard it will be to pull U.S. troops out soon...
Holiday gatherings can act as glue to hold families together, but some people we love may not be able to pull up a chair at the table this year--or maybe ever. Others are only partially present. "Ambiguous loss" is the term coined by family therapist Pauline Boss of the University of Minnesota to describe the problem of having a loved one absent but not clearly dead--missing in war or a natural disaster--or only a limited presence because of Alzheimer's or an emotional issue. In an interview with TIME, Boss, whose new book for therapists, Loss, Trauma...
...Housman led Harvard with 16 points, but none were bigger than the two free throws he hit with 31 seconds left to give the Crimson a 73-70 advantage. The 5’11 rookie had just lost a crucial turnover which the Pioneers turned into a layup to pull within one for the first time since the 5:46 mark...
Harvard carved out a nine-point lead, 39-30, with 2:37 left in the first half as sophomore forward Brad Unger hit two free throws. But Frye and Pioneers guard Luke Granato hit back-to-back threes to pull within three, the same margin separating the two teams at the half...