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...Like many veterans of the Vietnam-era Army, he bridles at suggestions that the draftee force was riddled with misfits and druggies. "We didn't run off to Canada," he says, taking a swipe at those who avoided the draft by heading north. "While it makes great rhetoric to stand up and say 'We don't want a draft Army because the draft Army was bad,' the facts don't support it," Mellinger says. "Just because they didn't run down and sign up doesn't make them less deserving of respect for their contributions." There's a sensitivity evident...
...saga really done? Questions about the tanks' ownership arose shortly after the pirates seized the Faina on Sept. 25. The BBC published a document that it claimed was the Faina's freight manifest. The contract number on the manifest includes the initials "MOD/GOSS" - initials which some experts claimed stand for Ministry of Defense/Government of South Sudan. (See pictures of Somalia's face of modern piracy...
...occurred on one of the only weekends the Harvard fencing team had off, further demonstrating the dedication and passion Vloka has for the sport. “She has four years to train and get better,” Brand said. “The only thing that can stand in her way is school. It can be difficult.” Vloka will need to find a balance over the next four years of school, training, and traveling to national tournaments. But if she continues to work hard and be successful, she just might follow in Cross?...
Within weeks, a Wisconsin state attorney brought charges of reckless endangerment against Kara's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann. The couple protested on grounds of religious freedom, but Judge Vincent Howard of Marathon County Circuit Court ordered Mr. and Mrs. Neumann to stand trial this spring. If convicted, each faces up to 25 years in prison. Unleavened Bread Ministries immediately released a statement saying the couple is being unfairly punished for the "crime of praying." (Read the top 10 religion stories...
Piqued by criticism that her career is more hype than substance, Royal says her detractors "are all contemptuous of me" before boasting "I'm so far ahead of them all." And responding to derision that her infamous September 2008 rally was a mix of infomercial, stand-up comedy and political televangelism, Royal upped the ante. "You have to be a moron to scream about sacrilege, about cultish [behavior] when everyone is in ecstasy over [Barack] Obama's campaign," she says in the book, echoing her contention when Obama was sworn in last month that the new U.S. President had "copied...