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...Hemming began to talk about his unit's new rotation schedule, and its extended tours in Iraq, and the room became perceptibly tenser. Speaking more quickly out of what seemed like nervous determination, Hemming said extra time on the battlefield allowed his unit to become more familiar with the terrain. But the shorter-than-usual spells Stateside were inadequate. "Our time back at home is very limited," he said, adding that this put great stress on Marines' families...
...CHANGE? Tightened security along the U.S.-Mexico border has officials pursuing suspects in tougher terrain and more extreme desert heat. These uniforms match the new job description...
More than two dozen people across the region have been killed in weather-related incidents. Mud slides have been reported in the hilly terrain of southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin, where rains have been particularly fierce. Iowans are bracing as a lake near Des Moines is expected to rise nearly 40 feet in the coming days. Record rainfall has been reported in towns like Hokah, Minn. The governors of Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency for parts of their states. Yet, the Midwestern storm's impact remains uneven: Nearly one-quarter of Minnesota...
...something about another Kurdish radical group, the PKK, which is fighting its own insurgency against the Turkish state. The ruling Kurdish parties of northern Iraq say there is little they can do about these radical groups. Not only are the PKK and PEJAK hardened guerilla fighters in formidable terrain, but the Iraqi Kurds' own security forces are stretched pretty thin keeping their territory safe from Arab terrorists in the rest of the country. That threat is as real as ever. The official death toll from last week's suicide attacks against several towns near Iraqi Kurdistan has risen to over...
...technology in its air traffic control systems. Package delivery company UPS uses the technology in many of its planes and at its hub in Louisville, Ken. The FAA has also been testing it since the late 1990s in Alaska, which had a high accident rate because of the rough terrain in the state. Since the satellite technology was installed on small planes in Alaska, its accident rate there has declined 40%, says Blakey...