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...After a two-day trial, a U.S. Army court-martial jury of three officers and five enlisted soldiers found Sgt. Evan Vela guilty of murdering an unarmed Iraqi man and guilty of helping to plant an AK-47 on him to make the killing look justified. It is a sentence that demonstrates the Army's willingness to hand down serious punishment to soldiers who kill noncombatant civilians. The jury ordered Vela to 10 years in prison, a reduction to the rank private, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and a dishonorable discharge. But the penalty was also seen...
...witness stand, Sgt. Robert Redfern, another soldier on that patrol, described a combat schedule leading up to the shooting that tested the limits of human endurance. In great detail, he chronicled two back-to-back two-day missions that included nighttime hikes while carrying 150 lb. packs in what may be the most dangerous area of the country. During the day, the soldiers had no choice but to bake in the open sun in 120 degree heat as they tried to conserve the three or four liters of water per man they had carried in. And, since they were either...
Some 50 tons of shredded paper fell over the Super Bowl-champion Giants during the Feb. 5 parade (left). Of more than 200 such parades in New York City, the largest--with 5,438 tons of ticker tape--was a two-day event to mark the U.S. victory over Japan...
...Harvard men’s swimming and diving team continued its march toward perfection this weekend with a resounding sweep in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet. The Crimson defeated the usually feisty Tigers 213.5-139.5 and trounced the Bulldogs 227.5-125.5 over the two-day meet in New Haven, Conn. Princeton topped Yale, 213-140.With the double victory, No. 22 Harvard ran its record to 8-0 overall and 7-0 EISL. The Crimson also rebounded from a defeat at the hands of Princeton at last year’s HYP meet, when the Tigers managed to escape with...
...events as the two teams faced off in BU’s home pool. Junior Bill Jones contributed to three of these 10 victories, taking the top spot in both the 200-freestyle and 100-butterfly. Jones, along with senior Pat Quinn, junior David Guernsey, and freshman Justin Davidson, also earned the win in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:33.78. “Jones had a really good meet,” Wollner said. “That was a tough two-day combo for us, [but] Bill swam really well.” Many other...