Panetta restricts F-22 flights due to oxygen system complaints

Tue May 15, 2012 3:33 PM EDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to restrict flights of its new F-22 stealth fighters because of continuing problems with the aircraft's oxygen system.

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Marines sold stolen combat weapons to gangs, China

Tue May 15, 2012 12:22 PM EDT

American troops sold $2 million worth of weapons and combat gear, including assault rifles and night vision goggles to street gangs and to foreign countries, including China, in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy uncovered by a Navy probe, according to military officials. A two-y …

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military, marines, crime, ncis, featured, jeff-black, stolen-weapons

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Incoming! Clueless campers disrupt live-fire military exercises

Mon May 14, 2012 6:31 PM EDT

A group of die-hard campers who passed through barriers and ignored warnings of live-fire military drills as they tried to locate the ideal spot to pitch their tent may have to pay for their folly. Over the weekend, Sweden’s Marine Regiment of Vaxholm was launching live mor …

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sweden, military, campers

Postal Service ban on overseas delivery of iPads, smart phones hits troops

Mon May 14, 2012 3:13 PM EDT

Starting Wednesday, it will cost more to send iPads, Kindles, smartphones and other popular electronic devices to American troops overseas. New United States Postal Service (USPS) rules restrict the international mailing of devices using lithium batteries, which power most …

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military, usps, lithium-batterieis, ipods-for-soldiers

New Tennessee law aims to curb teaching 'gateway sexual activity'

Sat May 12, 2012 12:49 AM EDT

Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior. Gov. Bill Haslam's office Friday confirmed to Reuters that Haslam had sign …

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NJ Gov. Chris Christie: 'Government is out of control'

Fri May 4, 2012 10:07 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday urged Washington lawmakers to speak honestly with the American people, warning the public may not like the solutions necessary to fix the country's economic woes, but "they know in their heart they have to accept it." "Don't …

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Effects of misconduct threaten war efforts, Defense Secretary Panetta warns

Fri May 4, 2012 3:14 PM EDT

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Friday said America is succeeding in Afghanistan, but warned that enemies are looking for new ways to inflict damage. "In particular, they have sought to take advantage of a series of troubling incidents involving misconduct on the part of Ame …

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afghanistan, military, public-relations, leon-panetta, president-obama, fort-benning-georgia

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Judge sentences former soldier to 120 days in connection with Russian roulette death

Thu May 3, 2012 12:50 PM EDT

A former U.S. Army soldier who was cleared of manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting of his best friend during an alcohol-fueled game of Russian roulette will spend about four months behind bars for weapons misconduct. Alaska Superior Court Judge Gregory Miller sentence …

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alaska, military, russian-roulette

Man who stripped naked to protest TSA screening wants a trial

Wed May 2, 2012 8:51 PM EDT

A technology consultant who stripped naked at Portland International Airport last month to protest security screening has decided to fight the misdemeanor indecent exposure charge levied against him and go to trial.

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travel, tsa, featured, portland-oregon, naked-man

Parents at US air base in Germany warned of child predator

Wed May 2, 2012 5:37 PM EDT

Parents who live at a U.S. air base in Germany were warned Wednesday to be extra vigilant with their kids because a child predator may be in their midst, Stars and Stripes reported. Two reported cases of child molestation and one attempted kidnapping took place near base hou …

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germany, military, crime, ramstein-air-base

Wildfire threatens Texas mountain resort; drought conditions expected to continue

Tue May 1, 2012 7:17 PM EDT

The first major Texas wildfire of the season was threatening a group of rustic cabins in the Davis Mountains, NBC News reported. Firefighters were battling the blaze, which covers 20,000 acres, in an area that was struck by uncontrolled burning exactly a year …

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texas, weather, arizona, wildfires, florida, california, hawaii, new-mexico

'Most wanted' suspect arrested in connection with bogus Navy veterans charity

Tue May 1, 2012 5:25 PM EDT

A man who set up a charity to help U.S. Navy veterans and collected millions of dollars in donations before he vanished was arrested by federal authorities in Oregon on Monday. The suspect known as Bobby Thompson, who also went by the alias Ronnie Brittain, was featured on telev …

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navy, charity, military, cleveland, veterans, bobby-thompson

Former top ICE official James Woosley pleads guilty in $600,000 scam

Tue May 1, 2012 4:41 PM EDT

James M. Woosley, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intelligence chief, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an elaborate scam over several years involving false travel expense reports totaling nearly $600,000. Woosley must surrender more than $180,000 he made in a sc …

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Judge: Texas can't ban Planned Parenthood from health program

Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:20 PM EDT

A federal judge on Monday blocked a Texas rule that would have excluded Planned Parenthood from participating in the state's women's health program. In a win for Planned Parenthood, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled Monday there was sufficient evidence the state rul …

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At least 103 dead after ferry capsizes in Indian state of Assam

Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:45 PM EDT

An overloaded double-decked ferry carrying mostly farmers and their families capsized in the Dhubri district of the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Monday, killing at least 103 people, police said. About 100 people were rescued from the ship carrying about 300 passeng …

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Two teen girls hit by car while sunbathing in the road

Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:46 AM EDT

Two teen girls were struck by a car after they dozed off while sunbathing on a rural road in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon, family members told NBC station WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. The girls, both 13, were taken by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where th …

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Secret Service puts limits on alcohol, hotel guests for trips abroad

Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:02 PM EDT

Heavy drinking and bringing foreign nationals back to hotel rooms on trips abroad is now banned by the U.S. Secret Service in the wake of a growing scandal over allegations that agents consorted with prostitutes in Colombia this month. The new rules of conduct issued on Friday a …

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USDA: Calif. mad cow was lame, lying down at dairy

Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:43 PM EDT

The mad cow that was recently discovered through routine testing in California had been euthanized after it became lame and started lying down at a dairy, federal officials revealed Thursday. How worried should we be about mad cow in US? The U.S. Department of Agriculture also s …

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US to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9,000 Marines from that southern Japanese island to Guam and other Asia-Pacific sites. The new plan, unveiled days before …

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Gingrich loses again, signals exit from race

Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:51 AM EDT

CONCORD, NC -- Newt Gingrich alluded that he may exit the presidential race in the coming days after a disappointing finish in the Delaware primary Tuesday night. “I want you to know over the next few days, we’re going to look realistically at where we are at” …

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Coroner: Conservative blogger Breitbart died from heart disease

Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:04 PM EDT

Conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart, a blogger and commentator who frequently said his life's goal was to "destroy the institutional left," died of heart failure stemming from coronary disease, the Los Angeles coroner ruled Friday.

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US Black Hawk helicopter with four crew members crashes in Afghanistan

Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:42 PM EDT

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter with four crew members on board crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday. A senior U.S. military official confirmed to NBC News that there was bad weather in the area at the time of the crash, but said that the possibility that enemy …

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afghanistan, crash, military, helicopter, black-hawk

Marine Corps opens combat school in Quantico, Va. to women

Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:59 PM EDT

A Marine Corps school that trains infantry combat officers is now enrolling women, the Marine Corps Times reported, marking the first time female members of the front-line fighting force would be specifically groomed for direct combat roles.

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Bye-bye snail mail? Readers weigh in on saving the U.S. Postal Service

Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:20 PM EDT

It wasn’t long ago, before texting, instant messaging, email, web chat and cheap long-distance phone calls, that a trip to the mailbox was a highly anticipated event. Letters from family and friends and surprise packages awaited. And sending a check in the mail was one …

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Pictures with body parts: Bad deeds overshadowing stories of good troops?

Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:46 PM EDT

Even before photos were published Wednesday showing American troops posing with the bodies of Afghan insurgents, U.S. officials condemned them. Now, while not condoning the photos, others say that they can understand why such tasteless acts happen in war zone …

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