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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/187cf2a69985adcf/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 30 President Bush's request for Iraq war funding has collapsed with anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about his request for US$163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359849/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:07:03 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359849/cs/1/ Republican John McCain has declared he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359848/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:35 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359848/cs/1/ Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying three Iranian embassy staff in Baghdad overnight, wounding them and their Iraqi driver. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359854/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:24 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359854/cs/1/ The US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of 2009, while rejecting a spending measure of $163 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359858/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:11 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/359858/cs/1/ U.S. military presence.The incident prompted the U.S. military to severely restrict troop movements on Okinawa and elsewhere and conduct an ongoing review of its anti-sexual assault education programs... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14865212/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:58:36 -0400 Examiner http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14865212/ We are thrilled to have the support of LocumTenens.com in assisting military personnel, along with their families and friends, in healing the mental scars of war. 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( http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14865436/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:36 -0400 PR Web http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14865436/ Swiss survey: US maintains edge in competitiveness ---The latest deaths reported by the military:- No deaths reported.---The latest identifications reported by the military:- Army http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14862741/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:56:29 -0400 Examiner http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14862741/ WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's slow response to wartime challenges such as protecting troops against roadside bombs stemmed in part from a mistaken belief within the defense establishment that the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14862740/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:40:17 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14862740/ The US military began a court martial today against a marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl, a case that triggered mass protests on this southern island. Staff Sergeant Tyrone Hadnott,... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14860015/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:06:11 -0400 West Australian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14860015/ Senator John McCain declared Thursday that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013 and that the nation would be a functioning democracy with only "spasmodic" episodes of violence. The com... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14860108/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:48 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14860108/ Friday, May 16, 2008 WASHINGTON: Republican candidate John McCain will on Thursday say as president, he would get most US troops home from Iraq by 2013, for the first time setting a timeline to end ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14856629/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:53 -0400 The News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14856629/ Washington - When Pentagon strategists sought to create a new military command to oversee Africa, they believed they could build one that deemphasized military might and would serve as an exemplar o... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857161/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:01 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857161/ Kadena Panthers right-hander Monica Hayes delivers against the Kubasaki Dragons during Wednesday's Game 1 of the 2008 Okinawa Activities Council district girls softball championship best-of-three seri... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857463/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:59 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857463/ Active duty and reserve component members can bank on a 3.9 percent pay raise next January as Congress continues to close a perceived military "pay gap" that a Pentagon pay study says no longer exists... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857467/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:57 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857467/ After six years of smallish fields in a three-day event, the Far East Class A soccer tournaments are starting to mushroom into mega-events. The boys and girls fields are up two teams each, to 10 a... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857462/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:59 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857462/ This summer, the U.S. Navy will begin a wind study on Guam that, in coming years, might allow the Navy to generate enough power to light up a sizable portion of Guam Naval Base, according to engineers... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857468/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:54 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857468/ A year ago this weekend, gasoline cruised to a new record of $3 a gallon for midgrade fuel at U.S. military bases in Japan and Okinawa. At the time, some Americans living in those regions described p... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857464/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:54 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857464/ The rising cost of fuel is driving up prices at military commissaries worldwide, Defense Commissary officials said Thursday. "Like any retail operation in the grocery industry today, we are not... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857470/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:47 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857470/ At a news conference Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell expressed thanks for Burma's decision to accept some U.S. aid, but called on its leaders to allow more, including U.S. troops with... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857041/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:35:42 -0400 VOA http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857041/ AAFES gas prices across Europe will jump at least 11 cents a gallon Saturday on the heels of another record-setting week of skyrocketing U.S. fuel costs. The highest prices show up again in the Neth... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857469/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:46 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857469/ Staff Sgt. Mike Sobkowski talks to a man in the New Baghdad area near Sadr City. Though it has been among the quieter areas of eastern Baghdad in recent weeks, soldiers here move warily. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857466/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:44 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857466/ House panel backs 3.9 percent pay raise for troops ," article, May 9)? Are we to assume that the contractor is more important than the soldier? I would hope not. In my profession, there are ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857465/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:41 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14857465/ U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty (D-Green Island) on Friday will call on the U.S. Army to sell a portion of the Watervliet Arsenal to develop a campus for high-tech companies... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14852550/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:58:59 -0400 Business Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14852550/ The US Navy frigate USS Klackring docked Thursday at Penn's Landing, and the public is invited aboard for tours on Saturday. The Klackring is the first of several Navy ships that will sail into Phila... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14852752/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:07 -0400 KYW1060 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14852752/ BAE Systems will provide an interoperable data link system to the U.S. Navy that will collect and transmit in-field intelligence in real time, enhancing the situational awareness and communications ca... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14848199/ Thu, 15 May 2008 15:23:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14848199/ The Department of Defense has announced the death of an Arizona soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33, of Tucson died Wednesday in Baghdad of wounds suffered... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14848249/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:54 -0400 KNXV http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14848249/ Universal Safety Response (USR) achieves milestone while providing the U.S. Military in Iraq with mobile vehicle barriers to help protect troops against terrorist attacks. Franklin, TN ( http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14836786/ Thu, 15 May 2008 04:20:59 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14836786/ WASHINGTON - Around 500 minors are currently detained by the US army in Iraq, as well as nearly a dozen juveniles in Afghanistan, a US civil liberties group revealed on Wednesday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14833642/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:42:35 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14833642/ CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Camp Pendleton's commanding general has ordered a Marine to be tried on a murder charge in the killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq.Sgt. Jermaine Nelson is among t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14832753/ Wed, 14 May 2008 22:32:19 -0400 MSNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14832753/ A former U.S. sailor on Guam is appealing his 51-year sentence in connection with the assault and rape of a 47-year-old woman, according to his defense attorney. Doyle Lamont Perry was convicted la... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831269/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:40 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831269/ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Pentagon official said Wednesday he will not resign as legal adviser to war-crimes tribunals at Guantanamo, despite his removal from the trial of Osama bin Laden's driv... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14830879/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:36:30 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14830879/ The deadline for responses to a survey seeking information on off-base housing utility and maintenance expenses has been extended until May 30, according to U.S. military officials. The Overseas Ho... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831270/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:44 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831270/ CAMP CASEY, South Korea — Multiple high-dollar equipment thefts since April have criminal investigators searching and 2nd Infantry Division officials assessing security measures. On two occasio... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831272/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:47 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831272/ Kel Secrest of Ramstein leads the pack on his way to winning the 800-meter event on his home course, on Saturday. He also won the 1,500-meter and 3,000 meter events, and has qualified for all three ev... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831268/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:35 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831268/ SEOUL — In Southeast Asia, anthropologists face Indiana Jones-like hurdles to find the remains of U.S. troops lost in battle decades ago — jungles, poisonous snakes and acidic soil that ca... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831273/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:44 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831273/ OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — An Armed Forces Day parade at Osan Air Base is set for noon Saturday. Marchers will form up at 11:30 a.m. in the thrift shop parking lot just inside the main gate, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831275/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:47 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831275/ Workers lay a drainage line Wednesday at Osan Air Base, South Korea, part of a project to widen a section of road that runs from near 51st Fighter Wing headquarters downhill alongside the base golf co... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831271/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:46 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831271/ Parcel pick-up window: Monday through Friday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sunday and holidays Parcel mailing section: Tuesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831274/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:45 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831274/ Business managers at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, say they were ordered this week to cut the hours of Nonappropriated Fund employees so the Air Force could avoid paying them post allowance. But th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831267/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:30 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831267/ A soldier with the Iraqi Army's 42nd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division hands out water to boys in the southern portion of the Sadr City district of Baghdad last week. U.S. troops and Iraqi governmenta... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831266/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:26 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831266/ A sheik listens in as local citizens discuss security and public works projects during a council meeting led by Task Force 1-35 Armor Tuesday in Jisr Diyala, Iraq. During the past several months, Shei... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831265/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:23 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831265/ Marine Sgt. Jermaine A. Nelson is heading to a court-martial for allegedly shooting a detainee to death in November 2004 during combat operations in Fallujah, a news release from Camp Pendleton said... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831264/ Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:23 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14831264/ Leading legal defense groups Tuesday accused the Pentagon of foot-dragging on security clearances that would let civilian lawyers help their military counterparts defend the alleged plotters of the Se... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14818392/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:46 -0400 Centre Daily Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14818392/ The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned of threats to the US military and critical national infrastructure caused by counterfeit Cisco products. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14818393/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:39:02 -0400 ZDNet http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14818393/ Finmeccanica agrees to buy U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies for $4B Rome-based Finmeccanica will pay 32 percent premium on DRS share price Italy's leading defense company seeks to be a "... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14810800/ Wed, 14 May 2008 04:36:14 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14810800/ With demand sharply on the rise for functional, durable computer lab furniture and training room desks, Versa Tables stands out as a leader with the attention to detail and personal touch they put in ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808043/ Wed, 14 May 2008 03:12:16 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808043/ More than 4,000 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war. With Memorial Day approaching, I understand how difficult it is for our young Iraq war widows this time of y... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808044/ Wed, 14 May 2008 03:12:15 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808044/ VetFriends.com -- the largest Web site for reuniting U.S. veterans -- provides the information needed to obtain military medals and records for U.S. veterans and their families, to preserve and share ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808042/ Wed, 14 May 2008 03:12:15 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14808042/ U.S. Army's Camp Zama SSgt. Jamelia Fritz, center, and Camp Kinser Marine Cpl. Stephen Clark, left, readied water for Myanmar Tuesday, as two more flights left from Utapao Air Base in Thailand. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14805243/ Tue, 13 May 2008 22:44:27 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14805243/ There are all kinds of "evildoers" in Iraq, and military officials are seeking to put an end to a rather unusual one. According to messages posted in a military newspaper for Camp Anaconda, near Ba... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14805242/ Tue, 13 May 2008 22:44:18 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14805242/ Jon Richardson has been the director of Navy colleges in the Far East for a year and a half. A former sailor who has worked for the Navy college system since 1989, Richardson oversees seven college ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801436/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:58 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801436/ A civil lawsuit hearing of more than 7,000 residents living near Naval Air Facility Atsugi seeking compensation from jet noise damages began Monday at Yokohama District Court, according to the plain... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801435/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:57 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801435/ The U.S. government has quietly reduced from $5 million to $100,000 the reward it is offering for the killing or capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, named by Pentagon officials as the leader of al-Qaida ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801432/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:49 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801432/ The Navy recently announced it is taking applications for the Seaman to Admiral 21 commissioning program for 2009. Under the program, known as STA-21, the Navy sends selected enlisted sailors to c... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801434/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:49 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801434/ The veterans group for combat wounded troops whose mission is to preserve the integrity of the Purple Heart has come out against giving the award to troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disor... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801433/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:45 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14801433/ Charges dropped against three U.S. soldiers in death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso died in 2003 after U.S. tank fired at a hotel in Iraq used by media Tuesday's ruling brings end to long running leg... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14796389/ Tue, 13 May 2008 15:28:52 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14796389/ ) May 9, 2008 -- Fitnessfirstusa.com is proud to announce the sponsorship of an INBF (International Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation) sanctioned http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792662/ Tue, 13 May 2008 14:02:58 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792662/ COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon has to focus on the task at hand rather than spend too much time on what he calls "Next War-itis." In a speech to journal... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792238/ Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:15 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792238/ WASHINGTON — Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon. The Defense Department is lo... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792240/ Tue, 13 May 2008 12:25:25 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792240/ Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792239/ Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:27 -0400 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14792239/ Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 06:00 CDT The U.S. Army has selected HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. as the sole source to develop, test and secure FDA approval for a lyophilized (freeze-dried) hum... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787646/ Tue, 13 May 2008 10:48:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787646/ Fighting between U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan and the Taliban is intensifying, as U.S. marines push to cut the insurgents' supply lines in Helmand province, officials in Kabul sai... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787345/ Tue, 13 May 2008 09:11:35 -0400 CBC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787345/ Madrid - Spain's National Court on Tuesday shelved a case against three US soldiers for the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed when a US tank fired at a Baghdad hotel where journali... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787535/ Tue, 13 May 2008 09:10:30 -0400 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14787535/ ROME - Italian aerospace and defence company Finmeccanica SpA has bought U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc. for US$5.2 billion, the companies said Tuesday. The purchase allows Finmecc... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14783228/ Tue, 13 May 2008 07:04:03 -0400 C News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14783228/ The U.S. Seventh Fleet's command ship USS Blue Ridge visited Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port on Mondayon a goodwill mission and to boost U.S. and Indonesia defense relations, local press said Tuesday. Th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14782793/ Tue, 13 May 2008 05:55:00 -0400 People's Daily http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14782793/ The Pentagon has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, setting the stage for proceed... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14779817/ Tue, 13 May 2008 00:38:45 -0400 Centre Daily Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14779817/ WASHINGTON (AP) - The shrinking Arctic ice cap is leaving more room for travel on the seas -- and that's being seen as a possible security threat to the U.S. The chief of U.S. Northern Command says t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14775913/ Mon, 12 May 2008 21:48:09 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14775913/ Reusable shopping bags are now available at Army and Air Force Exchange Services stores in the U.S. and many international locations, according to an AAFES release. The bags range from 99 cents to $1... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776339/ Mon, 12 May 2008 21:18:04 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776339/ The ruins of the Roman villa known as the Grottoes of Cattulus cover a large area. Some of the ruins are marked by piles of rocks with a marker explaining what once stood there, but others include rec... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776341/ Mon, 12 May 2008 21:17:47 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776341/ A contractor in Iraq accused of aggravated assault will face a U.S. military court-martial, the first such case under an amendment to rules covering civilians with U.S. forces in combat zones, off... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776340/ Mon, 12 May 2008 21:17:41 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14776340/ Armed with a laundry list of $350 million worth of construction projects for the 501st Combat Support Wing, Col. Kimberly Toney went to Washington. The wing commander spent last week on Capitol Hill ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14771834/ Mon, 12 May 2008 16:54:20 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14771834/ Plans are under way to alleviate some of the congestion at Gate 1, which includes spending an estimated $7.4 million on the dormant Gate 8 next to Breckland Pines Golf Course. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14771835/ Mon, 12 May 2008 16:54:15 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14771835/ Pentagon lawyer is ordered to stay out of trial of bin Laden's driver Defense lawyer says ruling could complicate other prosecutions Ousted adviser urged use of evidence considered tainted or unreliab... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14770589/ Mon, 12 May 2008 16:50:05 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14770589/ A U.S. Navy commander says three ships are sailing toward Myanmar, ready to aid cyclone victims if they are given permission.Vice Admiral Doug Crowder said Monday that the ships were currently in the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766533/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:10:35 -0400 Herald-Leader http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766533/ 5/12/2008 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force and U.S. officials forecast a serious shortage of scientists and engineers. That assessment was made by Joe Sciabica, executive direct... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14769306/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:51:00 -0400 Air Force Link http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14769306/ 5/12/2008 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- About 45 members of the 36th Contingency Response Group took a seven-hour flight to Utapao Air Base, Thailand, to provide humanitarian aid to t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14769307/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:51:00 -0400 Air Force Link http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14769307/ has awarded a $23.4 million contract to fund the first phase of the ecosystem restoration of the Mission Reach portion of the San Antonio River Improvements Project. The U.S. Army awarded the contra... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766714/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:43:25 -0400 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766714/ BAGHDAD - American troops fought street battles with Shiite militia in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing three people on the first full day of a deal to end fighting in the area, a military official said o... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766313/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:22:58 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14766313/ Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sa... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762398/ Mon, 12 May 2008 11:13:40 -0400 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762398/ Bangkok - The US government Monday flew in its first shipment of disaster relief for the cyclone-devastated people of Myanmar, a country whose leadership has long been on Washington's black list. A US... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762577/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:29:01 -0400 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762577/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed three gunmen who attacked their patrols in the Baghdad stronghold of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Monday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762399/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:28:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14762399/ An American soldier was killed by aroadside bomb explosion in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday. The soldier was killed on Sunday night when the blast hit his vehicle during a route clearance pat... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759278/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:33:54 -0400 People's Daily http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759278/ The Mesothelioma Victims Center was created to assist all US victims of Mesothelioma. Americas Watchdog has initiated this very complete free service because there is literally nothing close to this t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759486/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:56:59 -0400 PR Web http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759486/ BAGHDAD — The U.S. military expressed hope Sunday for a diplomatic solution to seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City as a fragile cease-fire settled over the Shiite slum that houses near... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759513/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:43:09 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14759513/ Security Solutions International (SSI), publisher of The Counter Terrorist Magazine, a Journal for Homeland Security Professionals distributed nationally to law enforcement personnel and members of th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14756626/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:25:05 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14756626/ Aging barracks at Ft. Bragg often create sub standard living conditions for military personnel. A low cost, carbon friendly, and quick method to address furniture has been provided by The Refinishing ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14756625/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:25:04 -0400 PRWeb http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14756625/ Consumers who used their MasterCard, Visa or Diners Club cards for overseas transactions or cash withdrawals between Feb. 1, 1996, and Nov. 8, 2006, have three options to obtain a piece of a $336 mill... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14752737/ Sun, 11 May 2008 19:57:13 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14752737/ Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By John Markoff Counterfeit products are a routine threat for the electronics industry. However, the more sinister specter of an electronic Trojan horse, lur... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14749787/ Sun, 11 May 2008 18:22:22 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14749787/ 5/11/2008 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 10, ac... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14749385/ Sun, 11 May 2008 12:53:32 -0400 Air Force Link http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14749385/ A Navy officer disqualified the Pentagon's top legal adviser in the Office of Military Commissions earlier this month from participating in the prosecution of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The o... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14744929/ Sun, 11 May 2008 06:40:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14744929/ Although military officials said there have been no charges that human and pet remains were mixed at the Torbert Funeral Chapel in Dover, they are recommending that troops' remains be incinerated at a... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14745059/ Sun, 11 May 2008 06:39:59 -0400 The News Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14745059/ SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- A Navy judge has barred a Pentagon legal advisor from participating in the war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver, saying the advisor lacks independence. Air For... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742647/ Sun, 11 May 2008 04:51:01 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742647/ Baghdad - The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the al-Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child. In the... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742436/ Sun, 11 May 2008 04:37:37 -0400 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742436/ Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc. a Phase II STTR Development Contract for design and testing of an Energy Scavenging Unmanned Surface Vehicle. ( http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742744/ Sun, 11 May 2008 03:13:51 -0400 PR Web http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14742744/ Yokota's Derrick Seward, left, and SungJun Son of the Christian Academy In Japan battle each other to the finish line in the 200 meters Saturday at the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools tra... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14739501/ Sat, 10 May 2008 21:18:02 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14739501/ What to do with a 104-foot flagpole that has a tale? Eight years ago, Army Staff Sgt. Ken Young, now with the 502nd Engineer Company, helped move and erect the weighty pole from Downs Barracks in Fuld... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14739500/ Sat, 10 May 2008 21:17:57 -0400 Stars and Stripes http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/14739500/