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GML: The Week In Review
WGN NewsGML Weekly Rewind...were discussing stories of the week. On a sad note, my condolences to the family of Thomas Wortham. He lost his life in the midst of a dare, a game, utter foolishness by 4 suspects who wanted his motorcycle. The 30-year-old officer was...Tags: WGN, Motorcycling, Murder, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Postscript: Where the federal money goes
The Times' editorial Wednesday on the looming debt-ceiling battle in Washington prompted reader Paul Moser of Studio City to write: "You state that entitlements are behind Washington's debt problems. This is not the case. Military expenditures that are...
Tags: Retirement, Prostate Cancer, Social Security, Republican Party, Medicare
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Two female soldiers sue military over ban on combat roles
Two female soldiers are suing the Department of Defense and the Army to end policies prohibiting women from serving in a combat role. Their complaint, filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that the military is...
Tags: Laws, The Pentagon, Crime, Law and Justice, Leon Panetta, Armed Forces
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AWOL Muslim Soldier Guilty in Fort Hood Bomb Plot
CNNWACO, Tex. -- A U.S. soldier charged with plotting to blow up troops from the nation's largest Army post has been found guilty of a battery of federal charges, prosecutors announced Thursday. Naser Jason Abdo was found guilty of attempted use of a weapon...Tags: Human Interest, Armed Forces, Terrorism, Pornography, Kentucky
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Counterfeit military parts traced
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)WICHITA, Kan. -- A yearlong investigation found what federal officials called a widespread problem of counterfeit electronic parts making their way onto critical defense systems -- into Air Force cargo planes, assemblies used in Special Operations...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Gucci Group NV, National Government, U.S. Army, Carl Levin
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When A Hundred Million Dollar Day Isn't Worth Reporting
When the debt bomb explodes and the economy REALLY tanks you will probably run into people on the street asking “hey brother can you spare a million?” Far fetched? You may think so today but that means you’re not reading the news. So...
Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Kim Kardashian, Initial Public Offerings, Media Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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ACLU, Tea Party agree NDAA could take away your freedoms
A bill passed by Congress and signed into law last New Year's Eve by President Barack Obama has united the extreme right and the extreme left in this country. The American Civil Liberties Union calls it dangerous, the Tea Party calls it an attack on...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Terrorism, Tea Party Movement, Claire McCaskill, Justice System
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NATO summit: Obama's Pakistan gamble falls flat
CHICAGO — When the White House sent a last-minute invitation for Asif Ali Zardari to attend the two-day NATO summit, they were taking a highly public gamble. Would sharing the spotlight with President Obama and other global leaders induce the...Tags: White House, Chicago Tribune, International Organizations, Pakistan, U.S. Navy
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Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality
Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow. Mr. Putin, a vain and vulgar man, was born and bred to despise the United States. And...
Tags: White House, Robert Gates, Entertainment Events, National Government, Television Industry
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Post-war Afghanistan top concern at NATO summit
WGN NewsThe business of the NATO summit in Chicago is underway as the orgaization’s members tackle the issues before them. Post-war Afghanistan is among the top concerns of the NATO alliance members. Just blocks from protesters, McCormick Place seemed a...Tags: International Organizations, Michelle Obama, NATO Summit, Hamid Karzai, Russia
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Lockheed missiles unit, union agree on new contract with bonuses, raises
Lockheed Martin Corp.and a union that represents hundreds of workers in Orlando have agreed on a new five-year contract that provides workers with $2,000 "signing bonuses," annual pay raises and other sweeteners, the company said Tuesday. Bethesda, Md.-...
Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Collective Contract
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Anchoring NATO with leadership
The long-term need for stronger political leadership is NATO's most important challenge. The eurozone debt crisis and substantial reductions in defense spending have badly weakened Europe's military capabilities and sapped its ambitions for global...
Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Robert Gates, International Organizations, France, NATO Summit
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