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Book/Documentary of the Month: A Tour of the Rhine
There are many ways to write a book on bridges, let alone do a documentary for a TV program. One can focus on one bridge and its history, but that is more for locals who are closely attached to the ...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 8:48 AM
Music Monday: “Some Nights” by Fun.
Some songs get your attention at the start of the very first note in the song. Some Nights by Fun. is one of the those songs. Take a listen for yourself by clicking here (warning: there is an F-bomb...
Posted on 8/13/12 at 8:00 AM
Remembering the dead
By the time the Civil War ended in 1865, the United States had sustained severe casualties, with the total number of dead soldiers estimated at 620,000. It has been our deadliest war, pitting family ...
Posted on 5/27/11 at 12:00 AM
Honor Flight whirlwind
The first word I can use to describe my last few days is, Wow! The first phrase that comes to mind is, Oh golly, Im tired. I didnt know when I got to work Thursday that Id be leaving for Washingto...
Posted on 10/4/10 at 3:28 AM
Sept. 11 ceremony in Bismarck
BISMARCK Three North Dakotans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were honored Saturday to ensure they are forever remembered and thanked for their sacrifice. About 200 people gathered here at the Memo...
Posted on 9/12/10 at 9:54 AM
Veterans deserve the best from us
As American combat troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation’s pledge to warriors and their families does not diminish.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , November 14, 2011
U.S. report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials accused China and Russia on Thursday of systematically stealing American high-tech data for their own national economic gain.November 03, 2011
New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuclear connection
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms.By The Associated Press , November 01, 2011
Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine in Iraq sent home $43,000 in stolen cash by hiding it in a footlocker among American flags. A soldier shipped thousands more concealed in a toy stuffed animal. An embassy employee tricked the State Department into wiring $240,000 into his foreign bank account.October 30, 2011
NATO convoy bomb adds urgency to protecting Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The weekend suicide bombing of a NATO convoy that killed 17 people in Kabul adds urgency to the U.S.-led coalition's work to expand a security bubble around the Afghan capital.October 30, 2011
Suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 17; 12 of them Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an armored NATO bus Saturday, killing 17 people, including 12 Americans and a Canadian in the deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul since the war began. It was a major setback for the alliance as it begins to draw down combat troops.October 29, 2011
No troop decisions as Iraq withdrawal begins
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is on track, a Pentagon official said Wednesday, but the Obama administration has yet to decide how many troops might stay there on a revised mission to help train Iraqi forces.September 07, 2011
Panel: Up to $60 billion in war funds were wasted
As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and insurgents, an independent panel investigating U.S. wartime spending estimates.By By Richard Lardner, The Associated Press , August 31, 2011
Panel: Up to $60 billion in war funds wasted
WASHINGTON (AP) — As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and insurgents, an independent panel investigating U.S. wartime spending estimates.August 30, 2011
Late night explosions rock Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Tripoli was rocked by a series of airstrikes by NATO forces in the early hours of the morning Sunday.July 17, 2011
U.S. strikes in Pakistan follow aid cut, kill 42
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Four suspected U.S. missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan in less than 24 hours killed at least 42 alleged militants, an unusually heavy barrage at a time when relations between the two countries are badly strained, Pakistani intelligence officials said Tuesday.July 12, 2011
House weighs barring funds for Libyan operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday weighed whether to prohibit funds for the U.S. military operation against Libya in a constitutional showdown with President Barack Obama.July 07, 2011
Intelligence shift shows change in Afghan war aims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military intelligence officers were scrambling a year ago to collect and analyze the social, economic and tribal ins and outs of each valley and hamlet in Afghanistan.June 26, 2011
Obama likely to withdraw 10,000 soldiers from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to withdraw roughly 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year, with one brigade of about 5,000 forces leaving this summer and a second brigade of similar size coming home by the end of the year, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday.June 21, 2011
Obama close to decision on Afghan troop drawdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is close to announcing the critical next phase in America's decade-long war in Afghanistan, outlining both a plan to start bringing U.S. troops home next month and a broader withdrawal blueprint aimed at giving Afghans control of their own security in 2014.June 20, 2011
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