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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
69 years after Marine's death, WW2 Museum visitor sees his diary note: Return diary to her NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before Cpl. Thomas "Cotton" Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the South Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his "last life request" to anyone who might ...
Fairbanks experiencing ammunition shortage
It's common knowledge among frequent customers that Tuesdays are ammo days at Sportsman's Warehouse in Fairbanks. Ammunition shipments usually arrive on Tuesdays at the Johansen Expressway store. Popular calibers, such as .22 and .308, generally sell out in minutes despite a store-imposed limit of three small boxes or one large ...
Jonesboro man part of original Army Air Force Band
Dr. Harold Copenhaver didn't know what to expect when he auditioned for the Army Air Force Band. "I knew I'd be drafted, and music was what I loved. So I thought this may be a good opportunity," said Copenhaver, who was 20 at the time. He passed the audition and ...
Fame part of family business for Will, Jaden Smith
Will Smith has a new outlook on teenagers: Parents do indeed understand. The rapper-turned-actor says he's "grown a lot" since writing the Grammy-winning 1988 hit that humorously declared they didn't. All three of his children now at least dabble in music and acting, most notably 14-year-old Jaden, who stars with ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Thousands of bridges similar to I-5 span at risk of freak accident due to outdated designs SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering ...
Friday, June 1
Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2013. There are 213 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1479 - The University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is founded. 1524 - The yearlong anti-aristocratic Peasants' War breaks out in southern Germany. 1562 - Holy Roman Emperor ...
Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center
President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history: — JANUARY 2002: U.S. transfers the first 20 ...
Obama defends drones, sees narrower terror threat
President Barack Obama sought to move the U.S. beyond the war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. Obama also offered his most vigorous public defense yet of drone strikes ...
Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs
U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice paddy and spent the first weeks of his ...
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. In a lengthy address at the National Defense University, Obama ...
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