During the mid-1980s, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North played a leading role in the Iran-Contra Affair, a foreign policy scandal that produced numerous investigations and trials and rocked the administ...
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WASHINGTON — The frozen water pipe this morning was a rude awakening. I managed to thaw the pipe without bursting it, thus saving the cost of a plumber. However, a few hours later, I opened o...
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- In early January, this oceanfront resort community is usually a pretty quiet place. This year, however, nothing is usual. This week, hotel rooms are packed, and the lobbies ar...
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WAUKESHA, Wis. — Here in "Cheesehead" country, where Green Bay Packers fans go to Lambeau Field with snow shovels, military recruiting never has been much of a problem — until now."Thes...
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WASHINGTON — Traveling salespeople always have a hard job. That's especially true when the economy isn't exactly booming — and the product you are selling will go off the market in a ye...
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Nov 18 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on Nov. 25 since 1900: 1952 - Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" opened in
London. Still playing to audiences today, ...
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ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq — Those who believe that the campaign in Iraq is a lost cause better not tell that to the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division; they think they're winning. That's not just...
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HILLAH, Iraq — The slogan "de oppresso liber" is Latin for "free the oppressed." It's the motto of the U.S. Special Forces, but it also has been adopted by several of the Iraqi military and p...
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BAQOUBA, Iraq — It is nearly Christmas, and most of the young Americans with whom we have spent this month are going to miss the holiday with their families. For many, it is their third Nativ...
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WASHINGTON — While I was in Fallujah, Iraq, embedded with a U.S. Special Operations Command Task Force, Time magazine gave Russian President — and soon to be Prime Minister (and long to...
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WASHINGTON — In the movie "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy's little terrier, Toto, pulls aside a curtain to reveal that the awesome wizard is really a little man frantically pulling levers to crea...
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