ST. PETE BEACH – As children squealed in delight over newfound sea treasures and couples walked arm-in-arm down a long stretch of beach, Jim Collins emerged from the Gulf of Mexico and caught his breath. Unlike most of people out on an unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon, Collins was not here to sightsee or lollygag in [...]
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CROSSVILLE, Ill. — Van and Linda Henning of Crossville, Ill., had no idea how a simple signature on the back of their son’s driver’s license would change their lives forever. The couple’s son, U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet First Class Marc Henning, took his own life in September2010 when he was a senior at the [...]
The Norfolk State Spartans will shoot for their 10th victory of the season today as they ring in the New Year with a 4 p.m. tipoff at the Naval Academy. If the Spartans win, it would the earliest they have won 10 games in their 15 years in Division I. And it would be a [...]
E-mail this page Print this page Larger type Smaller type By John Nolan, Staff Writer Updated 8:36 PM Saturday, December 31, 2011 VANDALIA — A $12.4 million contract to manage a Marine Corps warehouse network for distributing combat equipment and protective gear calls attention to a growing business sector for Lion, the company best known [...]
There are probably few, if any, people who come into this world with a congenital love of marches. Blaring brass, blasting tubas and unison staccato drums — all playing at a fortissimo dynamic — is definitely an acquired taste. Yet there are few Americans whose hearts aren’t stirred in some way by the opening strains [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing Pacific Palisades man, according to a press release issued on Friday. Louis Robert Piatt went missing Thursday while kayaking near the Malibu Pier, according to the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station. A 9-1-1 phone call was made to the station in the afternoon from [...]
Hit hard by war, Tenn. towns lend support NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A decade of fighting has claimed the lives of more than 130 members of the military who called Tennessee home, and the loss has felt especially keen in the state’s smaller communities. In towns of less than a thousand residents and affluent bedroom communities, [...]
It was by no means a common occurrence. But in the year that just drew to a close, a day would often pass, sometimes several, without an American service member dying in Afghanistan. For the first time in years, U.S. military deaths here declined in 2011. American and Taliban commanders have very different explanations, [...]
Jupiter FL — The Navy SEALs had a big year in 2011. Their take-down of Osama Bin Laden in May gripped National and International attention and then the sad shoot down of their helicopter with 17 SEALs aboard in August. Several SEAL books made the NY Times top ten list and at least four SEAL movies got underway. As [...]