The Pentagon is demanding that soldiers in California “pay back” large sums of money following an audit of enlistment bonuses ten years prior to incentivize troops to fight in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The LA Times reported: Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large […]
Vatican City (dpa) – Catholics must not scatter the ashes of the dead or keep them at home, the Vatican reiterated in guidelines Tuesday, which confirmed that while cremations are not banned, traditional burials are preferable. The move comes as cremations become increasingly common in many majority Christian nations, representing a cheaper, and arguably more
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International, Travel and FoodLast month, a 16-year-old teen from Georgia who knew just a few words of Spanish woke from a coma speaking the language fluently after sustaining a life-threatening head injury while playing soccer. The teen, Rueben Nsemoh, was comatose for three days as a result of a severe concussion after another teenager accidentally kicked the right
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USASAN DIEGO. October 25, 2016– Americans love chocolate, especially on Halloween. In 2015, chocolate sales in the US grew by approximately 47.8% from the pervious year. image via flickr/Sean Freese According to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), U.S. consumption increased by approximately 47.8 percent versus 2014. image via wikimedia Who knew that something so elegantly
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Travel and Food, USAAs he prepares to head to deep-red Utah to shore up conservative support, GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence says it’s time for Republicans to “come home” and unite behind Donald Trump. Mr. Pence said Mr. Trump’s “100 day” agenda gives people a place to go. “Hopefully it also gives some Republicans a place to
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USALive from New York, it’s Trump Tower Live! The Donald Trump presidential campaign went live on Facebook on Monday night, the first in a series of nightly shows that will run up until the election. The campaign says the broadcast will go live at 6:30 p.m. ET every night and will lead into livestreams of
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USAWASHINGTON, October 22, 2016 -The new Smithsonian Museum of African American History, Culture and Community was opened on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The cost of the new museum was $540 million, with 50 percent of those funds coming from taxpayers. The museum has a collection of more than 36,000 artifacts and more than 100,000
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USAAs the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump nears, the prospects have never been greater that the United States could join the 50 other democracies that have been led by a woman. So it’s timely to ask: What might this mean for American gender equality and foreign policy? A lot. Given Clinton’s mixed trajectory
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International, USAISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic State claimed responsibility Tuesday for an attack on a police academy in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 60 cadets, demonstrating the militant organization’s enduring ability to create havoc far from its shrinking bases in Iraq and Syria. The extremist group’s mouthpiece, the Amaq News Agency, said its South Asia wing
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InternationalBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I was born in 1947. When I was growing up on the north side of Chicago, I had no inkling that the Chicago Cubs had played in a World Series two years earlier, let alone that the last time they won the Series was in 1908. All I knew
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for orchestrating an illegal news leak to damage a political enemy, capping a spectacular downfall for a woman who three years ago was seen as one of the state’s fastest-rising stars. “The case is about ego,
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USAWith the clock running out on Donald Trump’s campaign and a catastrophic loss looking more likely, politicos are snickering that the careers of his advisers and strategists will be sacrificed in the process. But at least one of them, legendary Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone, has plans for life after Trump, including writing a book
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USACHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have withdrawn their offer of face-value World Series tickets to Chicago aldermen after a city ethics board determined that taking the team up on the offer could violate a ban on elected officials accepting gifts worth more than $50. Three aldermen on Monday confirmed that the team had withdrawn the
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Sports & Competitions, USADonald Trump on Monday defended himself against the latest allegations of sexual misconduct by pointing out that the accuser worked as an adult film actress. “One said, ‘He grabbed me on the arm.’ And she’s a porn star,” Trump said in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station. “Now you know, this one that