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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: Cleveland State University, Heart Disease, Afghanistan, Behavioral Conditions, Diabetes
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Fitzpatrick gets life without parole
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloAt the request of prosecutors and DeWayne Crenshaw's family, Judge Andrew Howorth on Friday sentenced Franklin Fitzpatrick to life in prison without parole instead of death. Fitzpatrick, 28, of Pontotoc, was convicted Thursday of capital murder in the...Tags: Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Justice System, Prosecution
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Ozarks woman sexually assaulted in military is encouraged by calls for change
lrussell@ky3.comMARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The shocking numbers released this week of sexual assaults in U.S. military services come as no surprise to one woman here. She is one of the thousands of sexual assult victims. It happened to Carrie Watkins 30 years ago, but she...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, U.S. Military, Assault
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Lawmakers call for VA hospital changes following fourth suicide
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe head of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs said Friday that top leaders at the Atlanta VA Medical Center clearly had "something to hide" after failing to reveal the suicide of a Georgia veteran at the hospital last fall. U.S. Rep. Jeff...Tags: Depression, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Morphine (drug), U.S. Congress, Behavioral Conditions
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St. Paul firefighter, combat veteran fired after hiding DWI
St. Paul Pioneer PressA combat veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder -- who once praised his fellow St. Paul firefighters for helping him to pull through dark days -- has been fired from the department. Billeigh Riser Jr. lost his driver's license after DWI...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Iraq, Psychologists
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Behavioral health conference educates providers on military culture
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.Before civilian behavioral health providers treat their military patients, they should become educated on military culture. That was the message from Miyako N. Schanley during Samaritan Medical Center's annual behavioral health conference Tuesday at The...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Arts and Culture, State University of New York, Culture, Armed Forces
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Cheshire's Jonny Orsini To Receive Dorothy Loudon Award
Hartford CourantCheshire’s Jonny Orsini, who is featured opposite Nathan Lane in Broadway’s “The Nance,” won TheaterWorld’s Dorothy Loudon Award for excellence in the theater on or off-Broadway. TheaterWorld annually honors debut...Tags: Music, Tony Awards, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Entertainment, TheaterWorks
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On A Trip Abroad, Finding A Bridge Back
The Hartford CourantA letter to the Irish Times Wednesday was headlined "Name for the new Liffey bridge" The body of the letter consists of "Sir — The suspension is killing me. — Yours, etc. Tom Gilsenan." Bravo, Tom. You've done your duty as an Irishman. You'...Tags: Heart Disease, Dublin (Ireland), Republic of Ireland, George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker
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Navy lawyer leaving case of waterboarded USS Cole bombing suspect
Miami HeraldThe Navy lawyer who has for years defended the man accused of orchestrating a 2000 terrorist bombing of a U.S. Navy warship off Yemen is leaving the case. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Reyes had been the first Pentagon defense counsel assigned to the case of...Tags: Trials, Judges, The Miami Herald, U.S. Navy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'It wasn't Ryan anymore': Three months after his death, Ryan Nelson's suicide resonates with loved ones, law enforcement, veterans officials
The Bemidji PioneerA single shot. It was the only sound that came from 417 Central Ave. SE on the night of Feb. 9, after an hours-long standoff. And other than his own thoughts, it was the last thing Ryan George Nelson heard before the bullet pierced through his chest,...Tags: U.S. Army, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Navy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Cell Phones
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How the unassimilated are transformed into terrorists
If you're the child of an immigrant, like me, or perhaps an immigrant yourself brought here as a child, you know what it's like to have one foot planted in the old world and the other planted in the new, in this amazing, sometimes frighteningly free...
Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Labor Legislation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Migration, Religion and Belief
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Commission touted to bridge gap between military, civilians
Seattle TimesAs a decorated Vietnam veteran, Karl Marlantes understands the grim costs of America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as anyone: at least 6,699 U.S. military personnel dead, more than 50,000 wounded and $2 trillion in borrowed spending, with the...Tags: Jim McDermott, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, U.S. Military, U.S. Congress
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