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Vietnam vets meet today
The Vietnam 40th anniversary planning committee will meet at 3 p.m. today at the VFW post home, 821 Circle Drive. The veterans from the war will meet to finalize the memorial service and plan other events for the year. All Vietnam veterans are... -
Family that won struggle over Vietnamese adoption now seeks to help others
The Kansas City StarClaire Yen Sailors loves to draw maps with rainbow-colored streets, some of which connect her house in Kansas City with her former home in Bac Lieu, Vietnam. It was a long, long journey from there to here for the 5-year-old, who spent the first four...Tags: U.S. Embassy, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Family
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'Mad Men' Season 6 premiere recap, 'The Doorway'
Did Don Draper cheat on Megan? You get an answer, but it is far from the point of the episode. "The Doorway," the good-but-not-great, often poetic (but also often very slow moving) Season 6 premiere is not an exuberant return. The action is often very...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, LSD, Linda Cardellini, Demographics
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My Bill Mauldin story, or: A tale of two vets
Paul GreenbergDear Vet, Thanks for the memories, specifically the biographical sketch of Bill Mauldin, the great but never assuming cartoonist for Stars and Stripes during the World War, Act II. I worked in a cubicle across from his office when I was an editorial...Tags: Entertainment, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, U.S. Senate, Cartoons
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Letters: Jonathan Winters, comic genius
Re "Comic had ark of characters," Obituary, April 13 I first met Jonathan Winters in 1967 in Vietnam. Not many Hollywood people did USO visits to our remote location. We never hosted the Bob Hope-type entertainers. Winters was brilliant. Before the... -
Fisher gets time for stealing from local veterans
Daily American Staff WriterEight men and women sat at attention in a Somerset County courtroom Thursday morning. A former Air Force veteran — once one of their own — was being sentenced for stealing more than $5,000 from Vietnam Veterans of America Somerset County...Tags: Punishment, Friedens, Human Interest, Trials, Justice System
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Vietnam vets to plan memorial service
The Vietnam 40th anniversary planning committee will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post at 821 Circle Drive in Aberdeen. Vietnam veterans and Vietnam-era veterans will meet to finalize the memorial service and continue... -
Dean Leger
Dean Leger, 67, of New Ulm, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax, MN. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral service will follow...
Tags: Black & Decker, NASCAR, Animal, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Science and Technology
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Dick Cheney dishonest, defiant and then some to the end in Showtime documentary
The Baltimore SunThe first question Dick Cheney is asked in "The World According to Dick Cheney" is: What's your favorite virtue? "Integrity," he answers. What do you value most in your friends?" he's asked in follow-up. "Honesty," he says through those crooked,...Tags: Iraq, Entertainment, Health and Safety at School, Movies, The New York Times
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Md. veterans official accused in benefits kickback scheme
A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and disability claims in exchange for a cut of the resulting...
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Department of Defense, Prosecution
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'The Sapphires' a tuneful trip to Vietnam ★★ 1/2
Some diversions invite comparison more readily than others. Take "The Sapphires," the most chipper film ever set in Vietnam. Already, many have seen it and liked it. If you enjoyed "Strictly Ballroom" or "The Commitments," which is to say if you fell...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Chris O'Dowd, The Sapphires (movie), Bridesmaids (movie)
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'The Walking Dead': David Morrissey on the Governor and Elvis
David Morrissey has cast a wide shadow over "The Walking Dead" in its third season as the much anticipated villainous leader known as the Governor. While the character is a sinister presence with a black eye patch and a closet full of zombie heads,...
Tags: Russell T. Davies, Epidemics and Plagues, David Tennant, Robert Plant, Politics
Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 20, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 16, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Apr 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| New Rushmore Radio
Mar 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 20, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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