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Equal footing custody bill fails in Senate
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is - and sometimes isn't - happening at the state Capitol during the...Tags: Elections, Justice System, Dennis Daugaard, Judges, Politics
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Equal footing custody bill fails in Senate
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...Tags: Elections, Justice System, Dennis Daugaard, Judges, U.S. Congress
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House Panel Slated to Discuss Vietnam Veterans Day
Channel 2 NewsA state House panel will consider a bill that calls for designating March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Alaska. The special committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs is scheduled to hear HB67 on Thursday. March 29, 1973 was the date the last U.S....Tags: Barack Obama, Vietnam
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 15
Time for blame game in Washington is over To the editor: With all due respect to Mr. Guessford, Mr. Craig, Mr. Buhrer and Mr. Powell, can we stop playing the blame game and actually find some solutions? Spouting Democratic talking points and liberal...Tags: Holidays, The Herald-Mail, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, American Legion
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Bombing led to Boswell man's tour in war-torn Europe
Daily American Staff WriterWhen World War II veteran John Barnick heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he knew he had to enlist. By the end of that month he was shipping out to Europe. He did not know it would be four years until he saw his Boswell home...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Jane Adams, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France
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When World War II veteran John Barnick heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he knew he had to enlist.
Staff WriterBy the end of that month he was shipping out to Europe. He did not know it would be four years until he saw his Boswell home again — he was convinced he would see it again one day. “He was overseas for four years straight,” his son,...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Jane Adams, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France
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Vietnam vets might get a state holiday
PIERRE — Starting next year, March 30 could be a working holiday in South Dakota called Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. A contingent of Vietnam vets attended a legislative hearing on the proposal Wednesday. A working holiday means the...Tags: Watertown, Holidays, U.S. Army, Vietnam, American Legion
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10 things to know: Teen driving safety considered
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...Tags: Watertown, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Executive Branch, Wines
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Chicago schools consider unified calendar
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools students would be on the same calendar in the coming year, one that begins Aug. 26 — at least a week before most students now start school — and ends June 10, under a proposal the Board of Education will vote on...Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Chicago Teachers Union, Students, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers
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Free Entrance to All National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Channel 2 NewsAll national parks will have free entrance on Monday, January 21 in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Alaska has 23 national parks and had more than 2.3 million visitors in 2011, according to the National Park Service. “The holiday...Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, National Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.
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'Boys, we've got to make a break for it'
Of The Morning CallGraydon "Woody" Woods grew up on a western Pennsylvania farm, married an Allentown girl during World War II and went to Europe with the Army's 28th Infantry Division. Pfc. Woods fought in the hedgerows of Normandy and paraded before cheering throngs in...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Schnecksville, OWN (tv network), Morphine (drug), Allentown
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Navy players to wear patches honoring fallen comrades
Navy linebacker Brye French had never met Brendan Looney, only hearing stories about the former academy lacrosse star and his two brothers from longtime coach Richie Meade. Then one day during French's sophomore year, Meade told his team that the eldest...
Tags: Ken Niumatalolo, Lincoln Financial Field, Sports, United States Naval Academy, Football
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