Justin Jackson, 12-Year-Old Florida Boy, Saves Family From Burning House

A 12-year-old boy is being called a hero after he risked his life to save his four younger siblings from their burning home, Local 15-TV reports. Justin Jackson was sleeping in the living room with his three younger brothers over the weekend when a fire began in their Milton, F …

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Paul campaign ignored inquiries over reservist

Ron Paul's presidential campaign did not return repeated Army inquiries seeking information about the political activities of a reservist who endorsed Paul in uniform at an Iowa rally, according to Army documents released Tuesday. Records released to The Associated Press under …

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Baseball final forfeited because of girl at second base

The Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship baseball game wasn't played Thursday night because Mesa Prep's second baseman is a girl. Paige Sultzbach, a freshman, is playing baseball because her high school doesn't offer girls softball. But the school Mesa Prep wa …

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Son defies odds to walk into returning soldier's arms

When Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Cooney, 31, returned home from Afghanistan to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina last December, he was taken aside and escorted into a gymnasium where his wife and five children waited.

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Kara Gebhart Uhl: Lessons From The Girl At The Playground With No Shoes

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Golf course could be key to finding Lost Colony

Scotch Hall Preserve is known by some to be a golfer's paradise. The 900-acre private community in Bertie County in northeastern North Carolina is picturesque with its rolling hills and waterfront view of the Albemarle Sound. But it might be sitting on the answer to one of the s …

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Boy made honorary Marine before death | WLFI - Flora, Indiana

Cody had leukemia since he was 22 months old, but beat the disease three times. Although he was cancer-free, the chemotherapy lowered his immune system and Saturday afternoon, he died from a fungus that attacked his brain. Members of the Marines decided to step in and do somethin …

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Nicolai Sennels: Report from the therapy room: Why are Muslims more violent and criminal?

This essay was originally published in 2011 in Dutch in the book De Islam – kritische essays over een politieke religie (Islam: Critical Essays about a Political Religion) by Wim and Sam van Rooy. Raymond Ibrahim, Hans Jansen, Michael Mannheimer, Ibn Warraq, Bat Ye’or …

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Wife of Schofield Barracks soldier creates song, video for military spouses | Entertainment - KITV Home

The wife of a Schofield Barracks soldier has released a song for military spouses who have endured countless deployments and separations.  It's called "There You Go Again" by Olivia Perez-Breland.  The song is available on iTunes and the music video is on YouTube.

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Mural Dedicated To Fallen Soldier Painted Over - Rochester, News, Weather, Sports, and Events - 13WHAM.com

Officials at Alfred State College placed a fraternity on interim suspension after members painted their Greek letters over a roadside mural dedicated to a soldier killed in Afghanistan.  Last year, friends of Army Sgt. Devin Snyder of Cohocton painted her image and …

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Female soldiers supplement patrols and reach out to Afghan communities

The Female Engagement Teams, as the Army calls them, work alongside more traditional infantry units while reaching out to Afghan women and children.

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Kyle Smerer Surprised By Army Father Dressed As Umpire At Mariners-Athletics Game (VIDEO)

Who doesn't love ballpark surprises? The Seattle Mariners asked 13-year-old Kyle Smerer to participate in the "Steal-a-Base" onfield promotion at Safeco Field -- in which a youngster starts from center field and runs to second base and back (with the base) -- but the team had so …

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Video - Marine Proposes After Reuniting With Sweetheart

He'd been deployed for seven months to Afghanistan, but when Marine Lance Corporal Matt Bodnar finally reunited with his sweetheart, he immediately dropped down on one knee. Sarah Krzynowek said yes, of course. Bodnar says he got permission from Sarah's parents over the phone. Th …

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Fort Bragg takes first at Bataan Memorial March

There are marathons, and then there is the Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon, which is unlike all others. Participants experience history while honoring the men who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II and were surrendered to Japanese forces. Outnumbered three- …

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Group offers 'therapy' for LDS members with same-sex attraction

The international counseling group Evergreen claims to specialize in helping LDS members overcome same-sex attraction. However, one watch-dog group likens the group’s “conversion therapy” to fraud. 

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Spanish Nun Maria Gomez Valbuena Charged In Baby-Stealing Operation

An 80-year-old Spanish nun has refused to testify at a court hearing about her alleged involvement in the stealing of newborn babies from their parents and selling them to other families.

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