Author: Paul Asay
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Juche: RELIGIOUS PROLIFERATION
Fort Carson and five other Army bases across the nation plan to open up jobs to women later this month that were previously held exclusively by men. A six-month trial period will begin May 14 that allows women to apply for several new jobs — a major shift by the Army that bucks a 1994…
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Groovin with God
CLEVELAND — A fugitive was arrested on accusations that he ran a scam that collected millions of dollars in donations from people who believed they were helping U.S. Navy veterans, Ohio’s attorney general and the U.S. Marshal’s office in Cleveland announced Tuesday. The man uses the false identify of Bobby Thompson and was indicted in…
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Valentine’s Day origins hard to trace
GARY, Ind. — People lined the streets of northwest Indiana holding American flags to honor a soldier originally from Dyer who was killed on his third deployment to Afghanistan. The Times of Munster reports that the body of 32-year-old Army Staff Sgt. David Nowaczyk (Noh’-ah-chek) arrived at the Gary-Chicago International Airport Monday morning and was…
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Avant God
First lady Michelle Obama on Monday applauded more than 200 U.S. servicemen for their courage as she helped open the 2012 Warrior Games, a six-day sports competition for wounded soldiers and veterans held in Colorado Springs. Photo gallery of the opening ceremony The U.S. Olympic Committee is hosting the third annual games, featuring active-duty soldiers…
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Gimme that pigskin religion
Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It’s also where three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted warlords. Obo was the first place in the Central African Republic that Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army…
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High Plains Church scores new home
Residents are invited to help wounded troops serving on the front line during an annual blood drive at Fort Carson. Wednesday marks the final day of the Armed Services Blood Program’s annual blood drive — a program that stockpiles military hospitals and medics serving on the front lines with blood for transfusions, according to Fort…