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- CA-NEWS Summary
- Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters
- Give an Hour Mental Health Professionals to Offer No-Cost Counseling Services to Victims, Families, and First Responders in Texas Explosions
- Nick Cannon Delivers N’Credible Experience to Troops in Middle East and Germany on his First USO Tour
- Baghdad suicide bomb blast at Internet cafe kills 27
- Officials: Suicide attack kills 26 in Iraq
- Officials: Suicide attacks kills 26 in Iraq
- Suicide attacks kills 22 in Iraq
- U.S. aims to expand India arms trade by "billions of dollars"
- Once-doubted tourniquet seen as Boston lifesaver
- United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe
- Embry-Riddle Announces Commencement Speakers for Three Campuses
- Iraqi challenged over torture allegations against British troops
- 5 Financial Issues to Consider Before Joining the Military
- Former Marine Abandons NFL Football Dream and Will Possibly Re-Enlist — But Is It Really Because of the Boston Bombings?
- Soccer-Qatar races to develop solar-powered cooling for World Cup
- United Nations urges halt to Iraqi executions
- The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Welcomes Dr. Michael Makovsky As Its New Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
- 'Round One' Or A Knockout Blow To Obama's Gun Control Agenda?
- The Plot to Oust Ann Curry at the Today Show Was Called 'Operation Bambi'
- Iraq's Kurds to hold local elections in September
- Eric Greitens Named One of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World
- Iraqi forces hunt Saddam's former deputy
- In Boston as in Baghdad, Tragedy Cannot Be Ignored
- Besins Healthcare, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd Announce Delivery Technology Licensing Agreement for Intranasal Progesterone
- Marathon rescuer gets attention from press and FBI
- Feed Our Vets Advocates More Support and Long-term Planning for Solutions to End Hunger and Homelessness Among American Veterans
- Department of Defense Highlights Successful U.S.- Azerbaijani Cooperation on Nonproliferation
- Manchin On Gun Vote Loss: 'Blame Me'; DCCC Raises $22.6M in Q1; NRCC Drops Sanford
- What we know about the Waco-area fertilizer plant explosion
- Plea talks for sergeant charged in Iraq shooting
- 10 Things to Know for Thursday
- Boston Marathon’s Coolest Acts of Bravery and Compassion
| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:52 PM PDT Rescuers search for survivors of Texas fertilizer plant blast WEST, Texas (Reuters) - Rescuers searched on Thursday for survivors in the rubble of homes destroyed by a fiery fertilizer plant explosion in a small rural Texas town, as authorities struggled to determine how many people had been killed. Concern and uncertainty gripped the town of West nearly a day after the chemical blast at West Fertilizer Co. injured more than 160 people. The cause of the explosion was not known and officials said no evidence of foul play had been found. ... |
| Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:26 PM PDT
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:42 PM PDT Give an Hour™, a national nonprofit organization providing mental health services at no cost to members of the military, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, their loved ones, and their communities, is expanding its reach to include victims, families, and first responders dealing with the aftermath of the West, Texas, explosions. ... |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:36 PM PDT Cannon Teamed Up with Power 106 Personalities Big Boy and DJ-Eman to Bring a Team of Celebrities Overseas to Test Their Basketball Skills Against U.S. ... |
| Baghdad suicide bomb blast at Internet cafe kills 27 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:21 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself inside a Baghdad cafe popular with young people using the Internet, killing a least 27 and wounding dozens more in one of the worst single attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. The late evening blast in west Baghdad came just two days before provincial elections that will be a major test of Iraq's political stability more than a year after the last American troops left the country. ... |
| Officials: Suicide attack kills 26 in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend. |
| Officials: Suicide attacks kills 26 in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:34 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend. |
| Suicide attacks kills 22 in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe has killed 22 people and wounded 35 others. |
| U.S. aims to expand India arms trade by "billions of dollars" Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:34 AM PDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has already made "tremendous progress" in expanding weapons sales to India since 2008, and U.S. companies could see "billions of dollars" in additional sales in coming years, a senior U.S. State Department official said Thursday. Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said U.S. sales of military equipment to India had grown from zero in 2008 to around $8 billion, despite a decision by India to choose a French-built plane in a closely-watched fighter plane competition. ... |
| Once-doubted tourniquet seen as Boston lifesaver Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:27 AM PDT
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| United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT
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| Embry-Riddle Announces Commencement Speakers for Three Campuses Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:02 AM PDT The guest speakers are Robert Cabana, director of Kennedy Space Center; Story Musgrave, former astronaut; and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Trask(PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will hold commencement ceremonies in May for 1,487 students of its Worldwide, Prescott and Daytona Beach campuses. Military commissioning ceremonies are also scheduled for graduating students at the Prescott and Daytona Beach campuses: 42 students from Air Force ROTC, 33 from Army ROTC and 14 from Naval ROTC. ... |
| Iraqi challenged over torture allegations against British troops Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:07 AM PDT
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| 5 Financial Issues to Consider Before Joining the Military Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:23 AM PDT Advice for when it's just you and your wallet in a foxhole |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:14 AM PDT "He said watching what happened yesterday left him with a big hole in his heart and told me he wants to ensure that this never happens again to anybody, anywhere." |
| Soccer-Qatar races to develop solar-powered cooling for World Cup Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:51 AM PDT * Committee official says Qatar developing cooling technology * Says Emirate will be ready for winter or summer tournament * Will contribute stadiums' modular seating to other countries By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, April 18 (Reuters) - Qatar is racing to develop efficient solar-powered cooling technology to counter the searing heat of the Middle Eastern summer in its stadiums during the 2022 soccer World Cup, a senior organising committee official told Reuters. ... |
| United Nations urges halt to Iraqi executions Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:40 AM PDT
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:35 AM PDT Will bring clear new vision and energy to leading national security organizationWASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amid a time of rising U.S. strategic challenges from Iran's advancing nuclear program, a drastically changing Middle East, declining U.S. defense budget, and questions about the U.S. role in the world, the Washington, D.C.-based Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Michael Makovsky as its Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director."I am incredibly pleased that Michael Makovsky has joined JINSA. ... |
| 'Round One' Or A Knockout Blow To Obama's Gun Control Agenda? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:51 AM PDT
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| The Plot to Oust Ann Curry at the Today Show Was Called 'Operation Bambi' Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:21 AM PDT
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| Iraq's Kurds to hold local elections in September Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:13 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region announced Thursday that new parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on Sept. 21, as violence rose ahead of weekend provincial elections elsewhere in the country. |
| Eric Greitens Named One of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:12 AM PDT U.S. Navy Veteran, Founder and CEO of The Mission Continues, is named to the 2013 TIME 100.St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 TIME named Eric Greitens, Founder and CEO of The Mission Continues, to the 2013 TIME 100. TIME 100 is the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes appear in the April 29 issue of TIME, available on newsstands and tablets on Friday, April 19, and now at time.com/time100. ... |
| Iraqi forces hunt Saddam's former deputy Posted: 18 Apr 2013 05:54 AM PDT
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| In Boston as in Baghdad, Tragedy Cannot Be Ignored Posted: 18 Apr 2013 05:30 AM PDT The dull boom sounded all too familiar; the blood-splattered streets and frantic screams of confused bystanders could have been in Baghdad on any given day. But it was Boston, in an affluent area surrounded by world-class security forces, where deadly roadside bombings aren't supposed to happen. |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:30 AM PDT Investigational Treatment for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to be Studied in Phase I Trial Later This YearBANGKOK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Besins Healthcare (Besins) and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL), a global leader in hormonal products, announced today that they have completed a licensing agreement to use SNBL's proprietary intranasal drug delivery system, Muco™ System, to further develop its BHR-310 investigational agent containing progesterone for treating mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). ... |
| Marathon rescuer gets attention from press and FBI Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:10 AM PDT
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:04 AM PDT About 60,000 veterans sleep on the streets or in homeless shelters every night, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).Utica, NY (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Feed Our Vets, a nonprofit organization dedicated to stocking food pantries across the nation in the battle against hunger among U.S. veterans, is advocating increased public support and long-term planning to meet the basic needs of military men and women who are homeless, living in shelters, or unable to adequately feed their families. ... |
| Department of Defense Highlights Successful U.S.- Azerbaijani Cooperation on Nonproliferation Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) hosted Azerbaijan's Ambassador Elin Suleymanov on April 12 to discuss the DTRA's Cooperative Threat Reduction work with Azerbaijan. Following the meeting, DTRA Director Kenneth A. Myers spoke to American Forces Press Service. "[Azerbaijan] has some very difficult and unique security challenges and some of the things we do here could be of help and additional opportunities for partnership," said Mr. Myers. ... |
| Manchin On Gun Vote Loss: 'Blame Me'; DCCC Raises $22.6M in Q1; NRCC Drops Sanford Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT'S NEWSPres. Obama "declared it a 'shameful day for Washington'" after the Senate defeated the Toomey-Manchin deal "to expand background checks," 54-46 (Los Angeles Times). Vulnerable Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT), Mark Begich (D-AK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) voted against the bill (On Call).The DCCC raised an "unprecedented" $22.6M in the first quarter. $4.3M, or 19%, "came directly from caucus dues" (Roll Call). That would mean that the cmte raised about $10.2M in March alone (Hotline reporting). ... |
| What we know about the Waco-area fertilizer plant explosion Posted: 17 Apr 2013 11:28 PM PDT
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| Plea talks for sergeant charged in Iraq shooting Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:03 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — A lawyer for an Army sergeant charged with killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer at a mental health clinic in Iraq said Wednesday he's talking with prosecutors about a possible plea agreement that would spare Sgt. John Russell from the death penalty. |
| 10 Things to Know for Thursday Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:01 PM PDT
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| Boston Marathon’s Coolest Acts of Bravery and Compassion Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:01 PM PDT Almost nothing makes sense about the events of the Boston Marathon, except the moments that happened after the explosions. The subsequent outpouring of assistance and heroism proved what Patton Oswalt explained in his now-famous Facebook post from that day: |
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