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Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'

Military-backed public schools on the rise in US

At 81, Japanese vet makes rare return to Iwo Jima

For D-Day vets, an emotional return to Normandy

Obama calls for new effort for 2-state solution

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting an Obama administration request to maintain the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell" directive...

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President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states in hopes of resolving a conflict fueled by the Jewish nation's post-Holocaust creation...

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Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks
Austin Swarner left high school to care for his mother while she fought a losing battle with cancer. Tony Brown wanted to begin supporting himself and left two classes shy of a diploma. .. Full Story

Questions, answers on US military options
Pentagon planners are examining what the U.S. military can do at sea and on land in response to a dangerous spike in international piracy off the Somali coast. A look at some of the options: .. Full Story

Army doc, 74, soldiers on toward 3rd tour overseas
Dr. John Burson balked when a skeptical Army staffer asked him to undergo a three-day physical exam to make sure he was fit to deploy as a field surgeon to Afghanistan.... Full Story

Stephen Colbert shaves head for US troops in Iraq
It's official. Stephen Colbert has declared victory in the war in Iraq. But the top U.S. commander in the country says not so fast... Full Story

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Explorers Find 1780 British Warship in Lake Ontario
A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday...Full Story

Veterans from 1960’s chemical tests press for help
Lawmakers and veterans of secret Cold War-era chemical and germ tests on military personnel demanded help from the Bush administration Thursday, but they got no satisfaction.
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Fraud costs military health program $100 million-plus
The U.S. military's health insurance program has been swindled out of more than $100 million over the past decade in the Philippines, where doctors, hospitals and clinics have conspired with American veterans to submit bogus claims, according to prosecutors and court records... Full Story

Troop depression on rise in Afghanistan
U.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, an Army mental health report says.. Full Story

Future annual Iraq tab $10 billion plus
The cost of a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq similar to the peacekeeping role American troops have played in South Korea would range from $10 billion to $25 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.. Full Story

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Americans favor probe of 'war on terror' excesses
Two-thirds of Americans favor investigating whether the George W. Bush administration overstepped legal boundaries in its "war on terror," according to a poll released Thursday by USA Today and Gallup.

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• Little progress made in bridge repairs across US
• Louisiana boy's arm bitten off by alligator
• Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
• College prices up again even as economy falters

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