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Updated: 12 years 23 weeks ago

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
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Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists and a suburban Orlando community. "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said, vowing to "get to the bottom of what happened."...
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Drivers snatch 'snow globe' of cash on Md. highway

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Dozens of drivers stopped to grab fistfuls of money after thousands of dollars spilled from an armored truck along a Maryland highway Friday and created what one motorist called one big "snow globe of cash."...
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Nuclear summit: Goal of global security far off

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Halfway into an ambitious four-year effort to safeguard nuclear materials, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are lagging behind their self-imposed goals and facing renewed nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea....
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Clinton informs Congress about Egypt aid decision

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has notified Congress of her decision to waive democracy requirements on $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Egypt....
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Obama says shooting death of Fla. teen a 'tragedy'

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists and a suburban Orlando community. "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said, vowing to "get to the bottom of what happened."...
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Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's top post....
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Don't forget: Memory competition being held in NYC

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- As Mike Mirski sits down with a pack of playing cards, he starts spinning the most incredible yarn. It involves a giant club sandwich, a big lily pad and a monk sitting on the moon....
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Don't forget: Memory competition being held in NYC

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- As Mike Mirski sits down with a pack of playing cards, he starts spinning the most incredible yarn. It involves a giant club sandwich, a big lily pad and a monk sitting on the moon....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Arrest demands grow in Fla. teen's shooting death

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an Orlando suburb is out of the hands of the beleaguered police chief and the county prosecutor with the Justice Department looking at possible civil rights violations and a grand jury perhaps considering charges....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Trayvon Martin death won't go to Fla. grand jury

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A grand jury will not look into the Trayvon Martin case, a special prosecutor said Monday, leaving the decision of whether to charge the teen's shooter in her hands alone and eliminating the possibility of a first-degree murder charge....
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SPIN METER: GOP claims about Obama puzzle enviros

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama "President Algae" for supporting research on biofuels. And Rick Santorum says Obama's environmental views constitute a "phony theology" that prioritizes the earth over people....
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For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position....
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Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
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Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP sources: Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

Thu, 2024-11-28 16:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the international financial institution's top job, senior administration officials said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US