Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Rain showers early becoming more intermittent for the afternoon. High 62F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low near 50F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny skies. High 62F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies early giving way to […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
58 percent of GOP not sure/doubt Obama born in US
Shocker poll from Kos/Research2000 today.
A whopping 58 percent of Republicans either think Barack Obama wasn’t born in the US (28 percent) or aren’t sure (30 percent). A mere 42 percent think he was.
That means a majority of Republicans polled either don’t know about — or don’t believe the seemingly incontrovertible evidence Obama’s camp has presented […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
U.S. soldier killed as deadliest Afghan month closes
A U.S. Army soldier is silhouetted against the sunset as he runs along a fence on the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
By Paul Tait
Fri Jul 31, 9:02 am ET
KABUL (Reuters) – A U.S. service member was killed as the deadliest month for foreign troops in […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 682
By The Associated Press
Thu Jul 30, 8:56 pm ET
As of Thursday, July 30, 2009, at least 682 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Arctic tundra hotter, boosts global warming: expert
Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:18pm EDT
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Regions of Arctic tundra around the world are heating up very rapidly, releasing more greenhouse gases than predicted and boosting the process of global warming, a leading expert said on Wednesday.
Professor Greg Henry of the University of British Columbia also said higher temperatures meant larger […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Crow War Chief to get Medal of Freedom
July 31, 2009
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — A 95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint beneath his World War II uniform and later emerged as an acclaimed Native American historian will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next month.
Joe Medicine Crow will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor from President Obama on Aug. […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Sailor Suing KBR Over Iraq Injuries
July 31, 2009
United Press International
NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy corpsman alleges in a lawsuit that employees of the engineering company KBR caused him to suffer serious injuries while serving in Iraq.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Taylor alleges in a U.S. District Court lawsuit against the defense contracting company he suffered nerve damage and burns in […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Brits, Aussies end Iraq Missions
July 31, 2009
Agence France-Presse
Britain ended its troop presence in Iraq today, concluding six years of military involvement in the country that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
The British exit comes one day after Australian forces wrapped up their own mission and left Iraq, the Australian Associated Press reported.
Under a deal between Baghdad […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
McChrystal may Want More Troops
July 31, 2009
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. general in charge of turning around the war in Afghanistan is likely to recommend significant changes to U.S. and NATO operations, military officials and others familiar with his forthcoming report said. Those changes could include additional U.S. troops despite political headwind against further expansion of the war.
As Gen. […]