Weather halts search for avalanche victim
Roundup reports a weather delay in the Kenai Peninsula as ConocoPhillips Alaska workers Jim Bowles and Alan Gage were missing after an avalanche near Seward. Bowles was recovered. Gage remains missing and presumed deceased among a party of 12 snowmobilers in the Grandview wilderness.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Conoco- Phillips Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Seward
Jim Bowles
Alan Gage
Capital Projects
Grandview
Bowles
Gage
Pentagon begins review as end of ban on gays looms
The Pentagon starts a yearlong internal assessment led by Gen. Carter Ham and Jeh Johnson to ease and eventually repeal the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. Officials seek to minimize disruptions and delay congressional action until after elections, while surveying service members and families for impact.
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Washington
Pentagon
Carter Ham
U.S. Army
Europe
Jeh Johnson
Defense
Robert Gates
CIA
Gates
Rockets Hit Home Killing Civilians Near Marjah
Civilians died when two U S rockets hit a house near Marjah Afghanistan on Sunday as NATO and Afghan forces press a major offensive. Marines faced sniper fire sand storms and booby traps in a city of about 80 000 people as Karzai urged caution and McChrystal ordered a halt to HIMARS pending review.
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Marjah
Afghanistan
U.S
NATO
Zaher
Nad Ali
Stanley McChrystal
Hamid Karzai
Karzai
Waheed Omar
Biden Cheney dispute on terror and Iraq war
Biden and Cheney clashed on the top threat to the United States and the use of torture while agreeing only on Afghanistan policy. Cheney urged faster action by Obama as Biden cited al Qaida evolving into smaller cells and warned of more dangers ahead.
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Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Cheney
Obama
ABC News
Biden
Vancouver
Canada
CBS
Face the Nation
NBC
Meet the Press
CBS al-Qaida
Arabian Peninsula
Death row’s oldest inmate dies at 94 in Arizona prison
Viva Leroy Nash, the oldest death row inmate in the United States, died at age 94 in the Florence prison complex. Deaf and nearly blind, he spent most of his life in custody since 1930 and faced long battles over his mental competence while on death row.
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Phoenix
United States
Viva Leroy Nash
Nash State
Florence
Arizona Department of Corrections
Nash
Barrett Marson
Thomas Phalen
Bush
Phalen
Utah
Arizona
U.S. Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Kan
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Fla
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Defense Secretary
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Bill Clinton
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Helmand
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