First Living Afghanistan Iraq Medal of Honor Recipient Named
Des Moines IA soldier Staff Sgt Salvatore Giunta will become the first living service member from Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor. President Obama phoned Giunta from Italy to relay the honor. two fellow soldiers died in the Oct 25 2007 Korengal Valley ambush during which he exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue a wounded comrade.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Afghanistan
Iraq
White House
Barack Obama
Army
Salvatore Giunta
Italy
Giunta
Associated Press
Steven Giunta
Hiawatha
Sal
Joshua C. Brennan
McFarland
Wis
Brennan
Igor Strengthens Toward Hurricane Status With Westward Path
Tropical Storm Igor regains strength and moves west at 16 mph from 465 miles west of Cape Verde. Forecasts expect Igor to become a hurricane in three days, reaching near central Atlantic as a strong Category 2 by midweek with 110 mph winds. A separate disturbance near the Windward Islands has a 40 percent chance of development and could threaten Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and possibly Mexico or Florida. The next named storm will be Julia.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Igor
Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Central Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
U.S
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cuba
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Julia
Federal prosecutors drop death penalty for post Katrina cops
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for four current or former New Orleans police officers charged in the Danziger Bridge shootings after Hurricane Katrina. The case also involves seven officers overall tied to a broad civil rights investigation. Trials for two lead defendants are set for June, with prosecutors noting chaotic conditions and disputed motives.
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New Orleans
Justice Department
U.S
Jim Letten
Danziger Bridge
Robert Gisevius
Kenneth Bowen
Anthony Villavaso
Robert Faulcon
Paul Fleming Jr
Faulcon
Washington
Hessler
Danziger
Len Davis
Kim Groves
Arthur Kaufman
Gerard Dugue
Civil Rights Division
David Warren
Henry Glover
Washington executes killer after 17 years on death row
Holly Washa’s family questioned the long delay before Cal Coburn Brown, 52, was executed by lethal injection for the 1991 rape, torture, and murder in Oregon. Brown’s death marks Washington state’s first execution since 2001 and uses a new single drug protocol, with seven others on death row.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Holly Washa
Oregon
Cal Coburn Brown
Washa
Brown
Washington
Becky Washa
Sioux Falls
S.C
John Washa
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Wyoming
Ogallala
Neb
King County
Dan Satterberg
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington State Penitentiary
Green River
Gary Ridgway
Ohio
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Korengal
Hands
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Eric Hessler
Gisevius
Wesley Hancock, Jr
Mark Pasnak
Lori
Frank Moncelli
Carol Sidorski
Elyria
Holiday Inn
Lorain Blvd
Amherst
Vermilion, Lorain and
Karen Washa
Holly
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