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3 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Pentagon: New record plan won't help vet backlog

The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability claims.

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Related Topix: Veteran Affairs, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Barbara Mikulski

3 hrs ago | ABC2 Maryland

Museums to offer military free tickets

More than 2,000 museums across the nation are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer, beginning on Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: Labor Day, Holidays

4 hrs ago | Washington Times

Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention

A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook , using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.

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Related Topix: Chesterfield, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Veteran Affairs

8 hrs ago | WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Float driver says train seemed still before crash

The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, according to documents released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Veteran Affairs

10 hrs ago | Kypost.Com

Arias speaks out in jailhouse interview

In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday." Arias spoke to The Associated Press as part of a series of interviews with media outlets.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Violent Crime, Self Defense

10 hrs ago | TwinCities

31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip, AAA says

In this May 28, 2010 file photo, the rush hour commute starts in early afternoon and with greater intensity as traffic is jammed in both directions on Interstate 405 on the Westside of Los Angeles as commuters and Memorial Day vacationers hit the road.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Holidays, Opinion

14 hrs ago | KMTR Eugene

Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips

Federal agriculture officials say chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy - known allergens - which are not listed on the labels of its packages.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Meat, Chicken, Food

18 hrs ago | CBS 47

Phoenix restaurant reeling after bad reality TV experience

The owners of a suburban Phoenix restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience.

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Related Topix: Reality TV, Kitchen Nightmares, Entertainment, Television, Gordon Ramsay, Food, Chefs

Tue May 21, 2013

Folio Weekly

Everything Under the Sun

Hannah Aldridge has music running through her veins. Learn more about her before she performs May 30.

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Related Topix: Cake, Baked Goods, Dessert, Food, Neptune Beach, FL

USA Today

Conn. Sen. Murphy takes food stamp challenge

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is learning to eat lean and mean this week. The freshman lawmaker is taking the 'SNAP' challenge, living off the equivalent of what Connecticut families receive in food stamps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, Weather

Patch.com

More Rain Possible This Week, Sunny Skies by Memorial Day Weekend

After yet another weekend filled with flood warnings and event cancellations throughout the metro area, Alpharetta is in for some sunny skies early this week and this Memorial Day weekend, though rain will be likely on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Holidays, Alpharetta, GA, Weather, Fulton County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Seniors losing savings to 'pension advance' firms

Federal and state officials are looking into so-called "pension advances," deals they say are digging retirees and military veterans deep into debt, while also putting individual investors at risk.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Veteran Affairs

Catoosa County News

Lake Winnie set to open water park Monday

Lake Winnepesaukah is putting the final touches on its new water park SoakYa in time for a Memorial Day opening at 1 p.m. The park was originally scheduled to open Friday, May 24.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Holidays

4029TV.com

Sample of Gandhi's blood goes up for auction

A glass microscope slide with a trace of the late Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood is among an array of memorabilia due to be sold at auction Tuesday in England.

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Related Topix: Holidays, Indian Independence

CBC News

Jodi Arias to speak to jury, faces death sentence

Jurors will begin deliberations Tuesday to determine whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing Jodi Arias, convicted of murdering her lover in 2008.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Self Defense

EDGE

Beautiful Creatures

"Beautiful Creatures" is a Southern Gothic "Romeo and Juliet" set in a South Carolina town so small there isn't even a Starbucks -- just 12 churches, one library where books are banned and people who are "too stupid to leave or too stuck to move." The type of place where saying "Bless your heart" actually means "fuck you." Based on the first ... (more)

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Related Topix: Beautiful Creatures, South Carolina, Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Celebrities, Emma Thompson

Boston Herald

Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers

Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, Self Defense, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

House passes bill on lying about military medals

People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Veteran Affairs

Fox News

Thousands of vets reportedly treated for sex abuse

More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as ""shameful and disgraceful." A Department of Veterans Affairs ... (more)

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Related Topix: Veteran Affairs, Milbridge, ME

EDGE

U.N. Says: Why Not Eat More Insects?

The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Medicine, Nutrition, Food, Agriculture