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Marine Facing Prison Time For Sex Charges
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Last Updated: 8:47 AM 11/19/09 -
A Camp Lejeune Marine has pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with a minor.
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Navy Sets New Bird Study At NC Landing Field Site
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Last Updated: 8:49 PM 11/17/09 -
The Navy is conducting another bird study at a proposed North Carolina site in Camden County for a practice landing field for jets fighters.
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Golden Corral Honors Veterans
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Last Updated: 10:31 PM 11/16/09 -
Once a year--a national chain restaurant takes time out to thank America's military veterans by offering them a free meal.
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Camp Lejeune Marine Killed In Afghanistan
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Last Updated: 2:44 PM 11/16/09 -
Lance Cpl. Shawn Hefner of Hico, Texas, died while part of a crew of an amphibious assault vehicle.
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Police: Car Bomb Kills 7 In NW Pakistan
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Last Updated: 8:29 AM 11/14/09 -
Police say a car bomb targeting a security force checkpoint has killed seven people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
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Army Says Morale Is Down In Afghanistan
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Last Updated: 2:04 AM 11/14/09 -
Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.
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NEW INFO: Marine Found Dead In Barracks
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Last Updated: 2:57 PM 11/16/09 -
Camp Lejeune has released the name of a Marine found dead in the his barracks Friday morning.
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Sarah Palin's Book Tour Includes Stop At Fort Bragg
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Last Updated: 2:10 PM 11/12/09 -
Sarah Palin's autobiography, Going Rouge, hits bookstores on November 17th and she's hitting the road to promote it the next day. She's scheduled to appear at Fort Bragg on November 23rd to promote the book.
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Shooting Suspect's Superiors Questioned Behavior
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Last Updated: 10:57 AM 11/12/09 -
Nidal Malik Hasan's overly zealous religious views and strange behavior worried the doctors overseeing his medical training, but they saw no evidence that he was violent or a threat.
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Obama Wants Revised Afghanistan War Options
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Last Updated: 10:56 AM 11/12/09 -
President Barack Obama won't accept any of the Afghanistan war options before him without changes, a senior administration official said, as concerns soar over the ability of the Afghan government to secure its own country one day.
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NC Governor Encouraging Employment Of Veterans
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Last Updated: 9:20 PM 11/11/09 -
Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to promote North Carolina's military-friendly image by helping veterans and military spouses find work.
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Lowe's Offers Veterans Day Discounts To Military
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Last Updated: 9:19 AM 11/11/09 -
Lowe's home improvement stores are offering a special 10 percent discount to military personnel and retirees over the Veterans Day holiday.
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Body Of Fort Bragg Paratrooper Found
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Last Updated: 1:27 PM 11/11/09 -
A second paratrooper is still missing in western Afghanistan.
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Who Knew Of Fort Hood Suspect's Radical Contacts?
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Last Updated: 5:55 AM 11/11/09 -
The mystery over whether the military knew Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan was communicating with a radical Muslim imam lapsed into finger-pointing ahead of congressional investigations looking into the Army psychiatrist's contacts with any extremists.
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Veterans Day Events
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Last Updated: 7:56 PM 11/11/09 -
Wednesday we honor the men and women who have served our country. Read the story to find information on local Veterans Day events.
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President Obama Speaks At Fort Hood Memorial Service
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Last Updated: 3:12 PM 11/10/09 -
President Barack Obama is blaming "twisted logic" for the killing of 13 men and women at Fort Hood, and says there is no faith that justifies acts he describes as "murderous and craven."
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White House Denies Afghanistan Troops Rumors
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Last Updated: 4:15 AM 11/10/09 -
The White House is denying media reports that President Obama has decided to send 40,000 troops to Afghanistan.
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Investigators: Ft. Hood Suspect Acted Alone, Communicated With Radical Group
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Last Updated: 3:24 AM 11/11/09 -
Investigators say Hasan communicated 10 to 20 times with a radical cleric overseas who in the past came under scrutiny for possible links to terror groups.
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Caller Claims Responsibility For Pakistan Bombing
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Last Updated: 8:13 AM 11/08/09 -
A purported Taliban commander has claimed responsibility for a market bombing in northwestern Pakistan that killed an anti-Taliban mayor and 11 others.
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Navy Ship Built With WTC Steel To Go Into Service
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Last Updated: 7:49 AM 11/07/09 -
The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center.
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Ministry: NATO Airstrike Kills Afghan Soldiers
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Last Updated: 7:28 AM 11/07/09 -
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
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Local Muslims Concerned Over Ft. Hood Shooting
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Last Updated: 9:41 PM 11/06/09 -
The suspected Ft. Hood shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, doesn't have any religious preference listed on his military file, but his name, and pictures of him in Muslim dress, have some in the Muslim community concerned their religion may come under attack.
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Local Vets React To Ft. Hood Shooting
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Last Updated: 9:57 PM 11/06/09 -
As veterans were honored Friday at Broad Creek Middle School in Carteret County, the massacre at Ft. Hood was on the minds of many.
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Prosecution Wraps Up Testimony In Murder Trial Against Former Marine
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Last Updated: 7:20 PM 11/06/09 -
The state has wrapped up its case against a former Camp Lejeune Marine on trial for the murder of a Harlowe man.
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