If you want to be an officer in the U.S...
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If you want to be an officer in the U.S. Marines, you enroll in a grueling six-week training program at Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Va. With the U.S. fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, summer 2009 enrollment at OCS was the second largest since the Vietnam War. (Matthew Hashiguchi/...
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Officials are trying to determine how w...
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Officials are trying to determine how workers cutting a pipe stirred up radioactive dust at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A plant spokesman said that the public was not endangered, when a dozen workers were exposed to radiation. (Nov. 23) (The Associated Press)
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Home sales far exceeded expectations la...
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Home sales far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in 2.5 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.(Nov. 23) (The Associated Press)
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While handing out Thanksgiving food don...
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While handing out Thanksgiving food donations in Atlanta, celebrity chef Paula Deen was accidentally hit in the face with a ham. (Nov. 23) (The Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama says he will hav...
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President Barack Obama says he will have a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House. (The Associated Press)
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Bulls broke free from a film set in the...
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Bulls broke free from a film set in the southern Spanish town of Cadiz Sunday. "Knight & Day" stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz hadn’t arrived in town yet. Two women were slightly hurt, and filming has been suspended. (The Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama says the U.S. ec...
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President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy has `core strengths' that will put the nation in a good stead for the long term despite a difficult year for millions of people. (Nov. 23) (The Associated Press)
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Former Maryland star and current San Fr...
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Former Maryland star and current San Francisco 49er tight end Vernon Davis stepped on the ice to give the olympic sport of curling a try. Curling is played by more than a million Canadians and is expected to be a major draw at the upcoming Vancouver Games. (The Associated Press)
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Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl talk...
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Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl talks about the implications of Washington, D.C.'s same sex marriage bill at a press conference with other religious leaders who signed the "Manhattan Declaration." The declaration is a pledge to protect religious freedoms and reaffirms the opposition of more t...
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Cyrus Britt’s touchdown with under a mi...
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Cyrus Britt’s touchdown with under a minute left secured Sherwood's 11-7 win over Paint Branch in the Maryland 4A west region championship game. (Alan Goldenbach, edited by Tommy McConnell/The Washington Post)
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