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Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse
A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Just last week an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself ...
Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse
A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Just last week an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself ...
US launches drone from aircraft carrier
A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world. The X-47B ...
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013 There are 223 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1693 - French again destroy Heidelberg, Germany, and ravage the Rhineland. 1761 - The first life insurance policy in the United States is issued, in Philadelphia. ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party; government watchdog blames lax management WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied ...
NJ man accused of selling rejected airplane parts
A New Jersey man has been charged with running a scheme to sell airplane parts that had been scrapped or rejected. The U.S. attorney's office says Edgewater resident Gideon Vaisman and others bought scrapped airplane engine parts and created fake paper trails to hide the fact the parts had been ...
DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions
After weeks of debate and number-crunching, the Defense Department announced plans Tuesday to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year, allowing only limited exceptions for the military to avoid or reduce the unpaid days off. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in ...
Airlines collected record baggage fees in 2012
U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago. Passengers shouldn't expect a break anytime soon. Those fees — along with extra charges for boarding early or picking prime seats ...
Florida editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: May 14 The Gainesville Sun on fixing financial aid: A 3 percent tuition increase for state colleges and universities sounds pretty minor. It only equates to about $93 a year more for a student taking 30 credit hours. It seems like a reasonable increase when ...
Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier
The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America's drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes. The drone, called the X-47B, ...
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