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Out-of-state vets to pay lower tuition in Ohio
Ohio now allows out-of-state veterans to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Gov. Ted Strickland announced the change Tuesday as part of a plan to attract more students to Ohio and keep more of them here once they graduate. He...Tags: Ted Strickland, Ohio, Colleges and Universities, Veterans Affairs
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Iran tests missiles in Persian Gulf, Hormouz
Iran's state television says its Revolutionary Guards have tested nine new long- and medium-range missiles in war games that officials say are in response to U.S. and Israeli threats. Gen. Hossein Salami, a top Guards commander, was quoted as saying...Tags: Missile Systems, Government, Weaponry, Civil Unrest, Religious Conflicts
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Death of man in federal custody under scrutiny
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhen Glades County Jail officials brought medicine to Valery Joseph of West Palm Beach two weeks ago, they found him dead in his cell. Immigration officials were holding the Haitian nativepending an immigration hearing scheduled for July 3. A preliminary...Tags: Government, National Government, Police Arrests, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Beach Vacations
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Iraq Wants Timeline For U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Associated PressIraqi officials stepped up pressure on the United States on Tuesday to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw American forces, a sign of the government's growing confidence as violence falls. The tough words come as the Bush administration is running...Tags: Government, George Bush, Political Candidates, National Government, Washington Post Company
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Objects evoke Vietnam memories
Special to the Chicago TribuneOne artifact among the letters, pictures, medals, teddy bears and other mementos left by visitors to the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial caught the attention of Ron Armstrong. A veteran of the Tet Offensive in the late 1960s, he remembered the bamboo...Tags: Moving, People, Veterans Affairs, Awards and Prizes, Michigan
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Lawyer: Wife of toxin suspect was unaware of alleged plot to kill her and husband's alleged $5 million insurance policy on her
Chicago Tribune reportersThe wife of a Lake in the Hills man charged in a bizarre toxin case was unaware that FBI agents interviewed her husband in 2006 for allegedly soliciting a hit man to kill her, her husband's lawyer said Tuesday. The wife of Edward F. Bachner IV also didn'...Tags: California, Firearms, Contracts, Insurance, Espionage and Intelligence
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Cigarettes, Bras: Iran Buys American
Associated PressNuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: cigarettes, brassieres, bull semen and more. U.S. exports to Iran grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in...Tags: Firearms, Nuclear Weapons, Censorship, North Carolina, Government
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U.S. Has Deal To Put Radar Defense System In Czech Republic
Associated PressOver vehement Russian objections, the United States and leaders of the Czech Republic agreed Tuesday to place a radar system in the Czech Republic that would warn of long-range missiles entering Europe from the Middle East. But Secretary of State...Tags: Government, Weaponry, National Government, Condoleezza Rice, Treaties
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Obama's surge to the middle
Until recently one of the biggest raps against Sen. Barack Obama from conservatives was his delicate dance around any issue that might upset his core constituents. How can he claim a break from "politics as usual," they said, if he wasn't willing to upset...Tags: Texas, Bill Clinton, Espionage and Intelligence, Interior Policy, Abortion
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Iran: No war with U.S. or Israel
Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. "I assure you that there won't be any war in the future," Ahmadinejad said during...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, Economic Sanctions, Civil Unrest, Foreign Aid
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