Posts Tagged ‘special’
Death highlights women’s role in Special Ops teams (AP)
AP – Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died on the front lines in southern Afghanistan last weekend, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women.
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Tigers summon special friend for Homecoming
Chris Williams admits he may cry. He won’t be embarrassed. He’s cried before, he says, and sometimes it’s unavoidable. Williams, a former offensive tackle at Fort Hamilton, thinks back to the times when he couldn’t help himself. He cried after he was shot nine times, in 2007, while he was trying to protect his little sister.
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Special ops, CIA first in, last out of Afghanistan (AP)
AP – They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave.
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Bondy: ‘Special’ turnaround for Jets’ McKnight
No little kid dreams at night of playing on special teams in the NFL, blocking punts and delivering brutal tackles on kickoffs. No college star, either. Joe McKnight, a standout running back at USC, was really no different, which is why he and Mike Westhoff didn’t exactly hit it off last season. “He hated me last year,” McKnight said Thursday, while the special-teams coach was scheming to wreak more havoc.
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Polls close in tight NY House special election (AP)
AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.
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NY special election a measure of Obama’s strength (AP)
AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.
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Judge rejects DSK accuser’s bid for special prosecutor
Now all that stands between Strauss-Kahn and a plane ride home to France is a hearing at which the judge is expected to approve a request by the Manhattan district attorney’s office to drop the charges altogether.
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