All U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the month. The road south to Kuwait has been a hotbed of anti-American violence, roadside bombs and assaults by insurgents. Teams like Minnesota’s 1st Platoon A-Company 2-135 Infantry are clearing the last stretch of highway from Iraq to Kuwait of threats to [...]
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December 15, 2011
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December 8, 2011
Traffic deaths trended down again in 2010, says DOT
Washington (CNN) — Some 32,885 people died on the nation’s roadways in 2010 — a number that, while slightly higher than preliminary figures released in April, shows the downward trend in traffic deaths is continuing, now reaching low levels not seen since 1949, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Thursday. The decline came despite the [...]
December 8, 2011
Bomb blast kills 19 in Afghanistan
December 7, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Bomb blast kills 19 in Afghanistan 07 Dec 2011 A roadside bomb has exploded in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 19 people including women and children dead, Afghan officials say. The incident occurred on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit a mini-van carrying Afghan civilians, leaving at least 19 [...]
November 26, 2011
Feds open inquiry into Chevy Volt
(CNN) — Federal safety regulators announced Friday that they have opened “a formal safety defect investigation” into the Chevrolet Volt over concerns the electric car’s battery may pose a significant fire risk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been looking at the car for months, explaining in a press release that this includes crash-testing [...]
November 17, 2011
White House reveals plans to boost cars’ fuel efficiency
The Obama administration proposed Wednesday increasing cars’ fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a White House energy priority that has come under scrutiny in Congress. The plan grew out of an uneasy agreement between the administration, automakers and environmental groups to reduce US dependence on oil imports and cut tailpipe emissions. Regulators [...]
November 16, 2011
Bullet ‘hit White House window’
16 November 2011 Last updated at 13:32 GMT The window thought to have been hit is on the south side of the White House Two bullets have been found at the White House, one of which struck a protective window when it was fired, the US Secret Service says. The casings were found on the [...]
November 14, 2011
Kidnapped US baseball player rescued
With tears in his eyes, Wilson Ramos, a catcher for the Washington Nationals professional baseball team in the US, embraced his rescuers and said he had wondered whether he would survive a kidnapping ordeal that ended when Venezuelan commandos swept into his captors’ mountain hideout. Ramos said he was thankful to be alive and described [...]
November 10, 2011
Wilson Ramos kidnapping vehicle found in Venezuela
Officials said on Thursday they have found the vehicle used by armed men who abducted Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, in a case that highlights a sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom in Venezuela. Police found the kidnappers’ vehicle abandoned in a nearby town Thursday morning and were gathering evidence, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami [...]
October 31, 2011
At least 17 killed in Kabul bomb attack
October 30, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis At least 17 killed in Kabul bomb attack 29 Oct 2011 At least 17 people were killed in central Kabul on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle in a military convoy, according to officials. Five troops and eight civilians were killed in the attack, NATO’s International Security [...]
October 31, 2011
Blast at Yemen Air Base Temporarily Shuts Sana’a Airport
Several large explosions shook an air base outside the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, prompting authorities to temporarily close the city’s nearby international airport Sunday. Yemeni authorities said mortar shells landed at the al-Daylami air force base, a few kilometers from the airport, causing a massive blast and sending up huge plumes of smoke. Flights were temporarily [...]
October 29, 2011
Kabul suicide bomber kills thirteen Americans
US forces in Afghanistan have suffered their deadliest insurgent attack in months after a car bomb filled with explosives rammed into the side of an armoured bus shuttling troops between Nato bases in Kabul. The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) initially said 13 of their troops died in the attack but, after further identification, it [...]
October 23, 2011
Georgia sheriff’s deputy killed with assault rifle, sheriff says
(CNN) — A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia was shot and killed Sunday morning while investigating a domestic dispute, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in Augusta said. At about 1:18 a.m., Deputy James D. Paugh approached a vehicle in a grassy area, Sheriff Ronnie Strength said in a statement. “It appears, at this point, that Paugh [...]
October 20, 2011
San Antonio court break-in may have been a prank
Five foreign nationals travelling the country in a rented recreational vehicle broke into a San Antonio, Texas courthouse early Wednesday, authorities said, triggering a heavy police response that closed downtown streets and summoned the FBI. Later, officials said it could just have been a harmless prank. Some of the men, all in their 20s, wore [...]