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Fla. gov. vetoes nearly $400 million from budget
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget. Scott praised the overall budget — which now stands at roughly $74.1 billion — because it includes spending ...
Hezbollah pulled more deeply into Syria civil war
Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday. The intense battle drove rebels from large parts of the town of Qusair, part of a withering government offensive ...
Pakistan's presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by ...
Furloughs to hit 6,000-plus Kan. military workers
Kansas military officials are juggling schedules and changing plans to accommodate furloughs of more than 6,000 civilian employees because of federal budget cuts. The staff to be idled starting this summer ranges from operations and logistics employees with the Kansas National Guard to instructors at the Army's Command and General ...
Group plans black Civil War veteran memorial
Soldiers in Hagerstown were among the first black men in Maryland to join the ranks of the Union during the Civil War, and were involved in the siege of Petersburg, Va., during the conflict. Among the first local blacks who joined the Union were members of Moxley's Band, a Hagerstown-based ...
Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow. A spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, known as NAK, said on state television that the militants were Russian citizens who had received training ...
MUSHARRAF GRANTED BAIL IN BHUTTO ASSASSINATION CASE
c.2013 New York Times News Service ISLAMABAD — After weeks of legal setbacks, Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, won a small victory Monday amid media speculation that the military is seeking to free the former army chief from a tangle of court cases. An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ...
MUSHARRAF GRANTED BAIL IN BHUTTO ASSASSINATION CASE
c.2013 New York Times News Service ISLAMABAD — After weeks of legal setbacks, Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, won a small victory Monday amid media speculation that the military is seeking to free the former army chief from a tangle of court cases. An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ...
Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile is to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and ...
MacDill medical ops member killed in car crash
A member of MacDill Air Force's medical operations squadron died in a traffic accident, officials from the base said in a statement Monday. Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook was driving in the center lane on I-75 near Riverview on Saturday when another car tried to change lanes and the two collided. ...
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