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Sunday's 3/24 local schedule (updated Saturday AM)
COLLEGES Women’s basketball NCAA Norfolk Region first round (in Durham, N.C.): No. 15 Hampton at No. 2 Duke, noon No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State, 2:30 Baseball William and Mary at Northeastern, 1 Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore, noon...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Jacksonville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Jacksonville (Indiana, Pennsylvania)
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Marine Corps identifies 7 killed in Nevada training accident
The Marine Corps released the identities Wednesday night of the seven Marines who died this week when a mortar shell exploded during a live-fire training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. Those killed were Pfc. Joshua M. Martino, 19, of...
Tags: Accidental Death, Clearfield (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Armed Forces, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), First Aid
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Severna Park Marine dies in Nevada military training accident
He was the teenager who wasn't embarrassed to hug his mom at Severna Park High School while other students looked on, who pitched on the Falcons' 2009 state championship baseball team, and who matured into a Marine with a swallow tattoo on his right arm....
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Army, United States Naval Academy
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Nevada town mourns Marines who died in explosion
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of at least seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City, U.S. Military, Credit and Debt, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Pentagon bans mortar round after Nev. deaths
Associated PressHAWTHORNE, Nev. -- A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured several more during mountain warfare training in Nevada’s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City, U.S. Military, Credit and Debt
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Mortar explosion blamed for 7 Marine deaths at Nevada training site
A live ammunition training exercise erupted in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured at least seven others at a storied Nevada military munitions depot, officials said Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred about 10 p.m. Monday night at the...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, George Wright, Politics, Explosions, World War II (1939-1945)
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Iraq War anniversary: Remembering our fallen
L.A. NOWThis week marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq. In the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 729 California servicemen and servicewomen have been killed. One of the first to die was Jose Garibay from Costa...... -
Military suspends use of mortar rounds in deadly Hawthorne blast
Military officials have suspended the use of the 60-millimeter mortar rounds and ammunition similar to what was involved in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured seven others during an exercise Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot in...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Explosions
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Charles Wells, printing firm owner
Charles Nelson Wells, a retired owner of a printing firm and a World War II veteran later honored for his service with a Congressional Gold Medal, died of a blood disorder Feb. 12 at Sinai Hospital. He was 87 and lived in Lochearn. Born in Baltimore and...
Tags: Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Congressional Gold Medal Honorees
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Camp Pendleton general: Afghans taking lead in Taliban fight
L.A. NOWAs Marines return to Camp Pendleton from Afghanistan, fighting continues in volatile Helmand province, but the responsibility for battling the Taliban has now shifted to Afghan forces, the top U.S. general in the region told San Diego reporters Wednesday.... -
Michiana troop returning from Afghanistan today
UPDATE: SOUTH BEND – Today 50 local reserve Marines are coming home. They've spent the last 7 months fighting in Afghanistan. The Marines are with Engineering Company B based in South Bend. They were deployed last May and spent several weeks...Tags: Science and Technology, Afghanistan
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