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GI Bill transfer full of questions
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Users of one of the most popular features of the Post-9/11 GI Bill — the option to transfer benefits to family members — will find a few quirks in how Congress designed the transfer provisions as they take effect in August. For example,... Full story
Sandra Bullock and the five stages of grief
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I had never walked out on a movie, and I wasn’t starting now. The following is a true story. The names of the people involved are changed, the names of the movies involved aren’t. Sunday. 4:38 p.m. In one hand I hold my soda; the other,... Full story
DNA process should become routine in court
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It is possible to see both sides in the difficult case of District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne, in which a divided U.S. Supreme Court recently decided this particular defendant did not have a post-conviction constitutional right to get access... Full story
Household war results in carnage
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They mostly came out at night. I think it was usually recreational but it might have had something to do with food. The first time I noticed them was a short time after the plumbers had initially turned the drywall in our home into Swiss cheese in order... Full story
Deployment stress results in gray hairs
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Gray hair is taking over my dark brown head at a rapid pace. It's an invasion that I fight with all my might, but one that is met with large obstacles, such as the expense of getting to a salon every six weeks to keep the enemy at bay. I know, I could... Full story
War on drugs has humiliating ramifications
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It is encouraging that the U.S. Supreme Court so strongly condemned Thursday the decision by officials in an Arizona school district to strip-search a 13-year-old girl because they suspected she might have some Ibuprofen pain reliever in her undergarments. The... Full story
Nothing wrong with taking credit
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America or Germany or any other country is often praised for superior achievements while individual Americans or Germans need to show humility lest they be deemed braggarts. Even in sports such as tennis, where there’s a dominance of individual... Full story
Public losing confidence in president
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President Barack Obama’s news conference Tuesday may have marked the beginning of the end of the administration’s honeymoon with the Washington establishment as personified by the Washington press corps. Although the president was still firmly... Full story
Seems early for election campaigns
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“Hey, since you work for the newspaper, there’s a guy I know...”I hear this statement a lot, but I’m finding these guys they know are most often considering running for office. “He’s not running yet, but he’s... Full story
Military update: Money lacking for disabled retirees
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Active duty and reserve component members are closer to landing a 3.4 percent basic pay raise next January, which would be the 11th consecutive annual increase set higher than private sector wage growth. But in approving a $550.4 billion fiscal 2010... Full story
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