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Increased Police Presence at Marine Corps Marathon

  The 35th annual Marine Corps Marathon kicked off Sunday morning under sunny skies and intense police surveillance.   The Arlington, Virginia race covers more than 26 miles and has 30,000 participants, but was started under a cloud of security concerns due to recent shootings targeting Marine facilities in the Washington, D.C. area.   For runners, the increased police presence was impossible to miss. ... read more

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October 31, 2010

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Archives of: October 2010


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Lauren Green

October 22, 2010 10:23 AM

Mosques Open Their Doors to Neighbors in Effort to Win Over Skeptics

The prayers, the Koran and the people. They're the three things Muslims would like Americans to know about. To counter negative stereotypes, Muslim leaders nationwide are flinging open the doors to their mosques, hoping to present a positive image of Islam. "The main thing is to open the doors and to share with people, to clarify who we are so people have no fears, ... read more



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Conor Powell

October 22, 2010 8:08 AM

U.S. and Afghan Troops Push Deeper Into Taliban Stronghold

ZHARI DISTRICT, Kandahar – Just a few months ago, US troops struggled to leave their bases in Zhari District, Kandahar. Insurgent ambushes were seemingly around every corner. But after a massive clearing operation in September, that has changed and now the soldiers of the 1-502 Infantry Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division are now pushing deeper into the ... read more



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Orlando Salinas

October 21, 2010 1:38 PM

Farming Water in Florida

Jimmy Wohl’s been a cattle rancher for most of his life. His family bought the 5,000 acre spread in Sebring, Florida back in the early 1960’s, and it’s still a working cattle ranch today. While we were walking his land, A couple hundred head of beef cattle were looking at me like I was some sort of matador. Kind of like how many American ranchers have looked at any ... read more



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Greg Palkot

October 21, 2010 12:16 PM

France at the Brink

There was another day of protests, blockades, and  violence in France.  All of this was over government efforts to hike the retirement age and reform the indebted pension system there. Marseilles Airport, one of the key air hubs in  southern France, was blocked for several hours  (police had to break that up). Police also moved in to stop young protestors ... read more



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Reena Ninan

October 21, 2010 9:37 AM

Women for Sale in Tel Aviv

She's blonde.  Petite.  Blue-eyed with delicate features. "It's the least I can do. These women are the weakest in Israel society," said Maya Speer, attorney and human rights activist, who pretended to be "Sophia." "They are slaves, and no one should be slaves." Speer said she felt anger and sadness while standing in the display window as shoppers looked ... read more



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Maryam Sepehri

October 21, 2010 12:18 AM

Fmr Al Qaeda Testifies at Ghailani Trial

A second day of testimony did not directly tie L'Houssain Kherchtou, a former Al Qaeda member to Ahmed Ghailani, who's on trial for the 1998 bombings of two US Embassies in East Africa, which killed more than 200 people. Prosecutor Harry Chernoff showed a picture of Ahmed Ghailani to the witness and asked whether Kherchtou recognized the man in the photo.  “No ... read more



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Mike Levine

October 20, 2010 6:01 PM

VA Man Admits Terror Intent, Claims Remorse

  [/caption]   A Virginia man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he recently tried to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in East Africa and, months earlier, threatened the creators of the television show "South Park." But 20-year-old Zachary Chesser has now “totally renounced violent jihad,” according to his defense attorney. Chesser was arrested in July ... read more



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Ruth Ravve

October 20, 2010 12:36 PM

Accused Backpack Bomber Pleads Not Guilty

CHICAGO- A 22 year old who allegedly thought being a terrorist would make him some quick cash, plead "not guilty" today in federal court.  Lebanese immigrant Sami Samir Hassoun is charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Police say Hassoun placed a backpack, that he thought was stuffed with explosives, near a busy intersection just outside Chicago's ... read more



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Leland Vittert

October 20, 2010 12:24 PM

Wounded Warriors Visit Israel

The sun beat down like an oven on the “clean” setting but it didn’t matter. Most of the riders  were missing a limb and that didn’t matter either…there was not one complaint among the 10 wounded American Hero’s visiting Israel for an 11 day bike tour around the country. Most were injured in the Iraq War and have since had prosthetics fitted so they can ... read more



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Reena Ninan

October 20, 2010 11:52 AM

President Carter Says Palestinians Live in a ‘Cage’

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 86, has spent the past week in the Middle East, along with a delegation of peace activists known as The Elders, which is led by former Irish President Mary Robinson and former U.N. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Carter continued to publicly call  on Israel to lift the international blockade on the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million ... read more