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RAF Tornado Pilots Abort Targets to Avoid Civilians

To kill or not to kill; for once it was not a question.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An article in The Telegraph by Con Coughlin today details the kind of moral military story we don't hear too often in our Wikileaks-based world.

Royal Air Force Tornado jets returned to their base after a raid on Libyan military forces loyal to Gaddafi, with their weapons still slung underneath the wings of their airplanes.

Lejeune Documentary Headed to Tribeca

The movie’s directors, Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon, have spent at least two years working on the film.

(NEW YORK) - A documentary about the historic water contamination at Camp Lejeune will have its world premier this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

“Semper Fi: Always Faithful” tracks the evolution of Marine veteran Jerry Ensminger into an environmentalist after the death of his young daughter, Janey, from leukemia in 1985.

Correctional Officer Found Dead in Washington Prison

Donations to support Officer Biendl's family can be made at any Key Bank location under the name "Jayme Biendl Memorial Fund".

(MONROE, Wash.) - A correctional officer was found dead late Saturday night at Monroe Correctional Complex. An offender who was found earlier was taken to a segregation unit while Monroe police officers investigate.

The officer, Jayme Biendl, 34, had been with the Department of Corrections since 2002.

Medvedev`s Palestine-Jordan Trip Promoted Religion And Independence

The diplomatic foot-dragging highlighted Israel’s control over Palestine’s borders, a further reminder that Palestine is still not an independent nation.

(CHICAGO) - When Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev arrived in Jericho, Palestine, last week, he was received by an honor guard and by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Medvedev came to Palestine to reaffirm his country’s support for a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem.

Arizona Tragedy: Tucson

A brief poetic tribute about those who lost their lives...

(CLEVELAND) - The population of the United States is still reeling from the senseless shooting that took place in Arizona, killing several Americans gathered for a sidewalk meeting with Arizona Representative Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords.

They ranged from a Federal Judge; John Roll, to nine-year old Christina Taylor Green who was born on 11 September 2001; the day of one of America's darkest tragedies; not to sell this brutal slaying short.

Hmong People Mourn Death of Royal Lao General Vang Pao

Vang Pao, former general, Hmong leader, and enemy of the Communist Pathet Lao, passed away at the age of 81.

(FRESNO, Calif.) - Vang Pao, former Royal Laos general; noted Hmong leader and military leader, passed away in Fresno, California late Thursday. He had been hospitalized for the ten days before his death in Clovis, California.

Vang Pao was born in the Xiangkhouang Province of Laos, which was French Indochina when Gen. Pao was born in 1929.

Monsters Among Us (Videos)

To Live or Die for a Real America...

(CINCINNATI) - I talked with one of my good friends last night. He was in Vietnam in the 1960s, as was I. He spent much of his life working in intelligence, not a safe and warm occupation during the cold war, when there may have been honor in the word “intelligence.”

Tim & Bonnie King

".. all I can say is we are blessed and very thankful, thanks go out in all directions" - Tim King

(CLEVELAND) - The recognition of rock solid reporting is profoundly rare; many journalists work for years without receiving such accolades.

Among awards, there are cases where a journalist submits content, and the more rare events where a group simply nominates a reporter for an award based one or more report that made a profound difference.

Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve

We are called to determine the course of our lives based on our choices of the gods we serve.

(CHICAGO) - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for US president, was flying on April 4, 1968, from New York City to Indianapolis, Indiana. During the flight he learned of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

In spite of warnings that it would not be safe, Kennedy insisted on speaking at his previously scheduled campaign event in Indianapolis. The impromptu eulogy he delivered before a predominantly African American crowd of 2500, may be found at the end of this posting.

Drug Dealers & COSTCO?

Some American drug stores would rob you blind; Costco isn't one of them.

(CLEVELAND) - Last July, an investigative reporter named Steve Wilson with channel 7 News in Detroit, covered a story about generic drug price gouging by pharmacies.

Wilson's report revealed that some generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Snopes reports, "Yes, that's not a typo . . . three thousand percent!"