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AR RAMADI, Iraq (Oct. 26, 2005) -- Some service members walk away with a snack, maybe a can of soda or a pack of cigarettes, but one thing that everyone walks away with is a smile on their face. Traveling from Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, a small group of Marines loads up and heads out to various forward operating bases. Their mission -- to provide a small piece of comfort to service members who don’t have the luxury of an immediate post exchange at their location. Today’s stop is Combat Outpost, located in the heart of Ramadi and the center of...

Nagin tired of traveling to BR for N.O. briefingsNew Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is tired of traveling to Baton Rouge to talk to his constituents. Nagin ended his latest weekly briefing on the status of his city Wednesday by saying he no longer wants to meet at the State Capitol. "If we're going to talk about New Orleans, let's do it in New Orleans," he said. State Sen. Ed Murray, D-New Orleans, who has been arranging the meetings, said he picked Baton Rouge because so many evacuees from New Orleans are staying here. Murray said he doesn't plan to move...

Tragic Trip Newton Theresa Freed Video Included Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004 After a fall of more than 40-feet, Mexican medical teams refuse to help a Kansas man. It was a trip to discover his heritage but instead turns tragic. The 23-year-old was going to Mexico to meet his birth father for the first time. He had been living with his adopted parents his entire life in Newton. Many people take for granted the quality of emergency medical care in the United States. It’s one mistake a Newton family will never make again. It’s a lesson about health care that 21-year-old...

Liberty Activist Retroactively Fired by Verizon Communications On March 29, 2004, Jeffrey "the Hunter" Jordan, a resident of New Hampshire, received notice dated 3/26/04 that Verizon Communications had fired him, retroactive to January 7, 2004. In the letter, the stated reason for the firing was "failure to comply with the policies outlined within Verizon's Code of Business Conduct". No details on how Mr. Jordan failed to comply with the company's policies were provided. Jordan is planning to fight this action. Friends of his at the Liberty Round Table, a group that advocates individual liberty and personal responsibility, have begun calling...

<p>Leo Espino credits his younger brother for introducing him to cigars several years ago.</p> <p>But it was a solid round of golf nearly three years ago that got Espino hooked on stogies for good.</p> <p>"I was smoking a cigar and had a good round of golf a few years ago," he said. "I was trying to figure out how it happened and ..."</p>

<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) - President Bush, swooping through California to boost his re-election bid, told thousands of Marines Thursday that the wars he led in Afghanistan and Iraq and against terrorism have made America more secure.</p> <p>The president stayed mum -- and planned to stay that way -- on the topic foremost in many minds here: the state's unwieldy gubernatorial free-for-all.</p>