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She's 95, but she still goes to school every day
Genevieve Russo remembers her mother giving her a nickel every day to ride the trolley from her home in Brooklyn to St. Francis of Xavier Catholic School. ...more
November 28, 2009
Coast Guard cutter is museum
A historic Coast Guard cutter that had performed search-and-rescue missions between the Florida Keys and Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift has arrived in Key West to serve as a floating military museum. ...more
November 28, 2009
Veterans Park marks expansion
Jeannette Green stood in the shade Nov. 17 at Veterans Memorial Park, where dozens of veterans, military supporters and county officials turned out for a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion. ...more
November 25, 2009
Buried LP gas tanks raise stink
About a week ago, Sebring resident Donovan Fletcher and neighbors in the 4700 block of Fourth Street began complaining about a gas smell in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more
November 21, 2009
Our war?
I would posit that any time we cannot raise the troops to fight a war from our own citizenry, but rather must rely on outside contractors, as we are today, (over 133,000 in Iraq and 71,000 in Afghanistan), then we are in a war in which we should not be involved, since obviously the majority of the American people do not support the effort. It then becomes "their war," that is, those who are fighting it, but not "our war." World War II was "our war." Everyone was involved, starting with a draft and going through rationing of food, gas, tires, clothing, etc. We were in an all out mode and we won. ...more
November 21, 2009
Gunman opens fire on Pacific island Saipan; 5 dead
The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site. ...more
November 20, 2009
A matter of fact
It is a known fact that World War II made an end to the Great Depression. ...more
November 20, 2009
Army will search for more WWII-era bombs at school
ORLANDO (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers will be returning to an Orlando middle school to search for World War II explosives that might be buried there. ...more
November 16, 2009
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