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Exclusive: Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in
Pakistan
| Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US -- Exclusive: Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in Pakistan |
| The U.S. soldier kidnapped by Taliban forces in
Afghanistan may have been taken across the border to Pakistan, complicating
efforts to obtain his release, according to two people involved in U.S. and
Afghan military efforts to locate him, and three Afghan soldiers captured
with him. |
Exclusive: Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in Pakistan
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl Kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan |
NASA releases clearest videos yet of 1969 moonwalk -July 20, 2009
| Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US 40 years ago today-The Historic July 20, 1969 Moonwalk-The astronauts |
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On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first men to reach the moon's surface said it's time for the country to renew its commitment to space exploration and look beyond the moon to Mars. At a gathering at NASA's headquarters Monday morning, astronauts from various Apollo missions, including Buzz Aldrin, who traveled to the moon with Neil Armstrong in 1969, and Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, defended the space program and called on public leaders chart a course for Mars. More . . .
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Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US 40 years ago today-The Historic July 20, 1969 Moonwalk ---United States Newspapers |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- NASA released newly restored videos Thursday of two U.S. astronauts taking the world's first steps on the moon. The images were released just four days before the 40th anniversary of the historic event that captivated the world on July 20, 1969. The release, part of a larger Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project, features 15 key moments from the historic lunar excursion, NASA said in a statement. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, now 78, was the first to
venture onto the moon's surface after the lunar module Eagle landed on the
so-called Sea of Tranquility. Following him was Buzz
Aldrin, now 79. Also How a 10-year-old saved Apollo 11
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Vick set free from federal prison July 20, 2009
| Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US Vick set free from federal prison -United States Newspapers |
Vick set free from federal prison: lawyerExpected to meet with NFL commissioner about resuming playing career.It appears Michael Vick can start thinking seriously about resuming his career as a quarterback in the National Football League. Vick spent the past two months under home confinement wearing an electronic monitor and working a $10 US-an-hour job as labourer for a construction company. . . . More
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Sheriff mentions new motive
in killings of Florida couple-July 20, 2009
| Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US Sheriff mentions new motive in killings of Florida couple |
Sheriff mentions new motive in killings of Florida couple
From Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt
CNN Byrd and Melanie Billings, known for adopting special-needs children, were laid to rest Friday. PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) -- Police expect to reveal another motive this week in the killing of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting special-needs children, the local sheriff said. Byrd and Melissa Billings were fatally shot July 9 in their sprawling home in Beulah during a home invasion robbery. Nine of their adopted children were in the house. More. . . |
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| Monday July 20, 2009* United States News.US U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on
Monday touted prospects for strengthening U.S.-India relations and
prepared to sign at least one agreement designed to give U.S. companies
more access to India's expanding markets.
"We want to broaden and deepen our strategic understanding" and find
more common ground with India, Clinton told an audience of several hundred
students and faculty members at Delhi University. She said she would
announce later Monday a more comprehensive approach to U.S.-India
relations, to include talks …Quick
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Frank McCourt, author
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Frank McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Angela's Ashes." |
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A Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashed
and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, killing 16 civilians in the latest …
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Jul 17, 2009 ... "There never was and there never will be another Walter Cronkite," said ABC News anchor Barbara Walters. "We trusted him and that trust was ... Walter Cronkite, Legendary Journalist, Dies At 92 - ABC News
News Anchor dies Friday July 17, 2009 at age 92.
I had grown up in the great era of broadcast news, when the
so-called "Big Three" (and only) broadcast networks, CBS, NBC and
ABC,
dominated the airwaves, ...Remembering
Walter Cronkite
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never was and there never will be another Walter
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