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Vietnam vets are struck by being thanked for their service - unlike in the '70s

After the speeches ended, after the bagpiper played "Amazing Grace," Bob Hamilton went searching for one of the 58,272 names on the polished black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Hardly a day goes by that he doesn't think about Ray George, a fellow helicopter pilot who was killed in Vietnam when he subbed for Hamilton one day four decades ago. | 11/11/11 18:21:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Abuses in assisted-living facilities come under Senate panel's spotlight

It was an early morning awakening that Alfredo Navas said he'll never forget: His sister on the phone, telling him that their 85-year-old mother had drowned in a shallow drainage pond behind the facility that was caring for her. | 11/02/11 19:33:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Oil spill fund chief says he welcomes oversight

The administrator of a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill said he welcomes an independent audit of how much money has been paid out and what calculations were made to arrive at those payouts. | 10/27/11 16:34:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Feds announce plan to speed Everglades restoration

A new fast-track planning effort could shave years off the next phase of Everglades restoration, putting more fresh and clean water into the central and southern portions of Florida’s "River of Grass" more quickly. | 10/27/11 11:50:17 By - Erika Bolstad

U.S. admits limits in monitoring Cuba's offshore oil drilling

As exploratory oil drilling is set to begin in December off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. government acknowledged Tuesday that because of chilly diplomatic relations it could have a limited ability to control the response to an oil spill there, let alone one the magnitude of last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. | 10/18/11 15:40:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Sen. Rubio sidesteps spat over Univision, debate boycott

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was thrust into the bright national spotlight of Republican presidential politics Wednesday — and not just because he's a potential short-lister for the vice presidential ticket. | 10/05/11 19:01:00 By - Erika Bolstad

U.S. lawmakers urge Spanish oil company to leave Cuba

Thirty-four U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Spanish oil company Repsol to keep out of Cuban waters, saying the firm's pending offshore drilling plans would support the Castro regime and "bankroll the apparatus that violently crushes dissent." | 09/28/11 19:19:00 By - Erika Bolstad

'Also-rans' in GOP race have plenty of reasons to keep running

Newt Gingrich strode onto the stage with his wife at his side. He warmed up the crowd of conservative activists with a dig at the president about Teleprompters. And then he made a sales pitch for his wife's forthcoming book. | 09/23/11 18:26:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Fla. Sen. Rubio praises 'job creators' in hometown speech

After a series of high profile speeches across the country, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio returned home Sunday for an address that took a direct dig at the jobs plan coming out of the White House. Rubio, in the keynote address at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce convention, told the crowd gathered to hear him that he was proud to be in a room "with job creators." | 09/19/11 06:57:07 By - Erika Bolstad

Rep. West promotes film against Ground Zero Islamic center

Florida Congressman Allen West, no stranger to controversy for his remarks about Muslim-Americans, on Wednesday renewed the debate over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York, just days before the country marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. | 09/07/11 18:56:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Katia looming, lawmakers fight for 'hurricane hunter' funds

With the cleanup from Hurricane Irene ongoing and Katia looming in the Atlantic Ocean, some lawmakers and top federal scientists are making the case to maintain healthy research budgets that sharpen the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. | 09/01/11 19:04:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Curtis Morgan

American culture still grappling with 9/11

With the death of Osama bin Laden this spring, and the opening of a permanent memorial on the site of the former World Trade Center this year on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, it also may be that enough time has passed for artists, filmmakers, television writers and novelists to create work that makes better sense of what the past decade means. | 08/29/11 08:00:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Irene churns toward Northeast, millions of hurricane newbies

As Hurricane Irene threatened the Outer Banks and most of the Eastern Seaboard, President Barack Obama warned Friday of a historic storm with the potential to flood neighborhoods, down trees, erode beaches and knock out power to tens of millions of people unused to violent tropical weather. | 08/26/11 19:03:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Gadhafi son resurfaces as rebels fight to hold Tripoli

Libyan rebels battled Monday to hold Tripoli as Moammar Gadhafi's son and longtime heir apparent — whom the rebels claimed to have captured — made a surprise appearance outside a hotel and dismissed claims that his father had lost control of the country. | 08/22/11 22:50:00 By - Erika Bolstad, Nancy A. Youssef and Mohannad Sabry

A free Seif Gadhafi makes surprise visit to Tripoli hotel

That Seif al-Islam Gadhafi was in fact free — and not in their custody, as they'd bragged a day earlier — wasn't just a tremendous embarrassment for the rebels. It also raised serious questions about the credibility of the opposition government set to take control of post-Gadhafi Libya and, more urgently, about the rebels' claims to control nearly all of the capital. | 08/22/11 19:29:00 By - Erika Bolstad, Nancy A. Youssef and Mohannad Sabry

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