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• Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the …

• Officials: Vets’ float crossed track after signals

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, … 1

• NTSB: Signals activated before float on tracks

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say the warning signals at a railroad crossing in West Texas were activated before a parade float crossed the tracks in an accident that …

• West Texas town begins recovery after train crash

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Two days after a train suddenly plowed into a parade float, killing four war veterans, the city of Midland, investigators and the victims’ families began what …

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician …

• Veterans killed in train crash were war heroes

  November 17, 2012 in Health, Nation/World The four veterans killed when a freight train barreled into the parade float they were riding on were decorated military men who served on the front lines multiple times in …

• Veterans killed in train crash were war heroes

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World The four veterans killed when a freight train barreled into the parade float they were riding on were decorated military men who served on the front lines multiple times in …

• Tragedy ends Texas parade honoring war heroes

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Cheered by a flag-waving crowd, the parade float carrying wounded military veterans was inching across the railroad tracks when the crossing gates started coming down. And … 1

• West Texas rail crossing had 10 previous accidents

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — There were 10 previous collisions at the West Texas railroad crossing where a train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families, according to …

• Police: 4 vets killed after train hit parade float

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet to …

• Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Cheered on by a flag-waving crowd, a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses was inching across a railroad track when the crossing gates …

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Federal officials are heading to West Texas to join investigators looking into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four …

• 4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float tried to get …

• Missing records frustrate veterans

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 A strange thing happened when Christopher DeLara filed for disability benefits after his tour in Iraq: The U.S. Army said it had no records showing he had ever been overseas. … 8

• VETERANS DAY GALLERY: Images of US troops at war

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World There are very few bonds in life stronger than among those who have served in the Armed Forces — soldiers, sailors and others who volunteered out of a sense of …

• The Bunker offers veterans help, refuge

  November 11, 2012 in City, Region on Page B2 WENATCHEE – Duane Broaddus knows what it’s like to be a combat veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress. It’s the gorilla he’s been wrestling for 44 years. “Right now my heart …

• For Iraq veteran, college offers chance to focus

    November 11, 2012 in City on Page A1 With his thumb dangling from his hand and blood squirting from his forearm, Cory McCarthy put his own life-threatening injury aside and responded to his fellow soldiers’ calls for help. … 2

• Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

  November 10, 2012 in Nation/World Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on …

• In-vitro fertilization is available to active-duty military

  November 4, 2012 in City, Health on Page A1 Sean and Sarah Halsted couldn’t imagine life without children. They met in college while on the Washington State University rowing team. After graduating, Sean Halsted followed in the tradition of … 4

• WWII vet dies at age 93 after casting last ballot

  October 24, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — A World War II veteran who inspired many with his determination to vote even though he had end-stage liver cancer died Wednesday. Frank Tanabe’s daughter Barbara Tanabe …

• Photo of WWII veteran casting vote captures hearts

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — A photograph of a 93-year-old World War II veteran casting what will likely be his last ballot has captured the hearts of tens of thousands of Internet …

• Manufacturers launch program to hire more veterans

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the nation’s leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, … 1

• Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with …

• Fla. judge finds in favor of vet in hepatitis case

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — A Miami federal judge ruled in favor of a veteran who says shoddy hygiene practices at a Veterans Administration hospital caused his hepatitis infection. Air Force veteran …

• Honor Flight headed to nation’s capital

  October 3, 2012 in City Bud Inslee of Connell, Wash., sat in a crowd at Spokane International Airport this morning waiting for his Honor Flight to board. He had the gleam of a man looking … 3

• Obama makes a pitch to veterans, military families

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama has appealed to veterans and military families in defense-focused southeast Virginia, casting himself as a president who is ending foreign entanglements and …

• After Facebook posts, Pa. hostage-taker surrenders

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Klein Michael Thaxton hadn’t been much of a Facebook devotee. He posted no status updates in two years on the social network. On Friday, though, he surfaced …

• Jobs bill for vets bogs down in Senate

  September 19, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country’s federal lands and bolstering …

• Administration warns of ‘destructive’ budget cuts

  September 14, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House report issued Friday warns that $109 billion in across-the-board spending cuts at the start of the new year would be “deeply destructive” to the …

• Senate panel OKs veterans infertility bill

  September 12, 2012 in Health WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate commitee on Wednesday approved legislation that expands access to infertility treatment for seriously injured veterans. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray, authorizes the Department …

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