News for Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Bank that Caused 14 Military Families to Lose Their Homes Says "Sorry"

Love may mean never having to say you're sorry, but wrongly kicking military families out of their homes means you really should apologize. JP Morgan Chase is saying words of contrition to all the military families they overcharged, and to those who lost their homes to foreclosure because of mistakes the bank made. I'm sure that makes it all better.

The Stars and Stripes reports that Chase flouted ...

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2,300 Workers to Lose Their Jobs at Military Headquarters and Beyond

General Ray Odierno, who heads up the U.S. Joint Forces Command, told the Associated Press today that the USJFC is laying off 2,300 employees. The Command's military headquarters in Virginia is slated to close by March 2012 as a means to streamline costs and save the Pentagon money as it faces budget cuts of its own. And the widespread reach of the U.S. Joint Forces Command ...

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A Dozen More Veterans Put at Risk by Dirty Colonoscopies

This nightmare of a story just keeps getting worse. The Miami Herald is reporting that the Veterans Administration hospital in Miami is notifying twelve more of its patients that they could have contracted HIV or other diseases like hepatitis because they were given colonoscopies with dirty equipment. This is the third time the Miami VA has had to get in touch with the folks who have served our country, and ...

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Iraq and Afghanistan and Our Nation's Soul

If you're a member of the military or the loved one of a soldier or sailor, your life has probably been impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in ways we civilians can't even fathom. But what about those of us on the home front? Our nation has been at war for almost a decade, and yet how does that fact impact our day-to-day lives? USA Today ...

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