4:13pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Impact of War

To Rehabilitate Young Vets, Go Hunting

Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 8:02 pm

Credit Jenelle Pifer / WESA

Recreational rehabilitation programs have long been a favorite for helping disabled veterans acclimate after war, and the number of young and disabled vets returning who need those services is on the rise.

Two brothers — with nearly 60 years of military service between them — are trying to help with a unique retreat that's free for young vets. The program gets them out of their hospital beds for a few days to hunt in rural Pennsylvania.

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3:54pm

Tue June 12, 2012
Asia

A Nobel Acceptance Speech — Two Decades Overdue

Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 10:49 pm

Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Europe Wednesday, where she'll deliver a speech she was invited to give more than two decades ago: the one for her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, which she was unable to collect while under house arrest.

In Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, at the headquarters of Suu Kyi's party, spokesman U Nyan Win says she is busy writing speeches for her extended trip to Europe, including the visit to Oslo for the belated Nobel address this weekend.

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3:52pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Salt

Will Beer And Brats Break Through Wisconsin's Partisan Divide?

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back Democrats' efforts to kick him out of office last week in an election widely seen as a national referendum on labor policies.

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3:33pm

Tue June 12, 2012
It's All Politics

Romney Puts Distance Between Himself And Self On Public-Worker Hiring

Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 4:43 pm

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Mitt Romney seemed pretty adamant last week when he said taxpayers didn't want any more teachers, firefighters and police officers, suggesting that they wanted to see government at all levels shrink.

But given the chance during a Fox News appearance Tuesday to repeat the bold statement of just a few days ago, the all-but-official presidential nominee essentially took a pass.

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3:18pm

Tue June 12, 2012
Riverbend 2012

Lionel Young's Unusual Blues

At the 2012 Bessie Smith Strut, Lionel Young and his band performed--but instead of the usual electric guitar, Young played an electric violin.

3:12pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Two-Way

Assistant Penn State Coach McQueary Takes the Stand In Sandusky Trial

Originally published on Tue June 12, 2012 3:58 pm

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(Note: There is graphic testimony about the alleged sexual abuse of a young boy in this post.)

Mike McQueary, a key witness in the case against Jerry Sandusky, testified that he saw the former Penn State assistant football coach engaged in a "clear" "sex act" with a young boy at a campus shower, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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2:45pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Two-Way

Russia Is Giving Syria Helicopters, Clinton Says

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 7:28 am

Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syria for President Bashar Assad's regime to use in its campaign to stamp out opposition, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today.

She warned that such action "will escalate the conflict quite dramatically."

The U.S. and Russia have been at odds over how hard to squeeze the regime in an effort to end its harsh crackdown on anti-Assad protests — a crackdown that the U.N. says has killed more than 10,000 people since March 2011, mostly civilians.

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This report covers the period April 1, 2011 through March 21, 2012.

2:10pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Two-Way

'Whitey' Bulger's Girlfriend Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

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The girlfriend of the notorious mob boss James J. 'Whitey' Bulger has been sentenced to 8 years in prison, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to harbor a fugitive.

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1:43pm

Tue June 12, 2012
The Two-Way

Former British PM John Major Says Murdoch Tried To Influence Policy

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Former British Prime Minister John Major told an inquiry that Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul, tried to influence the country's politics during a private dinner in 1997. Major said that Murdoch even hinted that the Prime Minister could lose his media empire's support if he didn't change the way he was dealing with the European Union.

The AP explains:

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