– The Washington Post WASHINGTON – The U.S. government is likely paying contractors millions of dollars for unnecessary work in Iraq because the military is not giving companies clear enough guidance about reducing their employees, officials on the Commission on Wartime Contracting said Monday. There are roughly 102,000 contractors in Iraq, and each contracted worker […]
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Source: NATO to begin Kandahar offensive in June
– The Associated Press WASHINGTON – NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban’s spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday. The goal is to rid the city of Taliban forces before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in August, according to […]
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S. Korean officials say mine may have sunk naval vessel
The nation’s military is ordered on alert as the investigation into last week’s blast continues.
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Portland seeks new fundingsources for sports, music
The School Committee is looking to ensure long-term survival, possibly through community help and grants.
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Portland gets $1.8 millionfor projects to fight obesity
The schools will be given $500,000 and the city will receive $1.3 million to work on obesity rates in adults.
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Myanmar opposition to boycott vote
The protest calls attention to the detention of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Month is marchinginto the record books
Rain will continue until Wednesday morning, but highs could reach 80 inland by Friday.
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Iraq panel wants to bar four parliament victors
Iraq’s minority Sunnis say the committee is trying to rob them of a victory in the March 7 elections.
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Changes in sex ed may force overhaul of health program
PORTLAND – A push to change the way the city’s public schools offer sex education may force an overhaul of the district’s health curriculum, school officials said Monday. To save more than $200,000 a year, school officials plan to do away with the family living and human sexuality program after the 2010-11 school year and […]
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Rescuers help hiker off mountain after fall
– The Associated Press LOW AND BURBANK’s GRANT, N.H. – Authorities say a Colorado man hiking on New Hampshire’s Mount Adams is safe after rescuers helped him walk off the mountain. The New Hampshire Union Leader says a nine-member rescue team and Douglas Soholt made it off the mountain at about 1 a.m. Monday as […]