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N.D. Town Hopes Aging Dam Can Hold Back River

BURLINGTON, N.D. - Some residents in a development along the bloated Des Lacs River brushed off warnings to evacuate ahead of a possible dam break, choosing to stay behind and shore up or pump out their homes. About 30 homes in the small town of Burlington near Minot, in northwest North Dakota, were at risk of severe...

Scott Walker: 5 Facts on the Wisconsin Governor Who's Targeting State Employees

Meet the new boss. In his recently unveiled budget, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to cut benefits to state workers, increase their personal contributions to health care and retirement, and end their collective bargaining power. State employees are not pleased with the proposed cuts, and union organizers have mounted...

Army Reserve, National Guard Suicides Doubled in 2010

Suicides nearly doubled last year among America's "citizen soldiers" -- Army Reservists and National Guardsmen -- making 2010 the sixth consecutive year that the Army's suicide rate has spiked to record numbers. In some states, more soldiers killed themselves last year than died in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan. Military...

Five Options for Replacing Stalled Virtual Border Fence

(Nov. 6) -- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has already frozen work on the controversial "virtual fence" that was supposed to secure roughly 1,900 miles along the United States' southwest border. Now, she's expected to announce its cancellation by mid-November. SBInet was supposed to integrate data from...

Ohio National Guard Soldier Dies After Parachuting Accident

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 24) -- An Ohio National Guard soldier died four days after being injured in a parachuting accident during an airborne training exercise, officials said. Herbert Mills, 59, of Groveport, died early Sunday morning at a hospital in Columbus, Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak said. Mills' rank was not...

Background on National Guard

The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of National Guard militia members or units of each state and territory under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States.

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