| Tue, 7 Feb 2012 Survival Training for When a Pilot’s World Turns Upside Down | NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — The pilot sat strapped to a chair, held in place as if he were in the backseat of a helicopter. Beside him, on a mock wall, was a window. The window was closed. Multimedia Slide Show A Training Loathed but Appreciated Pr... | Homeless teens and runaways make 'Dark Side of Valor' a suspenseful read | My guest interview today is with Alicia Singleton, author of the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor (Simon & Schuster/Strebor). | Dark Side of Valor is about child advocate Lelia Freeman who saves children for a living. As the director of ChildSafe She... | Marines ‘Assault’ US Beaches in Amphibious Drill Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. With beach landings, 25 naval ships and an air assault, the United States and eight other countries are staging a major amphibious exercise on the US East Coast this week, fighting a fictional enemy that bears more than a passing resemblanc... | Amanda Knox to appeal slander charge Amanda Knox, the American woman cleared of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, has asked an Italian appeals court to overturn a conviction for slander she received during the trial. | Amanda Knox was cleared of murder but found guilty of slander Photo: GETT... | Soccer: Argentina naming league in honour of sunken warship | As tension rises over the 30th anniversary of the deadly engagement between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government has decided to name the upcoming football season in honor its naval ship sunk by British torpedoes in the conflict. | ... | What's hot online Tuesday, 07 February 2012 | The world wide web is a big place and every day it's jammed with "stuff". Want to know what's hot? Find out here what the top trending stories are. | Top trending world headlines on Google News | | Mitt Romney - ... | Success of the people’s uprising | The course of events in Syria has sparked fear among the Arab people, just like the situation in Yemen had done. Yet, the escalation in the past few days has led all Arabs into a dark tunnel. The present situation is similar to the tense atmosphere that engulfed the A... | Honouring our forgotten - VC winner Keith Payne makes a case for our unrecognised war heroes | PETTY jealousy, a rigid class system, unfair quotas and just plain incompetence have prevented many soldiers getting the recognition they are due, Vietnam hero Keith Payne, VC, says. | A government-run Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal will convene in Sydney tomorro... | Brown appointments get OK from council panel | Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s picks to run three city departments and three divisions each won easy approval Monday from the City Council Rules Committee. | The full council will vote next week on bills that would make Martin Senterfitt director of fire and rescu... | | |
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