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Army says 2-star general committed suicide

Edit The Roanoke Times 28 Oct 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Friday it has determined that suicide was the cause of death of a two-star general who was found dead in his home on a military base in Alabama ... John Rossi was found dead July 31 at Redstone Arsenal, two days before he was to assume command of Army Space and Missile Defense Command. He is the first Army ......

'Your Parents Came All The Way From Thailand': Kirk Wrongly Hits Rival On Heritage

Edit National Public Radio 28 Oct 2016
Tammy Duckworth — an Army helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in a crash in Iraq — talked about her family's long history of service in the military ... Duckworth didn't respond on stage, but afterwards tweeted this photo of her family, including she and her dad in uniform.. My mom is an immigrant and my dad and his family have served this nation in ......
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Shocking New Film About US Police: 'We Are At War' (Video)

Edit Opposing Views 28 Oct 2016
A new film entitled "Do Not Resist" documents the dramatic rise of the militarization of U.S. police (video below) ... Grossman, a retired army lieutenant colonel, also tells the cops ... Righteous violence ... His dad worked as a cop in Detroit for 29 years; 13 of those years were on a SWAT team ... Despite the shocking Orwellian police state tactics caught on film, Atkinson says that most cops like the movie, except for one, his dad ... ....

Tomlin gets tough, helps Indians win

Edit Arkansas Online 28 Oct 2016
CLEVELAND -- While his dad sat on a bucket in their backyard catching, little Josh Tomlin pretended he was pitching in the World Series ... And his dad, Jerry, recently paralyzed from the chest down following a medical scare that threatened his life, will be there in Chicago watching ... The pitcher made the trip fearing his dad might not survive ... While his dad was sick, Tomlin was pitching himself out of the Indians' rotation....

Growing up at Boston Light: A Special and Spooky Childhood (USCG - United States Coast Guard)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
'One day my dad, who was an engineman in the Coast Guard, took it apart for cleaning, carefully laying all the parts in a row on the ground so he would know how to put it back together ... Dad had to call into Boston to get a temporary generator when he couldn't get this one back together ... 'Dad would give us a special cloth to dust the lens,' she said ... 'As luck would have it, my dad was away when that happened too,' Schroer said....

Growing up at Boston Light: A Special and Spooky Childhood (United States Coast Guard - 1st District Northeast)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
'One day my dad, who was an engineman in the Coast Guard, took it apart for cleaning, carefully laying all the parts in a row on the ground so he would know how to put it back together ... Dad had to call into Boston to get a temporary generator when he couldn't get this one back together ... 'Dad would give us a special cloth to dust the lens,' she said ... 'As luck would have it, my dad was away when that happened too,' Schroer said....

Sen. Mark Kirk questions opponent’s American heritage during Illinois debate

Edit Springfield News-Sun 28 Oct 2016
Sen. Mark Kirk’s one-line comeback about his opponent’s mixed-race heritage was met by an awkward silence during Thursday night’s debate in Springfield, Illinois ... Army veteran who lost both of her legs in the Iraqi war, the Chicago Tribune reported ... My mom is an immigrant and my dad and his family have served this nation in uniform since the Revolution #ILSENpic.twitter.com/ehEBHswFMs— Tammy Duckworth (@TammyforIL) October 28, 2016 ....

Show Your #Dadbod (Movember Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
Movember Foundation) For better or for worse, dads' bodies-with all their lovehandles, all their blemishes-are the vessels through which we live our busy lives ... What is the #Dadbod Challenge? The #Dadbod Challenge is a campaign in which any dad can participate ... The only thing better than one dad celebrating his body is a group of dads doing the same! ... Each is designed to inspire fellow Mo Bro dads to snap pix of their own....

Sons 'fear talking to their fathers about mental health'

Edit BBC News 28 Oct 2016
Men of his dad's generation are afraid to talk about their feelings in case they are seen as "weak", he says. And this seems a common experience for teenage boys, with 49% telling a survey they would feel uncomfortable talking about mental health with their dads ... "My dad and I are both quite naturally introverted people so we find it difficult to form close relationships....

Cubs back in World Series, goat curse back on forefront

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Oct 2016
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chuck Logan heard about it from his dad for years ... His dad was a Wrigley Field usher and he mentioned a few times over the years that he refused to let a tavern owner named William Sianis into Wrigley for Game 4 of the '45 World Series, but he never made a big deal out of it ... Logan said the original photograph he saw showed his dad but did not identify him....

'My dad was king of cardboard tubes' - Why this Irishman is going to be buried in a world-first coffin

Edit Belfast Telegraph 28 Oct 2016
Share 'My dad was king of cardboard tubes' - Why this Irishman is going to be buried in a world-first coffin ... http.//www.independent.ie/irish-news/my-dad-was-king-of-cardboard-tubes-why-this-irishman-is-going-to-be-buried-in-a-worldfirst-coffin-35169100.html ... 'My dad was king of cardboard tubes... “Dad always said ‘why don’t we use cardboard tubes to bury people?’....

Indians fan digs professor's response after skipping class for World Series

Edit Springfield News-Sun 28 Oct 2016
“I came and swiped and gave a kid next to me my homework because my dad got us tickets to the World Series in Cleveland ... It was even more special to get the tickets as a present from his dad, a quadriplegic who has been living with Lou Gehrig’s disease for the past 12 years. Winovich’s grandfather had season tickets that he planned on selling so Winovich’s dad could get a better wheelchair, CBS News reported....

Indians’ Game 3 starter drawing true courage from paralyzed dad

Edit New York Post 28 Oct 2016
In mid-August, Tomlin received word that his dad had fallen severely ill ... “Some of my dad’s best friends are plumbers and construction workers and stuff like that and they came over and did a bunch of stuff for him.” ... “My mom and my dad have instilled a positive attitude in me my entire life, they are both very positive people, they are hard-working people, they’ve tried to earn everything they got....
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