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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncle Sam may not want you after all. In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far
CANNES, France (AP) — The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age. The latter came by way of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” which is by wide consensus the favorite thus far for the festival’s top honor, the Palme d’Or.
Ex-student in Rutgers Webcam Case Gets 30 days
A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail — a…
I’ll Have Another could face strong Belmont field
NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll Have Another will face several familiar foes in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years. Among the 3-year-olds trying to play spoiler in the June 9 Belmont are Dullahan and Union Rags, the third- and seventh-place finishers in the Derby who both skipped the Preakness. I’ll Have Another’s trainer Doug O’Neill mentioned Union Rags and Dullahan as tough rivals, saying “they have fresh legs and are ready to go.” So is his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, who arrived at Belmont Park on Sunday after a five-plus hour ride in a horse van from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
What to look for at the NATO summit
A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday. THE PLAYERS An alliance formed in 1949 to deter Soviet aggression. The central principle is that an attack in Europe or North America against any member is an attack against all.
Phosphorous may have been on hot beach rocks in CA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beach rocks that caused a California woman’s shorts to catch fire and severely burn her legs and hands appeared to be coated with phosphorus, but it was unclear how the flammable chemical got onto the stones found near a military base, authorities said Thursday. “We have never been aware of anything like this before,” said Denise Fennessy, assistant director of Orange County’s environmental health division. Field tests indicated the phosphorus was found on two rocks from San Onofre State Beach that will be submitted to a state-certified laboratory for verification, Fennessy said.
