Guam

Island's Peculiar Plan to Kill Out-Of-Control Species

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 05.13.2012

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Brown tree snakes in Guam have wildlife officials there seeing red. That's why the officials are air-dropping poisoned mice as a lethal treat for the ...

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U.S. To Remove 9,000 Marines Stationed On Okinawa

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Neil Abercrombie, Okinawa, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Afghanistan Troop Reduction, Video, Marines, Military, South Korea, Guam, Japan, Koichiro Gemba, Leon Panetta, North Korea, World News

WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other location...

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James Cameron Completes Dive To Deepest Spot On Earth

AP | Posted 05.25.2012

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HONOLULU — Hollywood icon James Cameron has completed his journey to Earth's deepest point. The director of "Titanic," "Avatar" and other films...

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Governors Group Steps Into Teacher Evaluation Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: State-Education-Policy, Teacher Evaluations, No Child Left Behind, State and Local Government, National Governors Association, Guam, Nevada, Teachers, Governors Education Policy, Colorado, North Carolina, Teacher Performance, Education News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's governors on Thursday announced plans to work with three states and one territory on developing new teacher evaluation guid...

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Let Guam Decide Its Own Fate

Jim Haw | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Military Bases, Guam, American Military, Navy, Green News

The Pentagon wants to convert an American tropical paradise in the western Pacific into a military strip mall. And the people who live on the island lack the legal standing to resist the environmental disaster heading their way.

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Wells Fargo Agrees To Pay $125 Million To Investors In Mortgage Lawsuit

Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Mortgage Lawsuit, Investors Lawsuit, Wells Fargo, Bank Lawsuit, Mortgage Backed Securities, Well Fargo Lawsuit, Detroit, Guam, Wells Fargo Investors, Big Banks, Alameda, Business News

(AP) NEW YORK -- Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $125 million to a group of pension funds and other investors to settle allegations the bank faile...

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Astoria Characters: The Big Guy With the Cute Beagle

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wedding, Nancy Ruhling, Astoria, Vietnam War, Captain Kangaroo, Photographer, Playboy, Astoria Characters, Mta, Beagle, Bob Koch, New York News, Emt, Arizona, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Guam, Quiver, Othello Deli, Astoria World Manor, Ansel Adams, Xerox, Archery, Air Force, New York News

When Bob Koch walks in, Caesar, a benevolent Beagle with big eyes, is lounging in it. Up until Caesar's arrival 2½ years ago, it was Bob's chair. "Now, it's our chair," he says.

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Koreans Edge Closer to Disaster

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guam, Okinawa, South Korean Armed Forces, Demilitarised Zone, North Korean Armed Forces, South Korea, North Korea, World News

Military forces in both Koreas, China's northeast, Japan, and Russia's Far East are on high alert; so are US forces in the region. But chances still are against full scale conflict, because both sides have so much to lose.

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US Military Plans MASSIVE 'Super Base' In Guam

The Telegraph | Praveen Swami, Diplomatic Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China's military build-up. The expans...

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Michael Steele's Republican National Committee Gave $15K To... Guam!

Hotline On Call | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guam, Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Rnc, Rnc Guam, Politics News

The Republican National Committee wrote a $15,000 check to Guam in September, spending money in a U.S. territory in advance of an election in which th...

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Quickie Divorce Made Easy: Best Spots For A Quick 'I Don't'

The Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Quickie Divorces, while less famous than their counterparts, quickie marriages, are inexpensive and relatively simple ways to split up on the fly. How...

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Obama Cancels Indonesia, Australia Visits Over Oil Spill, 'Important Issues'

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has abruptly scrapped a trip to Indonesia and Australia for the second time this year, as he grapples with t...

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Spider-Infested Ship Refused Entry To U.S. Territory

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAGATNA, Guam — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam have turned away a ship after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo. The Gua...

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Guam: Self-Determination, or More U.S. Troops?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Washington Post, Colonialism, US Military, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Asian Pacific American History Month, Asian Americans, Asia, World News

Usually, when someone refers to a place as a "U.S. colony," they are making an analogy. But, we rarely discuss the fact that there are places in the world that are actual U.S. colonies.

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Hank Johnson Thinks Guam Is Going To 'Tip Over' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools Day prank, just a member of Congress acting hilariously aloof. After debating the exact size of Guam for a f...

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Velvet Imperialists

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guam, Bases, Empire, China, Okinawa, Japan, Dana Rohrabacher, Andrew Bacevich, World News

It's not easy to run an empire with velvet gloves. At the same time, velvet imperialists who revel in touchy-feely values of mutuality and good governance are no good at dismantling empires.

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Semper Fido

Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iwo Jima, The Pacific, Guam, Dog, Pomeranian, World War II, Marine Corps, Los Angeles News

My decision to leave the corporate world and work at home has provided many rewards -- but none of them compare with the experience I had yesterday.

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RNC Sending Staffers To Guam

Hotline On Call | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The RNC is sending staffers to Guam to train party operatives, an RNC spokesperson confirms to Hotline OnCall, in advance of this year's open GOV race...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Program, Clinton, Economy, Missile, Iran, Drugs, Obama, Tibet, Non-Military Goods, Ceasefire, Taliban, Nato, Bribe, Kurds, Turkmenistan, Security, Pakistan, Swat, Mexico, United States, Uzbekistan, US, Nukes, Instablity, Human Rights, State Department, Guam, Mosul, Qaeda, China, North Korea, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...

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CNN Apologizes To Guam, Will Air Free Commercials

Pacific News Center | Kevin Kerrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guam - CNN has agreed to provide free air time for commercials touting Guam as a tourist destination to make up for the networks mistake in airing foo...

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Obama wins close race, beats Clinton in Guam

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAGATNA, Guam — Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of ...

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