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Reported Sex Assaults Spike At Military Academies

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.20.2012 | Crime
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WASHINGTON -- Reported sexual assaults at the nation's three military academies jumped by 23 percent overall this year, but the data signaled a contin...

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UPDATED: Tied-Up Goat Mystery Is Solved

Posted 11.29.2012 | DC
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- This goat keeps getting gotten. Staten Island has its wayward zebras and ponies. Northern Virginia and Maryland have stolen goat ...

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NATO's Warrior Scholars: The Critical Backbone of Our Atlantic Alliance

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 07.28.2012 | World
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Mark V. Vlasic

When I was an Army ROTC cadet at Georgetown University, we were taught the importance of being "warrior scholars." This Memorial Day it seems fitting to consider the raw brainpower that complements our civilian leadership at NATO.

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A National First: Gay Military Students Graduating Openly

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 07.27.2012 | Gay Voices
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexua...

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Black Military Pioneer Dies At 85

AP | Posted 06.04.2012 | Black Voices
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has died, the Academy said. He w...

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One Wild Navy Initiation (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.23.2012 | College
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Annapolis Naval Academy freshmen make a human wall to climb the Herndon Monument which is covered with lard in Annapolis, Maryland. Each year ...

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Max J. Rosenthal

Gay Cadets Supported, But Remain Cautious

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.03.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- At the nation's service academies, gay cadets and midshipmen are now free to live the same out lives as their friends at civilian school...

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President Obama and American Exceptionalism

Ed Schultz | Posted 07.03.2011 | Politics
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Ed Schultz

President Obama acted decisively. There wasn't any jingoism going on, no cowboy talk, just a lot of dignity and class. How's that for change you can believe in?

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WATCH: U.S. Naval Academy Goes Wild Upon Bin Laden's Death

Posted 07.02.2011 | College
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Commandant Captain Robert E. Clark II gave a rousing speech about the death of Osama Bin Laden to an enthusiastic crowd of students Sunday night at th...

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Synthetic Marijuana Widely Used At Naval Academy, Some Midshipmen Say

washingtonpost.com | Daniel De Vise | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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A synthetic form of marijuana is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy because it cannot be detected in routine drug tests, according to several forme...

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Spice Scandal Hits U.S. Naval Academy

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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A synthetic recreational drug and purported marijuana substitute is behind the recent expulsion of seven U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen, the Washington...

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The 10 Most Popular Colleges

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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If college was a popularity contest, America's service academies would win. According to U.S. News and World Report, the U.S. Naval Academy is the na...

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Student-Athletes and College Sports: Time to Do Something

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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Robert E. Murphy

The Army-Navy game and Heisman Trophy presentation have come to represent the opposite poles of what might still be called major intercollegiate football.

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The Army-Navy Game: Transcending Sports and Politics

PhillyPhanatics.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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PhillyPhanatics.com

I am a liberal Democrat who is opposed to the War in Afghanistan, was against the War in Iraq, and protested against the Vietnam War years ago. I guess you could call me a pacifist. But I love watching the Army-Navy game.

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America's CHEAPEST Colleges (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Despite the deluge of colleges joining the $50,000-plus tuition club, it's still possible to get an education for a reasonable price -- sometimes for ...

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Naval Plebe Monument Climb Could Be On Last Legs

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As they have for 70 years, students at the U.S. Naval Academy celebrated the end of their grueling first year by scaling a 21-f...

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The Most GRUELING Colleges (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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What makes a college particularly difficult? Myriad required courses? Impossibly high standards? Necessary IV of caffeine? Decide for yourself -- and ...

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Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Jim Luce

Leila Hadley Luce was brutally honest. She was stunningly beautiful. And she had enough money to do what she wished with her life.

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The Army Fights "With God on Our Side"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Deepak Chopra

The entanglement of personal duty, troop morale, patriotism, and religion isn't simple. The ACLU's lawsuit will antagonize anyone on the inside.

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