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West Point Chief seeks gender-neutral lyrics

Music – Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, superintendent of the nation's oldest military academy, says it's time to replace the 'men' and 'sons' in West Point's 2 most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics. He told a congressional oversight committee Wednesday that with more than 3,000 women graduating from West Point since 1976, the change is long overdue.

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Controversy sizzles over taco truck restrictions

News – Jose Ochoa has parked his taco truck on the same stretch of road since 1989, and, like scores of other lunch vendors around Los Angeles, he refused to pack it up Thursday, the first day for a new law requiring food wagons to move every hour or face $1,000 fines.

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VA e-mail: Save money, do not diagnose PTSD

Do No Evil – Two veterans advocacy groups have asked for copies of all documents relating to the VA's PTSD policies after an e-mail surfaced asking VA doctors to keep costs down by giving diagnoses of adjustment disorder instead of PTSD. Veterans diagnosed with PTSD are eligible for health benefits - Adjustment disorder does not qualify veterans for benefits.

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Congress to repay wrongfully accused troops

Do No Evil – Twenty-three African American World War II soldiers who were wrongfully convicted of murder are a step closer to financial restitution for their dishonorable discharges and jail time.

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Microsoft Joins the OLPC Project

Gadgets & Tech – We've known for some time that Microsoft was working hard at getting Windows XP slimmed down and running on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO-1. They've apparently succeeded as on Thursday Microsoft and the OLPC Foundation announced an agreement that will make Windows XP available on XO laptops.

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Akaka uses oversight authority to request suicide data from VA

Do No Evil – Today Senator Akaka invoked his oversight authority as Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee to formally request data from VA on veterans' suicides that is not otherwise available to the Congress. "We will not know the true cost of war until we know the true rate of suicides among veterans," said Akaka.

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Los Angeles Eyes Sewage as a Source of Water

Health & Fitness – Faced with a persistent drought and the threat of tighter water supplies, Los Angeles plans to begin using heavily cleansed sewage to increase drinking water supplies, joining a growing number of cities considering similar measures.

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A Pest Without a Name, Becoming Known to Ever More

Science – The ant is a previously unknown variety with a staggering propensity to reproduce and no known enemies. The species, which bites but does not sting, was first identified here in 2002 by Tom Rasberry, who quickly lent his name to the find: the crazy rasberry ant.

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Welcome to the Age of Homeland Insecurity

Politics – Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity

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Mourning the Death of the G.O.P. Brand

Politics – His readiness to tell his story says much about the alienation of many Republicans from the national party's stale approach to politics and the limits of negative advertising. It is also a warning to GOP strategists who think that personal attacks on Barack Obama will be sufficient to win the presidency.

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Expulsion and dispossession can't be cause for celebration

Politics – By the time the fighting ended in 1949, Israel had expanded its territory from 56% to 78% of Palestine, and the large majority of the Arabs, who made up two-thirds of Palestine's population before 1948, had become refugees barred from returning to their homes

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Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group

Celebrities – The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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How Bush Killed the Reagan Era

Politics – The Reagan era in American politics is about to end, and we have George W. Bush to thank for its demise. Regardless of who takes the oath of office in January, the paradigm that reigned for nearly three decades -- the notion that government is useless, if not inherently evil -- is no longer operative.

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Bible Theme Park Faces Opposition in Tennessee

Religion – A developer wants to build what would be the country's largest Bible-based theme park in Tennessee, depicting scenes such as the parting of the Red Sea. But the plan has created a deep divide among locals.

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Official Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD

Do No Evil – A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition.

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