America the Beautiful: - A Celebration of America, With the Future in Question

A Celebration of America, With the Future in Question
New York Times - But now the league and Meet the Composer are collaborating on a project with more grass-roots concerns. With money largely from the Ford Motor Company, they are commissioning works to be played by dozens of community orchestras around the country

GI Special 4B9 - Monarchy Accomplished -
Uruk Net - A car bomb blew up at a checkpoint near the Syrian border, killing killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounding two, and a U.S. marine, the U.S. military said on Thursday. Their conditions were not reported. The incident occurred Wednesday when a bomber

Schoolkids meet their adopted soldier
Herald Tribune - EAST MANATEE -- Hundreds of children jumped to their feet, furiously waving little American flags Thursday as the man in uniform walked by. Their soldier and hero from afar -- Maj. Bill Howard of Manatee County -- had finally come home. "Hey, how y

Hundreds Mourn Victims Of Santa Barbara Postal Shooting
KFSN - February 13, 2006 - More than 1,000 mourners gathered Sunday at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for a memorial for seven victims of last month's shooting rampage by a former postal employee. Community leaders and law enforcement