In the News: Sep-25

Shinseki: VA working to resolve GI Bill issues - 25 Sep 2009 at 2:49pm - WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said Friday he's hopeful that many of the tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans awaiting payment under the new GI Bill will get paid next month.

20,000 U.K. war vets in prison system - 25 Sep 2009 at 10:28am - An increasing number of British war veterans are caught up in the criminal justice system, according to a study released Friday in London.

Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK'd seizure - 25 Sep 2009 at 8:24am - NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.

Five U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan - 25 Sep 2009 at 5:28am - KABUL (Reuters) - Five U.S. troops were killed in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the military said on Friday.

Thought for the day:
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect. -George Carlin (1937 - 2008)