Semper Fidelis

Shade of a Man

Shade of a man Time degrades our body, In every way it can, And life takes it’s toll, On each and every man. Perception of who we were, Seems to never be, What we’ve become, In this sick reality. We become what we fear,

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(Poetry) The Echo of Loneliness

The Echo of Loneliness In the dark of the night, what does possess? One to hear, the echo of loneliness. Shrouded by pain, it starts to consume, No matter how many, be in the room. Into yourself, you begin to fade. Calling for others, alone and afraid.

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Fallen Marine's father wants change in Afghanistan

It was the last way John Bernard would have wanted his voice to gain prominence in the national debate over the war in Afghanistan. The retired Marine had been writing to lawmakers for weeks complaining of the new rules of engagement he believed put U.S. troops at unacceptable risk in the insurgency-wracked country. He got little response.

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Nobel Peace Prize jury defends Obama decision

OSLO, Norway - Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president.

Rare crow, thought extinct, is rediscovered

A critically endangered Indonesian crow — long feared extinct — has been rediscovered in its native habitat, scientists announced today.

Teen doused with flammable liquid, set aflame

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - A 15-year-old was badly burned after other teens doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire, officials say, and authorities are investigating whether he was attacked because he stopped someone from stealing his father's bicycle a day earlier.

Cook a suspect in bar shootout, police say

TOLEDO, Ohio - One of the suspects in a bar shootout is a cook who works there and investigators have a good idea about the names of other shooters, police here say.

Schwarzenegger flip-flops, honors Harvey Milk

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk will get a special day of recognition in California, making him only the second person in state history — the first was conservationist John Muir — to gain such a designation.

Great-grandma Tasered by cop admits: 'I lost it'

Great-grandma Kathryn "Sue" Winkfein comes across as an awfully nice, polite woman. So just how did this 4-foot-11 72-year-old wind up getting Tasered by a cop?

Maine couple wins wife-carrying championship

NEWRY, Maine - A Maine couple has taken the crown in the North American Wife Carrying Championship over a course that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles.

Feds: Food stamps swapped for booze, Viagra

DETROIT - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.

Body buried under 8 feet of trash in home

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - City officials have condemned the home where a 71-year-old woman was found dead in garbage piled 8 feet deep.

Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porch

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - You'll never see this clown in the circus. Animal control officers in Sioux City, Iowa, say someone dressed a dead deer in a clown suit and wig and put it on a family's porch.

Hormone-fueled deer 1, young football player 0

WINTERSVILLE, Ohio - A 7-year-old boy playing a game of backyard football was tackled by a deer. Brandon Hiles said he encountered the buck when the ball rolled into woods while he was playing with friends Saturday in Wintersville, about 125 miles east of Columbus.

Ariz. sweat lodge where 2 died lacked permit

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A sweat lodge outside Sedona, Ariz., where two people were overcome and later died and 19 others fell ill lacked the necessary building permit, an official said Monday.

Calif. wildfire communities brace for storm

LOS ANGELES - Southern California communities below wildfire-scorched mountains prepared Monday for the possibility of fast-moving floods laden with mud and rocks as a Pacific storm headed for the West Coast.

Train drags half-naked mooner along tracks

BERLIN - A German man mooning railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.

Driver's licenses scanned in search for fugitives

RALEIGH, N.C. - In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.

Russia: Threats against Iran won't work

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that the threat of sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive, resisting U.S. efforts to win agreement for measures if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.

Democrats look beyond looming health vote

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened over five months of debate.

How much longer will the space station fly?

(CNN) -- It's the most complex construction project in history.

'Mad Men's' Christina Hendricks marries fiance

(People.com) -- Christina Hendricks married fiance Geoffrey Arend at Il Buco restaurant in New York on Sunday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Adviser: At least 25,000 more troops needed

(CNN) -- An influential adviser to the U.S. commander in Afghanistan declared Friday that anything less than 25,000 extra international troops in the country would not be enough to win.

Cops: Husband shot soccer mom as she chatted on webcam

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania soccer mom was chatting with a friend via webcam when she was shot to death by her husband, who then went upstairs and shot himself, police said Friday.

The lost golf balls of Loch Ness

(CNN) -- There's something lurking in the depths of Loch Ness, Scotland and it has nothing to do with monsters.

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