The discount store that sues servicemembers worldwide

With stores near military bases across the country, the retailer USA Discounters offers easy credit to service members. But when those loans go bad, the company uses the local courts near its Virginia headquarters to file suits by the thousands.

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Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

They were baptized by a thick layer of oil, fuel and fear when the Indianapolis went into the water on a little after midnight on July 30, 1945. Over the next three days and four nights, more than 880 sailors would succumb to the dehydration, hypothermia and sharks.

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What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed

It was lunchtime when a tracked launcher with four SA-11 surface-to-air missiles rolled into town and parked on Karapetyan Street. Fifteen hundred miles to the west, passengers were checking in for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

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USS Bataan, sailors take a break for maintenance after 135 days at sea

The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan returned to open waters Friday after undergoing much-needed maintenance after its near-record 135 days at sea in an area of heightened tension, which put a strain on the amphibious ready group and the ship’s crew.

Japan still clearing World War II bombs from Okinawa

World War II ended 69 years ago, but shells are still exploding off the coast of Okinawa.

World War II bombs still menace Germany

WWII bombs found off Vero Beach to be moved prior to detonation

House to Obama: No troops to Iraq without our approval

The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday that would bar President Barack Obama from sending forces to Iraq in a "sustained combat role" without congressional approval, a bill with greater symbolic than legal effect.

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FBI investigating scam targeting immigrant children’s families

The FBI is investigating how scammers obtained confidential information to defraud migrant children’s families of thousands of dollars by telling them they needed to pay a fee to get their children out of federal custody.
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Dependent benefits extended to gay and lesbian spouses in Italy
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Federal judge denies Jeffrey MacDonald's bid for new trial
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IBM introduces Watson to consumers in service for USAA clients
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Obama urges Central American leaders to help

President Barack Obama met with Central American leaders Friday to urge them to help slow the stream of unaccompanied children from their countries to the U.S., as House Republicans tried to agree on their own proposed solution to the crisis at the Mexican border.
FBI investigating scam targeting immigrant children’s families

The FBI is investigating how scammers obtained confidential information to defraud migrant children’s families of thousands of dollars by telling them they needed to pay a fee to get their children out of federal custody.
Ground broken for Fort Hood shootings memorial
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Federal judge denies Jeffrey MacDonald's bid for new trial
Obama's UN envoy takes lead role in plane downing response
War College to investigate plagiarism allegations
Portsmouth hospital stabbing suspect charged by Navy

Afghan Taliban leader warns against pact with US

In a blow to hopes for peace talks, the Taliban's reclusive leader warned Friday that a bilateral security pact allowing thousands of U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond the end of this year will mean more fighting.
Kerry says no deal yet on 7-day Gaza truce

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he has not yet reached a deal between Israel and Hamas to call a 7-day humanitarian truce in the Gaza war but is continuing work.
Taliban kill 14 Shiites in Afghanistan road attack
In Kabul, vote recount delayed in dispute over what constitutes a fraudulent ballot

Obama's UN envoy takes lead role in plane downing response

One day after a passenger jet was shot out of the sky, Samantha Power took her seat at the United Nations Security Council and angrily began building the Obama administration's case against separatists in eastern Ukraine and their Russian benefactors.
Putin said to press Ukraine gambit after Malaysia jet attack

President Vladimir Putin will resist mounting pressure to abandon pro-Russian rebels immediately while seeking to convince the world that Ukraine, not the insurgents, shot down Malaysian Air Flight MH17, according to three people familiar with Kremlin discussions.
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US says Russia firing artillery into Ukraine

US says China tested anti-satellite missile

The U.S. says China has tested a missile designed to destroy satellites and is urging Beijing to refrain from destabilizing actions.
Mabus: Female submariners to be assigned to Pearl Harbor

The first women on Virginia-class attack submarines in the Pacific will serve on the USS Texas and USS Mississippi at Pearl Harbor starting in fiscal 2016, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Thursday.
South Korea, South Carolina ink drivers license reciprocity deal
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Kerry deals with crises from all directions

Critics might argue that Kerry’s negotiations with Afghan and Iranian officials have produced little more than agreements that “kick the can down the road.” But there are worse things than buying some time,

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