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AFL News: Another AFL Franchise Bites the Dust

The Milwaukee Mustangs are going to keep the horses in the barn this season. The AFL team said Thursday it would sit out the 2013 season. Team ownership said it would retain its AFL franchise and try to come back in 2014. The Journal Sentinel in Milwaukee quoted a team spokesman as saying: "The

Fort Hood suspect's beard raises bias questions

By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) - An Army appeals court on Thursday questioned whether a military judge exceeded his authority in ordering the suspect in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, to remove his beard or be forcibly shaved. Judges on the U.S. Army

Panetta urges NATO allies to help train Afghans

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the NATO coalition has turned an important corner in Afghanistan, and has come too far and spilled too much blood to let insider attacks or anything else undermine the mission there. While he and

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,007

By The Associated Press As of Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at least 2,007 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is the same as the Defense Department's tally, last