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added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:12:15 by bubba2
Deep in a newly released 300-page report on the benefits system for the nation's veterans lies a first look at the dimensions of the disabilities the Iraq- and Afghanistan-war injured are suffering. Through March, more than 176,000 U.S. veterans of those ongoing conflicts had filed claims for disability compensation.
added 2007 Mon May 28 21:48:22 by bubba2
An attorney testifies about problems in the VA benefits appeals process. "Hamster Wheel" refers to the following phenomenon: veterans claims are transferred back and forth between the CAVC and the Board, and the Board and the RO. The net result: frustrated veterans have to wait many years before receiving a final decision on their claims.
added 2007 Fri May 25 17:12:06 by STONERS
The mother of a woman accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves tried to bribe a victim's relative to make the case go away, prosecutors said.
added 2007 Tue May 22 3:59:46 by STONERS
Deep-sea explorers who found what could be the richest-ever shipwreck treasure said Monday that the reaction to their discovery has overwhelmed them. Meanwhile, claims on the loot started coming in even as they were exploring new waters - television and movie deals.
added 2007 Sat May 12 8:49:22 by aldomatic
Walter McKenzie's assignment toward the end of the Cold War was to mop up after mishaps at a nuclear weapons factory. With a crew of other laborers from rural Georgia, he swabbed away leaks and spills inside the secret buildings, until one day his body became so contaminated with radiation that alarms at the factory went off as he passed.
added 2007 Tue May 1 7:13:04 by STONERS
Canada's government conceded Monday that it has received reports from its officials about alleged torture in Afghan jails.
added 2007 Thu Apr 5 5:56:32 by STONERS
An Air Force veteran filed a federal claim after undergoing an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 19:07:01 by unknown user
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added 2007 Sun Feb 4 2:49:21 by gatitabonitasen
Bush administration officials acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims that Iran is fomenting violence against U.S. troops in Iraq. Administration officials have long complained that Iran was supplying Shiite Muslim militants with lethal explosives and other materiel used to kill U

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added 2007 Thu Feb 1 20:18:22 by STONERS
Indonesia claimed a major victory in the fight against bird flu Thursday, saying the heart of the capital had been cleared of backyard fowl and that residents elsewhere were handing in chickens for slaughter.
added 2007 Thu Jan 4 18:20:22 by unknown user
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