Feb 27, 2011 RC-East, Bagram Media Center Soldier retells battles in Watapur: Stress management clinic eases Soldier’s inner conflict  Story and photo by Spc. Richard Daniels Jr.,  TF Bastogne  Sgt. Kevin Garrison, a squad leader assigned to 1st Bn, 327th Inf Regt, 1st BCT, 101st AD, tells his story, Feb. 4, about his experiences in [...]

By IAN URBINA Published: February 26, 2011 The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century’s gold rush — for natural gas. The gas has always been there, of course, trapped deep underground in countless tiny bubbles, like frozen spills [...]

Published February 27, 2011 Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya –  A member of the Benghazi city council says the Libyan cities under rebel control have appointed an ex-justice minister to lead a provisional government. Fathi Baja says opponents of Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi named Mustafa Abdel-Jalil to the provisional leadership post. Baja said Sunday that Abdel-Jalil [...]

Published February 26, 2011 Associated Press LONDON –  British military planes entered Libyan air space to rescue oil workers and others from desert locations Saturday in a daring and secret mission meant to save those unable to flee escalating violence. The C-130 Hercules planes, carrying Britons and other nationals, safely landed in Malta after picking [...]

Feb 27, 2011 By: CNN’s Gabriella Schwarz (CNN) – A co-chair of Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s transition team resigned from her new post Friday after it was revealed that she left her high-level state job last summer over ethics violations, CNN confirmed Saturday. Judy Erwin previously served as the executive director of the Illinois Board [...]

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea February 27, 2011 (AP) North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and mercilessly attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared to start annual joint military drills which the North says are a rehearsal for an invasion. North Korea routinely issues similar [...]

Feb 27, 2011 ABC’s Jonathan Karl reports: In a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters Sunday night in Nashville, Speaker of the House John Boehner will address “the moral responsibility” to cut spending, reduce the deficit, avoid a government shutdown and also address spending on entitlements, such as Social Security and Medicare. The speech comes [...]

Feb 26, 2011 By Deroy Murdock NEW YORK – May we drill now, please? At this writing, circumstances in the Middle East may change between this sentence and my last paragraph. What began in mid-December as an uprising that sent Tunisian President Ben Ali into Saudi exile Jan. 14 quickly inspired Cairo’s Tahrir Square rebellion. [...]

By Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman – 02/26/11 The Libyan uprising and triple-digit oil prices are reinvigorating GOP-led attacks on White House offshore drilling policies — a collision that will burst into public view next week on Capitol Hill. Republicans will press Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on offshore drilling restrictions when he appears before two [...]

By Ben Rooney, staff reporterFebruary 26, 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Gas prices have increased 17 cents a gallon in the past week. And analysts expect prices to continue higher, following a sharp rise in the price of crude oil. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose 4.6 cents to $3.33, [...]