An earlier 2006 plan aimed at removing 8,000 Marines from the island hinged on relocating an important Marine air base.

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One by one, they checked into George Mason’s lopsided victory over Delaware last week: the former team manager, the Marine corporal and, finally, the aspiring singer. Those who had stuck around Patriot Center roared their approval, saluting the exiting regulars and supporting the end-of-the-benchers making rare appearances. Read full article > >

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Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study warns.

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‘Microplastic’ threat to shores

Amir Hekmati, a 28-year-old former Marine, was sentenced to death for espionage on Jan. 9 by Iran’s Revolutionary Court. In December, Iran released videos in which Hekmati in both Persian and English gave his history and “confessed” to being trained to become a double agent by the CIA. Read full article > >

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An American is caught in Iran’s spy game

FLORENCE, S.C. — On the morning after a bellicose debate performance that had the audience leaping to its feet, Newt Gingrich got this challenge from a retired Marine officer who had come to hear him speak at an art gallery here. Read full article > >

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Gingrich sees a South Carolina surge

The feeding patterns of seabirds around the UK coastline can be used to help identify the location of possible Marine Protection Areas, a study says.

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Feeding areas key for conservation

(This story has been updated.) The White House on Thursday stood by the decision of the Department of Defense to award the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Dakota Meyer despite a report that the Marine Corps embellished some of Meyer’s actions in presenting his story to the public as President Obama awarded him the military’s highest honor. Read full article > >

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It was after dusk one evening this month when the Marine casualty assistance officer knocked on the door of the home of Kathy and William Angus in Thonotosassa, Fla. The Marine was bearing bad news. Again. The last time, a similar knock from the same Marine had signaled a death knell. Their son, Sgt. Daniel M. Angus , 28, married and daddy to a little girl, had been blown apart by a bomb in Afghanistan. But that was almost two years ago. What did this solemn Marine standing outside want now? Read full article > >

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Dover mortuary’s treatment of Marine’s remains shocks his parents

The memorial service for Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt was a major event in San Antonio. More than 500 mourners packed the Oak Hills Church to honor the Marine who was killed in combat in Afghanistan on Oct. 6. Schmidt’s father, David Schmidt, is the team doctor for the San Antonio Spurs, and several of the team’s stars mourned with the family. Read full article > >

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For some families, Marines fall short on friendly-fire protocol

More than 100 proposed Marine Conservation Zones for English and Welsh waters are published, to protect nature and help industries.

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Marine protection bids unveiled

A former Marine corporal who repeatedly braved enemy fire in attempting to rescue four comrades in Taliban-infested eastern Afghanistan has been selected to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest award given to members of the armed services, the White House announced Friday. Dakota Meyer, a former turret gunner and scout sniper from Kentucky, is only the third living veteran of the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts to be chosen for the honor, and the first living Marine to designated for the award since 1973. Read full article > >

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Former Marine Anthony Sowell shows no emotion as he is sentenced to death for the murders of 11 women whose rotting remains he kept in his Ohio home.

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Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said Thursday that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell should be repealed as soon as this summer-and he compared the holdouts to the Alamo. “We’ve not seen issues,” Amos said when testifying before Congress….

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Libya’s helicopter forces are its greatest threat, the head of the Marine Corps said Tuesday.

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An opinion poll placing Marine Le Pen in front for next year’s presidential vote sends shockwave through French politics.

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Le Pen poll rating shocks France