The General Services Administration to Las Vegas: We’re just not that into you — anymore. The agency, whose lavish 2010 conference in Sin City drew controversy — and led to the firing or discipline of eight officials — was slated to go back to the scene of the proverbial crime later this month. But alas for slots lovers, the GSA has cancelled “ GreenUP 2012 Training Conference and Vendor Showcase ,” set to take place in a Vegas hotel on April 25. Read full article > >

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The daughter of explorer David Hempleman-Adams braves a supermarket freezer in her training to become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole.

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan — One of the top American generals responsible for training the Afghan security forces was fired Saturday for criticizing President Hamid Karzai and his government. Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, the deputy commander for programs at the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, based in Kabul, was relieved of his duties by the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John R. Allen, after comments Fuller made to the news website Politico. Read full article > >

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One safety is back at practice and another is back in the training room. No one knows when the kick returner might return, and the tight end is done until the end of preseason. The Redskins are midway through the preseason schedule, and their injury picture remains fuzzy. Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan had hoped safeties LaRon Landry and Oshiomogho Atogwe would return to practice this week and see action in Thursday’s preseason game at Baltimore . While Atogwe had his helmet in hand Sunday, Landry has suffered another setback. The Achilles’ tendon injury that kept him sidelined all of training camp is apparently well enough, but Landry hurt his hamstring while working out in Indianapolis last week and his return is delayed indefinitely. Read full article > >

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In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi troops are finishing their training before being sent off to the front line.

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VIDEO: Inside a Libyan rebel training camp

Inmates at Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, Md., produce a closed-circuit TV news show about prison issues and events. Prison staff say the newscast is a useful tool for maintaining security and communicating with the prison population. Read full article > >

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In the weeks since his professional middle-distance running group was kicked off the track at the University of Texas, Olympian Leonel Manzano has run when and where he can. Sometimes he and his training partners work out on neighborhood tracks, often when regular folk are getting in their daily jogs. Unlike the state-of-the-art oval at the Austin campus, the tracks are generally hard, sometimes weather-beaten and rarely Olympic size.

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For track athletes aiming for Olympics, finding a place to train can be a hurdle

After more than 40 years, Harvard University will be allowing the military’s Reserve Officers Training Corps program to return to its campus. Harvard President Drew Faust and U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will sign an agreement giving “full and formal…

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The drills may be “just a test,” but North Korea doesn’t seem to care. After South Korea and the U.S. began their annual drills-which include computer war games and live-firing exercises, among other training-North Korea accused the countries of…

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Zoe Rosso, who is 3 years old, likes to bake brownies with her mom, go to tumbling class, and make up elaborate worlds with tiny plastic animals and dolls. Like many children her age, she sometimes has difficulty making it to the toilet on time.

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An eye specialist voices concerns about nurses making decisions that “go beyond their training”, after a woman was left virtually blind in one eye.

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Teacher training institutions are accused by private schools of letting incompetent staff into the profession.

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Firefighters lacked the training and first aid equipment to treat the most seriously injured, the 7/7 London bombing inquests hear.

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