Iraq war veteran Jake Wood started Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that brings military veterans together to help communities hit by natural disasters. Since 2010, the group has grown to 1,400 volunteers and carried out 14 missions around the world.

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Former Marine gives vets new mission

Essex Police apologises to Falklands War veteran Simon Weston over comments made by an officer on Facebook.

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Police apologise to Simon Weston

Recent suicides of veterans point to serious communications failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, one of the agency’s elite campuses.

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The Bay Citizen: Recent California Suicides Highlight Failures of Veterans’ Support System

Any veteran armchair quarterback knows that most of the NFL stars who actually play quarterback no longer remain with one team for their entire careers. But even for hardcore cynics, this week’s musical chairs-type movement in Denver was new territory. Read full article > >

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Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow take spins on NFL’s cutthroat carousel

The mother of Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for The Sunday Times of London, said her daughter had always been determined to cover the story.

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Marie Colvin’s Mother Recalls Her Determination to Get the Story

President Obama will announce details Friday for a $1 billion Veterans Job Corps that the White House says will put up to 20,000 veterans to work over the next five years on projects to preserve and restore national parks and other federal, state and local lands. Read full article > >

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President Obama proposes a jobs plan for veterans | Homeless shelter population in New York City reaches a record high | Creative bets on the Super Bowl.

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TIMESCAST: TimesCast | February 3, 2012

With help from a program that aids badly burned veterans, Joey Paulk received surgery that revived a measure of his self-confidence.

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The Hard Road Back | Scars of Battle: For Soldier Disfigured in Afghanistan, a Way to Return to the World

Davos veteran Rick Goings, boss of Tupperware, offers “dos and don’ts” for first-time visitors to the World Economic Forum.

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Davos veteran Rick Goings, boss of Tupperware, offers “dos and don’ts” for first-time visitors to the World Economic Forum.

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Davos veteran Rick Goings, boss of Tupperware, offers “dos and don’ts” for first-time visitors to the World Economic Forum.

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VIDEO: Tupperware boss gives Davos advice

MOSCOW — Russian election officials are threatening to bar a veteran liberal politician from running for president, prompting allegations of bias and interference that echo complaints of misconduct in December’s parliamentary elections. Read full article > >

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Possible ban on Russian candidate prompts new charges of election bias

Even before the doors officially opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday for an enormous veterans job fair at the Washington Convention Center, hundreds of job-seekers had shown up and were going through security, getting in lines and signing up for interviews. Read full article > >

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Thousands of veterans line up in Washington for job fair

He says he supports veterans, but his record suggests otherwise.

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Santorum Swindled a Veterans Home

Before a fourth killing in Orange County, California, an Iraq war veteran who was later arrested warned his homeless father to be careful.

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Suspect in Killings of Homeless Men Has Family Link to Homelessness