10 things to know for Tuesday
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Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Insurgents unleashed deadly attacks Tuesday against Shiite areas of Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of people, police said.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. POPE IS INSTALLED BEFORE THOUSANDS
Francis began his ministry with the ring symbolizing the papacy and a wool stole symbolizing his role as shepherd of 1.2 billion Catholics. Click here for story
2. CYPRUS PROPOSES NEW BAILOUT PLAN
Deposits below 20,000 euros wouldn't be taxed in a new draft bill to secure an international rescue of the company's troubled banks. Click here for story
3. WAVE OF BOMBINGS ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ WAR
At least 56 people and more than 200 were wounded in the attacks, mostly by car bombs. Click here for story
4. THE 100-YEAR COSTS OF WAR
The AP reports the government still makes monthly payments to Civil War veterans and spends more than $40 billion a year compensating survivors of other wars dating to 1898. Click here for story
5. LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR OBAMA'S MIDEAST TRIP
U.S. officials say the president hopes to support both Israelis and Palestinians, but has no new plan to bring them to negotiating table. Click here for story
6. PLANNED MASS ATTACK ENDS IN SUICIDE
A Florida college student pulled a fire alarm to bring students out so he could kill them with explosives, but killed himself as police closed in. Click here for story
7. VOTE NEARS TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
The full-year funding bill that averts a shutdown after March 1 budget cuts is likely to clear Congress this week. Click here for story
8. WHO STOLE $500 MILLION IN ART FROM BOSTON MUSEUM
The FBI says it has solved the decades-old mystery and knows who the thieves are, but won't identify them and still can't find the missing paintings. Click here for story
9. GRIM STAT FOR ALZHEIMER'S SUFFERERS
A new report says one out of three seniors dies with the mind-destroying disease or other types of dementia. Click here for story
10. THE MATHEMATICS OF MARCH MADNESS
An NCAA tournament bracket presents more than 9.2 quintillion (a 9, followed by 18 zeroes) possible combinations. Click here for story
Mar 19, 2013 at 12:57 p.m.
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The Government denied they had anything to do with agent orange for years,that's Government for ya!!
Now i hear service men & woman are being denied schooling that they were promised,plus the other half is being denied medical treatment,this damn Government owes there lives to these people,yet they laugh all the way to the bank,then ya got obama hanging out with cheating husbands like Clinton & Woods,this Government is a disgrace to our country & service people!
Sorry for your loss,i'm a V.N. Vet as well
Mar 19, 2013 at 9:48 a.m.
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wow...the story about the 100 year cost of war was very interesting...too bad we can't comment on the state and national stories unless they're found here...
I think it's very important for soldiers and vets to be taken care of by their country...during times of active duty, and after they come home...my dad was a Viet Nam vet who did 2 tours in the Army, 1967-1969, as a tank driver on the front lines...he volunteered for duty when he was barely 17....he and the rest of the soldiers who survived Nam came home with a wide variety of maladies, physical and mental, and were treated like trash by civilians upon returning home, and rejected by the government that sent them over there, as well...imagine what it was like for anyone to be in the service to come home to a nation of people who hated them...
and because Agent Orange has so many detrimental effects short term and long term, it is near impossible to say that heart disease and diabetes are not related to exposure...that war killed my dad long before his death...his spirit and his body...for decades he suffered untreated from PTSD and several long-term illnesses the VA couldn't diagnose, while no one at the VA would listen when he asked for help...he left us in January of this year due to complications from a service related malady...
a lot of the trauma in his life could have been prevented had the VA taken responsibility for the treatment of Agent Orange side effects and PTSD as soon as these solders came stateside, and I feel now it is time for the gov't to take care of and effectively deal with all the issues related to serving our country, stateside or overseas, in peacetime or in war...
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