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Oops! A British army tank drove over an oncoming Toyota on a public road on Monday, crushing the bonnet in the process. For the second time this year, a British tank has been involved in a public crash while out on exercise in Germany. This time a tank drove over the bonnet of Toyota which was being driven by an 18-year-old woman. The soldiers were able to rescue the woman from the car and no serious injuries were reported. In a similar incident in February, blamed on a mechanical failure, a British tank drove into the garden of an elderly...

Retired Maj. Pete Bailey has been helping Gene Westbrook ever since the former Fort Sill drill sergeant got home from the VA hospital in Dallas in July 2004. “He’s actually the first one who swung a hammer inside the house to help repair stuff,” said Gary Secor, past chairman of the Oklahoma Veterans Council. Bailey was delighted to hear the Westbrook home had been selected as an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project, and he was standing on the street corner Saturday when an excavator finished the job of reducing it to rubble. “This just tickles me to death. That family...

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