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A two-star U.S. Army general will begin investigating this week how and why Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his base in Afghanistan, resulting in his capture, a senior defense official said. Bergdahl spent five years in captivity until his release May 31, in exchange for five Taliban figures being held at a U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bergdahl, 28, returned to the United States -- specifically to an Army medical facility in San Antonio, Texas -- early Friday. Though the investigation begins this week, it's not known when the sergeant will undergo formal questioning. The senior defense...

Sandy Dahl, widow to United Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl, whose plane went down in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11, passed away from natural causes at the age of 52 The Denver Post reports that Dahl passed away in her sleep on Friday night, according to family friend David Dosch. She was best known for channeling the tragedy of her husband’s death on September 11, 2001 into a campaign, which honored his memory and also instigated the Captain Jason M. Dahl Scholarship Fund for new pilots.

Death on hijacked plane left his wife and son estranged after fight over benefits Sandy Dahl sometimes wonders how she will survive another day, whether terrible feelings of loneliness will overwhelm her, as they always seem to do. Two years after her husband's death aboard United Airlines Flight 93, she gropes for the life she once lived. "I am lost," she said, tearfully. "I don't know where I belong anymore." Fifteen miles away, Matt Dahl is in the basement of a Jefferson County home, slamming away on his black, brown and white guitar as three bandmates jam with him. The...