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TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — Capt. James T. Kirk writhes in pain, having been tortured at the hands of his Klingon captors, as his shocked and saddened crew members speed away toward unknown parts of the universe, presuming Kirk is dead after his mysterious disappearance. From Our Advertisers The action might have once unfolded at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, where the original “Star Trek” series was filmed, but it happened in a former dollar store on the main street of this upstate town, best known for its 18th century stone fort where a part of the Revolutionary War was contested over 200...

Sometimes you just make an exception. And this is one of those times. Last Saturday a bunch of cops hiked a mountain and left behind a reminder of their dead buddy. It was a little plaque, about a foot square. They climbed the highest peak in Utah and got off the trail a ways and on the side of a boulder, where no one would ever see, they calked the plaque in place. It was dedicated to their SWAT buddy, a Marine reservist, a man who went to war to take care of his troops. A man who died in...

Miyuki Cawley, the wife of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt James Cawley, holds the flag from her husband's casket in her lap during graveside services at the Roy City Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Roy, Utah. Cawley died March 29, 2003 while serving in Iraq and also was a member of the Salt Lake City police force. Bishop Jaime Soto is shown Friday, April 11, 2003, at St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., at the funeral of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, shown in foreground. Garibay was killed March 23, 2003, after encountering Iraqi troops near...

He's finally home: Soldier's remains arrive in Salt Lake By Joe Bauman Deseret News staff writer A hero came home Sunday night. Staff Sgt. James Cawley's casket was draped with an American flag and carried by an honor guard of four Marines and four Salt Lake police officers, representing the organizations he had served. Closely following the casket as they crossed the rotunda of the Salt Lake Airport's International Terminal were Cawley's widow, Miyuki, and their children, Cecil, 8, and Keiko, 6. About 60 family members and friends, plus more than a dozen police officers with black tape across their...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.