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Haditha: Where Are They (the Accusers) Now? Diana West January 18, 2012 Eight charged; seven cleared; one, please, let’s hope, to go.Finally, the last “Haditha” trial is in progress, and, thanks to Nat Helms at Defend Our Marines, everything you need or want to know about the proceedings, the witnesses, the facts about the case of SSGT Frank D. Wuterich, the last of the Marine Mohicans, is here. Tim McGirk, source of the Haditha myth-acre. Of course, I still have a few questions — the exact same questions I had when I first looked at the case back in late...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- We all knew it would happen eventually, it was just a question of when.On Wednesday -- April 1 -- Silicon Graphics Inc., one of the highest-flying companies in Silicon Valley during the early 1990s, sold most of its assets for a price that could have been an April Fool's joke: a meager $25 million. Now just the skeletal remains of what it was in its heyday, the company also filed for bankruptcy a second time

Graphical workstation maker Silicon Graphics (SGI) has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move aims to reduce the company's debt by approximately $250m, SGI said in a statement. The company expects to emerge from its bankruptcy within six months. The bankruptcy protection allows the company to focus on a corporate restructuring that it started earlier this year while keeping debt collectors at bay. The company warned in February that it risks running out of cash by the end of this year. SGI specialises in high powered workstations with a strong focus on graphics applications. The company initially developed its...