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A U.S. Army soldier guides 6th Iraqi Army Division soldiers through correct preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) on a humvee during a driver’s training class. The PMCS training was part of a three-day driver’s training course taught by 16th Engineer Brigade soldiers throughout the month of August. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Ballog Iraqi Army Soldiers Get Behind the Wheel Iraqi Army soldiers attended classes to gain experience in maintaining andoperating humvees, which will eventually be fielded to Iraqi army units. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Ballog CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2006 --...

A northwest Harris County stable owner was found stabbed to death inside her home early Sunday, and a 16-year-old hired hand who lives in a trailer at the stables confessed to killing the woman during an argument, police said. He was charged with murder and transferred to the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, detectives said. An employee and her boyfriend found the body of the woman, 50, about 7:45 a.m. inside her home at the Oaks of Kendalwood stables at 14003 FM 529. Her name was withheld pending notification of next of kin, Harris County sheriff's detectives said.