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Following is a brief description of an incident encountered by Keith during World War II: 1941-1945 served with USMC - decorated with the Air Medal. "Brian was a Radio-Gunner in the rear cockpit of a two-man Douglass "Dauntless" (SDB) dive-bomber in a U.S. Marine squadron. During an attack on Rabaul, his plane was badly damaged by enemy ground fire. The pilot struggled to keep the plane in the air. Unable to keep up with the others, it fell behind. Two Japanese "Zero" fighters attacked the crippled plane from the rear. Both of Brian's machine guns jammed. He fired red tracer...

<p>An Indianapolis mother is suing Uncle Bill's Pet Center after a 10-foot-long Burmese python bit her son.</p> <p>Robin Post says her son Travis was also strangled by the snake in the May 2002 incident at the store, 4829 W. 38th St.</p>

Elected Officials Enter Your ZIP Code: or Search by State · Contact The Media Enter Your ZIP Code: or Search by State Links and services provided by Capitol Advantage   Presidential Elections - AP Clinton Rally Delights Iowa Democrats 1 hour, 59 minutes ago By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer INDIANOLA, Iowa - Former President Clinton (news - web sites) touted a field of Democratic contenders he said was the strongest in decade, and launched a spirited assault on a Bush administration he said governs through "ideology, enemies and attacks." AP Photo   "The last election was tight as a...

In the new issue of Doublethink, a Washington-based right-wing quarterly, Hitchens reveals that if the election were today he'd support President Bush -- never mind his recent Vanity Fair puff piece about Democratic hopeful John Edwards. "I don't believe in [Edwards]," Hitchens tells Doublethink interviewer Tom Ivancie. "I mean, I told him I wouldn't vote for him. . . . Because I'd vote for Bush. The important thing is this: Meanwhile, Hitchens suggests that old nemesis Bill Clinton was a CIA plant at Oxford, where both were students in the late 1960s. "I think he was a double," Hitchens says....