When a man is a woman

Source: Globe and Mail

Laurence Anyways , the third movie from Quebec’s wunderkind filmmaker Xavier Dolan – he’s only 23 and already a habitué of the Cannes Festival – deals with a serious subject, transgenderism, albeit in a baroque, exuberant way. I just saw the movie in Mon ...
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With video: West Oakland Wings, a travel baseball team, honor veterans

Source: Detroit Free Press

Leslie Larson fills with pride when she sees her 11-year-old son, Tommy Larson, playing baseball wearing a jersey that honors her daughter, Natalie, who is in the Navy. Natalie Larson's name is displayed on Tommy's j ...
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We appreciate the sacrifice ... for our freedoms

Source: Idaho Statesman

Idaho has paid a blood toll for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 60 lives. More than 60 families left to grieve. That’s countless sacrifices. “That is a pretty significant investment,” said retired Brig. Gen. ...
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Fort Myers tribute honors local heroes

Source: The News-Press

A former U.S. Army nurse on the eve of her 100th birthday was given a special honor Sunday at the Tribute to American Heroes in downtown Fort Myers. The event, on a hot but breezy late morning at Centennial Park, brou ...
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Source: MarketWatch

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The 15-Year-Old Marine

Source: The Daily Beast

Among those we should remember on Memorial Day is Dan Bullock, who was just 14 on the September day in 1968 when he strode into a Marine Corps recruiting station with an altered birth certificate. At a time when the nation was stunned by the ...
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Ceremony commemorates 50th anniversary of USS Arizona Memorial

Source: CBS-KGMB & NBC-KHNL Hawaii

PEARL HARBOR (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 50th anniversary of the USS Arizona Memorial drew Pearl Harbor survivors to the monument Sunday. The permanent tribute honors the more than 1,100 men killed during the attack. The Arizona Memorial was dedicated on ...
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After tragedy, a group of friends enlists

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal

Bachman, who lives in Port Orange, was born in Palatka and worked as a heavy-equipment operator in Miami until he retired. Some folks refer to World War II as the "great war," in memory of the many millions of brave young men ...
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Skrillex plays Marina Bay, tours Back Bay

Source: Boston.com

Grammy-winning DJ Skrillex, who will join Jay-Z and Pearl Jam at the Made in America festival in Philadelphia in September, played to a wild Quincy crowd during the opening-weekend celebration at the Ocean Clu ...
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