U.S. Armed Forces

Christmas of Swing

5-8 Club declares November Juicy Lucy Month

5-8 Club5-8 begins a month of cheesy promotions, including free and discounted burgers​5-8 Club has dedicated the entire month of November as a celebration of the Juicy Lucy. Events include a speed-eating contest, a canned food drive, and various giveaways. Festivities began this morning wit ... More >>

Barack Obama has raised 15 times more from U.S. military than Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann, Barack Obama: The military only gives money to one of these people.​Michele Bachmann loves the United States Military. Apparently, the military doesn't love her back.New data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that Barack Obama, whom Michele Bachmann has repeate ... More >>

Restrepo exposes the lives of American soliders

Film wins documentary prize at Sundance

Michele Bachmann's military chaplain prayer bill skunked out

​The theocrats never quit. One pet project: Turning the U.S. military into God's army. God's on our side, you see. And Rep. Michele Bachmann has just been skunked out in an attempt to further that project. The CD6 congresswoman tried to insert language -- without debate -- into a military spe ... More >>

Major Lazer

Bachmann suggests on House floor that Obama's in bed with terrorists

The sixth district congresswoman accuses the president of telling the alleged 9/11 mastermind to plead not guilty.

Afghanistan war claims lives of relatively fewer Minnesotans

New numbers show that, on a per capita basis, Minnesotans have perished in Afghanistan at a lesser rate than many other states.

Bald? Want to be bald? If so, eat free today!

Never had the guts to shave your head in college? You've been granted a second chance.

Junkyard Empire

Electrocute U.S. servicemen, win $35.4 million Iraq contract

After faulty wiring kills a Minnesota sailor, KBR gets more electrical work.

Monica Haller

Trevor Paglen

Minnesota Army Sergeant wants her dog back

Puppy Be Gone: Minn. soldier could lose her best friend

Shell: I drink your milkshake

Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

It's not just Alliant Techsystems. Hundreds of small Minnesota companies are cashing in on America's defense industry.

Dad Enters Triathlon in Honor of His Son and PTSD

Minnesota becomes second state to offer treatment to veterans who commit crimes

Legislators say it makes more sense to rehabilitate

Shouts of wrongdoing: will veterans's protests against the wars be heard?

Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance

Morgan Spurlock gives Americans a bad name, but (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine

Falling Down

The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.

7/6 Morning Communiqué

Toys Are Us

'Transformers' turns the blockbuster into one big blur

6/26 Morning Communiqué

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6/8 Morning Communiqué

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Fun Facts

6/26: Morning Communique

I Love the 80s: Did the U.S. train Iraq's death squads?

Dispatches from the flat earth society

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LAT: The Pentagon secretly pays Iraqi papers to print "news" it supplies

The Ultimate Sacrifice Redefined

U.S. forces fight Zombie army in Iraq: How many "top lieutenants" can a man have?

6/14: Morning Communique

What The Bleep Do They Know?

'A Company of Soldiers' swears to tell the so-called truth

Free Will Astrology

'Voices of Iraq': So did any antiwar protester see the film?

Bring 'em On!

The Bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism

They're Always Scheming Against Us

Welcome to siege culture

Show of Force

In the campaign to bolster troop morale, the military deploys a tactical weapon: The songs of Saturday Night Fever

Sister Soldier

Barely two months out of prison, the Twin Cities' most notorious nun is headed for trouble again

The Big One

Pedestrian traffic: Godzilla is smaller than the sum of its parts.

LEFT FOR DEAD

Nguyen Cao Son and his fellow South Vietnamese soldiers were part of a secret U.S. spy commando force--so secret, in fact, that the American government turned its back and let him spend 14 years in North Vietnamese prison camps.

Plan 1999 From Outer Space

Independence Day restores order to the millennium.

Buried Legacy