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25 Dec 2009 10:56

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U.S.: Merry Christmas! Here’s a trucker complaining about the weather

  • The wind is killer, especially when you’re empty. Anything that’s boxed, like a refrigerator trailer like I have … becomes like a giant sail in the wind.
  • Trucker Jim Reed • While stopped in Omaha. Reed is trying to drive through a rough winter storm that’s covering the Midwest and Plains states this morning. Parts of Oklahoma, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Texas have blizzard warnings in effect, according to the National Weather Service. Good luck out there today, guys. source

25 Dec 2009 10:44

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U.S.: The controversial military rule on pregnancy lasted less than a week

  • Well, that didn’t last long, guys. It’s a Christmas miracle! Just days after news broke about Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo’s new rule on pregnant soldiers in Iraq, the policy was removed. The policy would’ve pushed a court-martial on any soldier who was pregnant while on duty, or impregnated a soldier on duty. Try explaining that one to civilians, and you see the problem. source