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CHEYENNE City police officer shoots pit bull after dog attacks man Wednesday

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• April 05, 2010

• Head of State Employees Union: 'We're On the Precipice'

AUGUSTA -- The head of the state workers' union said Wednesday that attacks against organized labor from Gov. Paul LePage and the Republican-controlled Legislature were pushing his membership to the brink of protests now unfolding in state houses in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. We're on the precipice," Chris Quint, executive director of the Maine State Employees Association, said. "We get flooded with calls everyday from our members asking us when we're going to take to the streets.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• February 25, 2011

• Tension High As Afghans Start to Vote ; Female Candidates Take On Extra Risks

Afghanistan remained tense during the morning of Thursday's elections as Taliban militants threatened attacks in the capital, Kabul, and President Hamid Karzai, who is seeking re-election, urged voters to participate without fear. Six campaign workers died in militant attacks Wednesday. The U.S. military announced the deaths of six more soldiers, making August one of the deadliest months for U.S. troops since the war began in 2001.

• The Washington Times
• August 20, 2009

• Toll Rises in India Attack: ; at Least 104 Dead As Gunmen Raid Tourist Sites, Big Hotels in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - A trickle of bodies and hostages emerged from a luxury hotel today as Indian commandoes tried to free people trapped by suspected Muslim militants who attacked at least 10 targets in India's financial capital of Mumbai, killing 104 people. More than 300 were also wounded in the highly coordinated attacks Wednesday night by bands of gunmen who invaded two five star hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station, a Jewish center and at least five other sites, armed with assault rifles, hand grenades and explosives.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 02, 2008

• Us Accuses Iran of Rising Troop Deaths

BAGHDAD - With American troop deaths in Iraq reaching a two-year high in June, U.S. military officials are pointing fingers at Iran for the violence, accusing an Iranian special forces unit of supporting the militia groups suspected of carrying out the attacks. Three U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday in a rocket attack at a U.S. base near the Iranian border, the military said, bringing the month's death toll to 15 and marking the bloodiest month since 15 troops died here in June 2009, according to iCasualties.org, a website that tracks U.S. military deaths. Fourteen of the deaths were combat-related, the highest since 23 soldiers and Marines were killed in action in June 2008, the site said.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 01, 2011

• Wikileaks Backers Hack Mastercard, Visa; Latest Leaks Released

LONDON - Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange. Internet "hacktivists" operating under the label "Operation Payback" claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing severe technological problems at the website for MasterCard, which pulled the plug on its relationship with WikiLeaks a day ago.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 09, 2010

• In Politics / Romney Sharpens Up Criticism of Gingrich -- Says 'Zany Is Not What We Need'

IOWA CITY, Iowa - His attacks growing ever more personal, Mitt Romney on Wednesday questioned chief rival Newt Gingrich's temperament, spending habits and allegiance to both the GOP and the middle class while hecklers confronted Gingrich in the lead-off caucus state. During a series of interviews while fundraising in New York, Romney told one media outlet that "zany is not what we need in a president" and another that Gingrich had "an extraordinary lack of understanding of how the economy works." To yet another, Romney mocked Gingrich's past accounts at a tony jeweler, saying: "He's a wealthy man - a very wealthy man. If you have a half-a-million- dollar purchase from Tiffany's, you're not a middle-class American.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• December 15, 2011

• After Iowa, Verbal Barbs Fly Among Gop Candidates

Rick Santorum sported a post-caucus glow Wednesday, while Newt Gingrich sharpened his attacks on his biggest foe. Jon Huntsman Jr. looked to wiggle into the mix, and Ron Paul took the day off, kind of - all just hours after Mitt Romney's photo-finish victory in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. Political attention now has turned here, to Mr. Romney's political backyard of New Hampshire, and his Iowa victory combined with his consistently large lead in state polls has helped widen the bull's-eye on his back.

• The Washington Times
• January 05, 2012

• New Tv Ad Attacks Republicans for Lack of Iraq Exit Plan; Begins Airing Wednesday Through Holiday Weekend

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- MoveOn.org Political Action will begin airing a new TV ad over the Thanksgiving holiday that attacks Republicans for failing to offer a plan to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The ad, which echoes Democrats' calls for an exit plan, will run on CNN nationwide and on cable stations in the districts of GOP House Members who launched personal attacks on Rep. John Murtha (D- Pa.), a decorated Vietnam veteran who last week called for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

• U.S. Newswire
• November 21, 2005

• Maine Air National Guard Base On Heightened Alert

BANGOR The Maine Air National Guard base is on heightened alert as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches. The states force-protection level was increased Wednesday after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta authorized raising the level for military installations nationwide.

• Bangor Daily News
• September 12, 2011