But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse

Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.

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Walmart near Va battlefield challenged

Preservationists and residents filed a legal challenge Wednesday to block construction of a Walmart Supercenter near a famed battlefield where the Civil War began to turn in favor of the North.

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Officials OK Walmart near Va. battlefield

Officials in central Virginia approved a Walmart Supercenter early Tuesday near one of the nation's most important Civil War battlefields, a proposal that had stirred opposition by preservationists and hundreds of historians.

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Actor Duvall enters battle to save Va. battlefield

Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union's Ulysses S. Grant.

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Despite its threats, Hamas put up light resistance

Before Israel invaded the Gaza Strip, Hamas vowed to turn the territory into a "graveyard" for Israeli soldiers, and the military braced for dozens of fatalities. The results were markedly different.

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Historians battle Wal-Mart over key Civil War site

Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site.

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Roman battlefield discovered in northern Germany

Archaeologists say they have uncovered a third-century battlefield in northern Germany which could prove that Roman legions were fighting in the region much later than historians have long believed.

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Shenandoah Valley battlefield to be preserved

A 209-acre field in the Shenandoah Valley where one of the fiercest battles of the Civil War was waged will be preserved under a $3.35 million public-private purchase agreement.

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Park Service drops Little Bighorn center expansion

The National Park Service has dropped its plan to expand the visitor center at Little Bighorn Battlefield, saying the $1.1 million project would have blemished historic Last Stand Hill.

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Commander to Troops: Fight by the Rules

The top U.S. commander in Iraq reminded his troops Thursday that they must fight by the rules after a Pentagon survey found many soldiers and Marines support torture to save a comrade's life and would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding civilians.

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In describing the recent intellectual history of Pentagon thinking about irregular war, Mattis cited Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon in 2006, and the events in Georgia and South Ossetia last summer. "The signposts have come into focus," he said.

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Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield Bad Company are two games which will be receiving sequels in the first three months of 2010. Riccitiello also said that Mass Effect 2 will arrive on multiple platforms leading people to speculate on whether we will see a PS3 release of Mass Effect 2.

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Best Buy is selling 13 month Live Gold cards for $29.99 Feb. 1st through the 7th. They're also selling Battlefield Bad Company for $19.99 if you're interested in that.

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Just before dawn last July 13, Taliban fighters attacked an outpost in eastern Afghanistan being established by U.S. Army soldiers and fought a short, sharp battle that left many American dead -- and many questions. But the U.S.

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Wal-Mart wants to build a huge supercenter right near Wilderness Battlefield, the site of a famous Civil War battle. Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee don't agree on much, but they do agree that a Wal-Mart would spoil the historic nature of this national park.

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After years of testing, the Active Denial System -- the pain ray which drives off rioters with a microwave-like beam -- could finally have its day. The Army is buying five of the truck-mounted systems for $25 million.

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Will Wright is one of the most influential game designers in the history of the biz. So what does the maker of "Spore" and "The Sims" like to play when he's not busy creating new games?

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Hear The Children's Cries

Hear the children's cries Listen to their sighs Watch for the signs Read between the lines Hear the little words That will point towards The reasons why The children cry Help the children grow And laugh as they walk down the road Watch for the horrors That takes pla …

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A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy.

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Along with the myth that all the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were "captured on the battlefield" there is another myth being repeated over and over again by Bush administration apologists: the myth that 30 men released from Guantanamo Bay "returned to the battlefield" to figh …

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The Army has continued to refine the way it fights in today's modern battlefield, a senior military official said yesterday.

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Presidential power is metastasizing. President Bush has placed the nation on a permanent war footing with international terrorism in which every square inch of the planet is a battlefield where military law and military force may be employed.

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Last year, three armed ground bots were deployed to Iraq. But the remote-operated SWORDS units were almost immediately pulled off the battlefield, before firing a single shot at the enemy.

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The developers of Battlefield: Bad Company have heard the outcry regarding the premium weaponry, both from Sarcastic Gamer and other outlets. Speaking to IGN, DICE Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson said there would be no charge for the five guns.

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Top video game publisher Electronic Arts lowered its profit forecast Thursday as it delayed Mercenaries 2 and a new Battlefield title, sending its shares down 6 percent.

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Electronic Arts is to release a free online version of the popular Battlefield game to be supported by adverts and micro payments. The PC game, Battlefield Heroes, will be available only online later this year, and will not be sold in shops.

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Yeah, us Mac users can finally play some outdated games from EA.

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The US military is developing a robot with a teddy bear-style head to help carry injured soldiers away from the battlefield. The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) can scoop up even the heaviest of casualties and transport them over long distances over rough terrain.

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"I WILL never leave a fallen comrade." So states the US Soldier's Creed, and true to that vow, 22-year-old Sergeant Justin Wisniewski died in Iraq last month while searching for soldiers abducted during an ambush on 12 May.

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Researchers at MIT have created a molecule that glows a distinctive light-blue color in the presence of two common but difficult to detect explosives.

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CGW is reporting that Battlefield 2142 will contain in-game advertisements which use external programs to collect "anonymous" information about browsing habits and IP addresses.

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When you open the box, a big slip of paper falls out first, preceeding any discs or manuals.

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The U.S. military plans to deploy a portable device that uses focused ultrasound waves to treat soldiers with internal bleeding sustained in the field.

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BF2142 Explained

20 minutes of gameplay footage along with DICE explaining Battlefield 2142 from E3 2006.

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