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• Photos: Remembering war veterans around the world
  Today is a time set aside in many nations to commemorate the sacrifice made by service men and women in the two world wars and conflicts thereafter. In the US, we call it Veterans Day. Overseas its known as Remembrance Day.November 11, 2013
• Veteran's video makeover goes viral
  Created by producer and marketer Rob Bliss to benefit the Degage Ministries charitable organization in Grand Rapids, Mich., the video is a time lapse clip of local veteran Jim Wolf. As stylist Anna Walt clips, shaves and styles Wolf, he turns from a scruffy, bearded man into a stylish looking guy.November 11, 2013
• The final toast to the Doolittle raiders' mission
  On April 18, 1942, in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 men, in 16 B-25 bombers, took off on a secret mission to bomb Japan, led by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle. On Saturday, three of the four remaining Raiders, met for the last time at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.November 11, 2013
• A belated thanks to WWII volunteer for her service to troops
  Veterans Day today will be filled with remembrances of bravery in battle and perseverance at home. Stories like that of Red Cross volunteer, Marian Krinke, don't often get told. On a recent day, though, she led a tour from her armchair through a collection of photographs from WW II and stories that need to be heard before they disappear.November 10, 2013
• Black widow found in grapes at Wisconsin supermarket
  Aldi Supermarkets has pulled all grapes from its Milwaukee area stores after a shopper found a venomous black widow spider in one container.November 10, 2013
• Women heading to Navy Riverine combat jobs
  The Navy -- which has nearly 69,000 women on active duty -- is about to open up about 270 jobs in the Coastal Riverine Force to women. The service plans to let women serve in all but a "very limited number" of Navy positions.November 9, 2013
• Cookbook author John Michael Lerma dies
  John Michael Lerma was bigger than life. Everyone who knew him would agree. And that's why it's so hard to believe he passed away yesterday at the age of 52.November 8, 2013
• 'Sacred ground' becomes the site of new State Veterans Cemetery
  Sturdy footwear is suggested for today's groundbreaking for the state's second Veterans Cemetery in southeastern Minnesota.November 8, 2013
• The Minneapolis mayor joins the ranks of famous misdialers
  Vice President Joe Biden and soon-to-be-former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak both called the wrong person when attempting to congratulate the new mayor of Boston on Tuesday night. They're in good company.November 7, 2013
• Technology is doing a number on the pen businesses
  We tweet. We text. We email. But how often do we really write anymore? Not much, if you look at the business of selling pens -- or "fine writing instruments," as shop owners call them. With their writing tools becoming obsolete, pen stores have folded, including a century-old shop in New York.November 7, 2013
• Heist nabs $400,000 worth of walnuts
  This case is proving a tough nut to crack: Thieves have been making off with shipments of walnuts and almonds in California's Central Valley. The latest heist is valued at $400,000. A clue as to why the sudden interest in nuts. It's the price, which has more than tripled in recent years, from 60 cents to $2 a pound.November 7, 2013
• New dinosaur that predates T. rex found in Utah
  Paleontologists unveiled a new dinosaur discovered four years ago in southern Utah that proves giant tyrant dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex were around 10 million years earlier than previously believed.November 7, 2013
• Skydivers who survived planes' collision vow to jump again
  The already amazing story from over the weekend about how two small planes carrying skydivers collided over Wisconsin, but all 11 people aboard the aircraft survived, now has some amazing photos and video to go with it.November 6, 2013
• Dan Rather not invited to join CBS Kennedy coverage
  CBS News hasn't invited Dan Rather back to participate in its 50th-anniversary coverage of the Kennedy assassination, but images of the longtime anchor who parted bitterly with the network will be a part of its upcoming documentary on how the story unfolded that day.November 5, 2013
• The skydive calamity and paycheck journalism
  Some journalists may talk about a public's right to know, but when it comes to big news -- like the skydiving calamity over Wisconsin -- money talks.November 5, 2013

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