self.document.write('<div style="margin : 0px; width : auto; height : auto; border : solid 0px; overflow : hidden; font-size : 1em; font-family : \'Verdana\'; color : black; background : inherit;"> <div style="padding : 3px;" > <ul style="margin : 0px; padding-left : 0px;"> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/science/2009-11-16-voa3.cfm?rss=united%20states" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Navajo Code Talkers Honored in New York</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Elite Marine Unit of Native Americans Played Key Role in World War II </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://voanews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">voanews.com</a> - 2009-11-16 15:51:45 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/iEixwTCpF8s/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Oklahoma\'s economy: Come home, Tom Joad</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>Not exactly a boom state, but people are returning <p>IN THE lobby of a government building in Oklahoma City, several locals were telling a visitor about some of the assets of their state: the iconic old Route 66, the 39 Native American tribes, the furthest inland seaport in the United States (at Tulsa, on the Arkansas river). “You can send a bushel of wheat from Oklahoma to New Orleans for the cost of a postage stamp—no, a postcard!” said Shane Jett, a state legislator from Tecumseh. The state had not escaped the national downturn, they said; recently Mercury Marine, a motor manufacturer, had announced plans to close its plant in Stillwater with the loss of 450 jobs. “We can’t do much about that,” said Ron Duggins, a consultant based in that town. But the overall attitude, the two said, was optimistic. By coincidence, both are married to women from Brazil. Their wives say that Oklahoma could use a beach. Otherwise, they had no complaints. <p> Oklahoma is small in terms of population, with about 3.6m people. More than half live in the metropolitan areas of Oklahoma City, the capital, or Tulsa, its other sizeable city. In September, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, Oklahoma City’s unemployment was just 5.9%. That was nearly four points below the national average, and it was the lowest unemployment rate of all America’s metro areas with more than 1m people. Tulsa posted a 7% unemployment rate that month, and the state overall was at 6.7%. ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://economist.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">economist.com</a> - 2009-11-12 16:43:49 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12436664.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >U.S., Japan vow to resolve Okinawa military base row</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> U.S. and Japan Wednesday agreed that the two countries will try to resolve their row over the relocation of the U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture as quickly as possible through a new ministerial-level working group. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://xinhuanet.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">xinhuanet.com</a> - 2009-11-11 19:51:08 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/1111091medals1.html?link=rssfeed" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Medals Of Dishonor</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Just in time for Veteran\'s Day, a California bank employee is facing federal charges for allegedly masquerading as a decorated Marine and wearing a host of bogus medals, including the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and Navy Cross. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://thesmokinggun.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">thesmokinggun.com</a> - 2009-11-11 16:45:29 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20091111/NATION/911110378/1020/rss09" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Navajo Code Talkers tell of their contributions to WWII victory</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p> New York -- The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. Only about 50 of the 400 Code Talkers are believed to be still alive, most living in the Navajo Nation reservation that spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://detnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">detnews.com</a> - 2009-11-11 06:45:24 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705343638/Base-debate-opens-rift-in-US-Japan-ties.html?linkTrack=rss-5" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Base debate opens rift in U.S.-Japan ties</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Political wrangling by Japan\'s new government over plans to move a major U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has opened a wide rift... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://deseretnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">deseretnews.com</a> - 2009-11-11 05:55:42 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010244387_apusiraqvetsuicide.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >VA pays to settle lawsuit over Mich. vet\'s death</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The federal government has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle a lawsuit over the fatal drug overdose of a young Michigan veteran who served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2009-11-10 22:34:38 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010240328_apusnavajocodetalkers.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Navajo Code Talkers break silence for Veterans Day</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2009-11-10 20:35:42 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010242703_apasjapanbaseinlimbo.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Marine base debate opens rift in US-Japan ties</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Political wrangling by Japan\'s new government over plans to move a major U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has opened a wide rift in Washington\'s most important Asian alliance ahead of President Barack Obama\'s visit later this week. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2009-11-10 16:31:46 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/21568992/detail.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Navajo Code Talkers To Be In NYC Vets Parade</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://wesh.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">wesh.com</a> - 2009-11-10 12:34:21 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Navajo_Code_Talkers.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Navajo Code Talkers to be in NYC Veterans parade</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> NEW YORK - The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-10 10:41:27 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.ksat.com/news/21560443/detail.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Mysterious Porpoise Deaths Blamed On Dolphins</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Marine biologists have figured out why a growing number of dead harbor porpoises have been found on California beaches in recent years: dolphin attacks. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://ksat.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">ksat.com</a> - 2009-11-09 16:37:47 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Midair_Collision.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Coast Guard chief hails Calif. crash victims</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The commandant of the Coast Guard says it\'s difficult to understand how a Marine helicopter and a Coast Guard airplane collided off the San Diego coast, killing nine people. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-06 20:45:22 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Porpoise_Deaths.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Dolphins may be cause of spike in porpoise deaths</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> MOSS LANDING, Calif. - Marine biologists think they\'ve figured out why a growing number of dead harbor porpoises have been found on California beaches in recent years: dolphin attacks. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-06 18:51:38 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010218007_apusmidaircollision.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Coast Guard has memorial for Calif. crash victims</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A memorial service will be held after seven Coast Guard officers and two Marines were killed when an airplane collided with a Marine helicopter off the coast of San Diego. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2009-11-06 17:31:56 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Midair_Collision.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Coast Guard plans service for plane crash victims</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> SAN DIEGO - The Coast Guard plans a memorial service for seven members who died in a collision with a Marine helicopter near San Diego last week. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-04 20:47:49 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/02/crash-search-turns-recovery-20091102/" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Crash search turns to recovery</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://arkansasonline.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">arkansasonline.com</a> - 2009-11-02 11:56:04 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Midair_Collision.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Focus falls on cause of collision off Calif. coast</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> LOS ANGELES - With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell Monday on what caused a Marine Corps helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard plane to collide over the Pacific. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-02 08:45:46 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705341416/Search-for-survivors-at-sea-is-now-a-recovery-mission.html?linkTrack=rss-5" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Search for survivors at sea is now a recovery mission</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://deseretnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">deseretnews.com</a> - 2009-11-02 04:50:24 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/california.midair.searchends/index.html?eref=rss_topstories" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Search ends for midair collision victims</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Authorities have ended a search for nine people missing off southern California since Thursday when a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter collided. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cnn.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cnn.com</a> - 2009-11-01 20:44:05 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Midair_Collision.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=1&amp;cxcat=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Search for Calif. crash survivors now recovery</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> LOS ANGELES - The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://journal-news.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">journal-news.com</a> - 2009-11-01 18:45:35 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/midair.collision.military.2.1284382.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Recovery Mission For 9 In SoCal Midair Collision</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday. Petty Officer First Class Allison Conroy said there was little chance of finding survivors among the seven military personnel aboard the Coast Guard C-130 and the two in the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://news4colorado.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">news4colorado.com</a> - 2009-11-01 18:29:29 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/california.midair.searchends/index.html?eref=rss_topstories" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Search ends for missing after midair collision</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Authorities have ended a search for nine people missing off southern California since Thursday when a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter collided. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cnn.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cnn.com</a> - 2009-11-01 17:40:38 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://cbs4denver.com/national/midair.collision.military.2.1284382.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Day 3 Search Continues For 9 In SoCal Midair Crash</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Hope was fading but a search for survivors was set to continue into a third day Sunday for nine people who went missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean. Rear Adm. Joseph Castillo said at a news conference Saturday evening that there was still a chance of finding survivors among the seven military personnel aboard the Coast Guard C-130 and the two in the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter because all had access to heat-retaining drysuits and were in excellent physical shape. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://news4colorado.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">news4colorado.com</a> - 2009-11-01 15:31:03 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/01/hope-dims-search-goes-air-crash-victims-20091101/" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Hope dims as search goes on for air-crash victims</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Crews planned to search the Pacific\'s chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though hope of finding survivors faded with each hour, a top Coast Guard commander said Saturday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://arkansasonline.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">arkansasonline.com</a> - 2009-11-01 12:58:02 GMT </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>');