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Injured warrior breaks down barriers
Still feeling the effects of the nerve damage suffered when her arm broke in half while she was serving in Afghanistan, Marine Sgt. Lorie Yrigoyen stood on the podium on the first day of the Warrior Games, gold medal in hand. The following Thursday,...
Tags: Paralympic Games, Sports, Parkinson's Disease, Awards and Prizes, Cycling
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Group sends care packages to troops
Matt Muggia, a U.S. Marine veteran, remembers the disappointment he felt when he was deployed overseas, opened up a care package and thought he spotted a package of Oreos. But they weren't really Oreos. They were a knock-off brand. "I was totally...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Holidays, Education
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City Lights: Meeting halfway on life's gridiron
Mark Magana never played football in high school. In fact, he didn't play sports at all as a child, except for a little T-ball and track and a few games of soccer. He got most of his exercise when he joined the Army right after high school.
Derrick Woods...Tags: High Schools, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Schools, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health
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Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Remembering famed author's visit to O.C.
Editor's note: Michael Miller wrote this article on author and columnist Christopher Hitchens when he visited Newport Beach in 2005. Hitchens died Thursday at age 62. This time last year, Christopher Hitchens was in Kabul, Afghanistan, checking up on the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Christopher Hitchens, Kabul (Afghanistan), Arts and Culture
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'Heart' makes HB Reads bigger
In the past three years, HB Reads has taken participants' minds around the world — to Afghanistan, Alaska and Sudan — but this year, it also will give them another language to express their thoughts.
To mirror the subject matter in...Tags: Alaska, Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Arts and Culture, Assault
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Local reactions vary to bin Laden news
While many people around the world celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden this week, Cecil Birnbaum found himself in a contemplative frame of mind. Birnbaum, the chaplain of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11548 in Huntington Beach, could easily...Tags: American Legion, Iraq, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), New York, Osama bin Laden
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Marina High alumnus killed in Afghanistan
EDITOR'S NOTE: The L.A. Times recently published this profile about Marina High School graduate Kyle R. Warren, who died serving in Afghanistan this summer. * Kyle R. Warren was hard to miss, whether tearing down a rugby field or running toward a...Tags: Texas, Explosions, California, Defense, Family
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Notable passings of 2010
The following notable people from the Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley community passed away this year. Juergen W. Bless Bishop Juergen W. Bless did the first blessing at St. Thaddeus Jude Old Catholic Church in Old World Village and served...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, World War II (1939-1945), Transportation, Defense, Transportation Accidents
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Four 3/1 Marines killed in Afghanistan
The city's adopted "Thundering Third" lost four more Marines killed while fighting in Afghanistan, officials said. Four Marines in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines died in combat while stationed overseas, said officials of the Huntington Beach 3/1...Tags: Texas, Huntington Beach, Family, Indianapolis, Death
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4 Marines killed in combat
Four more of the city's adopted "Thundering Third" Marines have died in Afghanistan, officials said. Sgt. Brandon Bury, of Grand Prairie, Texas; Lance Cpl. Derek Hernandez, of Bridgeton, Mo.; Cpl. Donald Marler, of Harlingen, Texas; and Sgt. John...Tags: Texas, Huntington Beach, Family, Death
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Roadside bomb kills ninth member of adopted Marines
Another member of the city's adopted Marine battalion was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, officials said. Sgt. Joseph Caskey, 24, of Pennsylvania, was killed by an improvised explosive devise, said officials with the Huntington Beach 3/1 Marines...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Huntington Beach, Transportation Accidents, Family
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Marines grateful for support
To the community of Huntington Beach, From all the Marines and Sailors of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines here in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you for your support of our battalion through the...Tags: Elections, Political Campaigns, Family
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