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Hot at the Naval Academy: Synthetic Pot

Mark Russell — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:34:24 CST

So-called synthetic marijuana is widely smoked at the US Naval Academy, say some midshipmen who were kicked out of the Academy for using it. The drug appeared on the campus last year and quickly grew in popularity due to the fact that it cannot be detected in routine urine tests,...

Sexual Assault Reports Soar at Military Academies

Kevin Spak — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:26:34 CST

Reports of sexual assault shot up 64% in the 2009-10 academic year at the US’ three military academies, the Defense Department announced yesterday, but that might not be a bad thing. A total of 41 assaults involving students were reported to authorities at West Point, the Naval Academy and the...

Soldiers, Best Friends, Buried Side-by-Side

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:41:00 CDT

Travis Manion and Brendan Looney grew to love each other like brothers when they roomed together at the Naval Academy for two years. But when they went their separate ways, Manion to Iraq and Looney to Afghanistan, their families never dreamed the friends’ reunion would take place at Arlington National...

Obama Talks Terror at Navy Graduation

Harry Kimball — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:36:35 CDT

President Obama reiterated his wish to close Guantanamo Bay and rein in harsh interrogation techniques in an address today to graduates of the Naval Academy, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We uphold our fundamental principles and values not because we choose to, but because we swear to,” he said. “Not...

McCain Has 20-Name Veep List

Jonas Oransky — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:26:00 CDT

John McCain revealed today that he has a list of 20 people he’s considering for runningmate, and that he’d like to settle on a ticket “as early as possible.” The future Republican nominee joked he was “aware of the enhanced importance of this issue given my age,” Reuters reports, but...

Navy Chaplain With HIV Gets Jail in Forcible Sodomy Case

Zach Samalin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:43:00 CST

An HIV-positive US Navy chaplain pleaded guilty today to several charges of forcible sodomy and an aggravated assault charge for not disclosing his HIV status to one man, the AP reports. Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Matthew Lee, 42, was sentenced to two years; without the plea bargain, the charges could...

Bush Begins Mideast Peace Bid

Peter Fearon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:10:00 CST

President Bush plunged headlong into the Middle East peace process yesterday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as representatives of 49 countries gathered at Annapolis for talks, the New York Times reports. “The United States cannot impose our vision but we can help facilitate,...