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News Bits
- Ft. Hood hero story being questioned.
- Balloon boy's parents to plead guilty, duh.
- Bomb-sniffing dog in Afghanistan returns after being missing for 14 months.
- Pilots (6,100 of them) apparently not paying attention, according to report.
- "Don't ask, Don't tell" to be included in Defense Bill.
- Waterworks alert: Organization finding homes for puppy-mill dogs.
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion for anti-trust settlement.
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