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CHESTERFIELD, MO - MilitaryBoots.com unveiled its Military Boots For Life Contest last month. The contest gives boot lovers in the United States and Canada a chance to win a lifetime supply of Converse military boots.Their website states:

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CHICAGO, IL - Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Thomas Dart, Cook County Sheriff, in announcing the arrest of a Chicago man who is believed to be responsible for the armed robbery of three (3) Chicago area banks in the past week.

WASHINGTON, DC - Remains found last month in Iraq’s Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, who was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on Jan. 17, 1991, and whose fate until now had been uncertain, Defense Department officials reported today.

Acting on information provided by Iraqi civilians, Marines stationed in Anbar province went to a desert location believed to be the crash site of Speicher’s jet, and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology positively identified remains recovered there Speicher’s.

WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood kicked off a buyer incentive program designed to help consumers purchase new fuel efficient vehicles and boost the economy at the same time. The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), commonly referred to as Cash for Clunkers, is a new federal program that gives buyers up to $4,500 towards a new, more environmentally-friendly vehicle when they trade-in their old gas guzzling cars or trucks.

By Army Staff Sgt. Lesley Waters
Special to American Forces Press Service

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti -  Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States, gas cost 35 cents per gallon, the New York Mets won the World Series in five games over the Baltimore Orioles, and Catharine Zeta-Jones, Brett Favre, Renee Zellweger and Jennifer Aniston were born. The year was 1969.