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Bell ringer suspended for hassling shopper

...shopper complained about being harassed to donate to the charity. Mark Williams, of St. Paul, contacted Salvation Army officials and wrote a letter to the Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/sfyCbn ) published Monday about the hired bell ringer...

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Bells are ringing - and the red kettles are filling up

...000. Last year's goal of $110,000 was surpassed and a total of $114,930 was raised. In 2010, Salvation Army officials reported that 26 service clubs/organizations, 15 businesses, 14 churches, nine schools and 151 individuals rang...

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Salvation Army takes part in food shelf challenge

...food shelf" on the check. The more funds a food shelf raises in July the greater its grant will be.Salvation Army officials report that demand is high at food shelves during the summer months. The Salvation Army Food Shelf in Brainerd served...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-07-06/salvation-army-takes-part-food-shelf
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Cohen: Pentagon to help soldiers get food stamps

WASHINGTON -- A top Army official suggested pushing some of the country's lowest-paid soldiers off of food stamps -- by making their incomes look higher on...

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Corps' Mississippi construction unjustified, report to say

...more large-scale changes without serious losses in habitats and fish and bird populations. Meanwhile, corps and Army officials told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that Congress has given a green light to $38 billion worth of navigation, flood...

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Troops pray for end to Army's priest shortage

...priests short of the number needed, Army officials say. If the trend continues...outposts. For the past year, Army officials have been making appeals in Catholic...parish setting,'' he said. Army officials say the shortage of Catholic chaplains...

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U.S. Army to buy 2,000 light-armored vehicles

...Corp., and will have two variants: an infantry carrier vehicle and a mobile gun system with a 105-mm cannon. Army officials said that current units operating with the 70-ton Abrams tank and 30-ton Bradley fighting vehicles that were designed...

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War is hand-held on battlefield of the future

...vehicle and instantly distinguish them from the enemy. Army officials hope that such a system could dramatically reduce...biggest challenge may not be technical but cultural, Army officials said. At first, the soldiers may not know what to...

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Army grounds Apache helicopters

...could not immediately say how long it would take to get the entire Apache fleet back in operation, but CNN, which was first to report the grounding, quoted an unidentified Army official as saying it could take as long as three months.

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Faith-based fix

...whose beliefs require it. Such a policy would stand the traditional federal civil rights role on its head. Salvation Army officials said unnamed administration representatives had nonetheless agreed to it. The administration, however, said when...

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