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Soldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons'

This December 2007 photo provided by the Dwyer family shows Joseph Dwyer, left, with his wife Matina and daughter Meagan while in treatment at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, N.Y. (AP Photo/Dwyer Family Photo)
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PINEHURST, N.C. - Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK.

  • A gas price sign is shown in McKinney, Texas, Friday, July 18, 2008. Prices at the pump backed away from record highs as oil futures edged up Friday, but crude's gains were modest in comparison to the spectacular three-day drop earlier in the week. The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
    Dream of gas tax holiday falters over job losses AP - Sun Jul 20, 7:29 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.

  • Instructor Jessica Leonard, left, talks with Alison Ross after a class at Fort Campbell, Ky., April 15, 2008. The class is for spouses of soldiers at Fort Campbell, and helps them to deal with Army life. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
    As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts AP - Sun Jul 20, 7:32 AM ET

    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.

  • From left to right, team leader Simon Donato, Greg Francek and Tyler LeBlanc are seen at the search base camp looking at a map of the search area for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett Sunday, July 13, 2008, in Bridgeport, Calif. The search for Fossett, who vanished in September 2007 after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, is set to resume Monday, July 14, 2008 in rugged mountains on the California-Nevada line where he may have crashed. (AP Photo/Brendan Riley)
    Search team finds no sign of Steve Fossett AP - Sun Jul 20, 12:45 AM ET

    CARSON CITY, Nev. - A team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers has ended a weeklong hunt for Steve Fossett, finding no sign of the missing adventurer or his plane but eliminating miles of rugged terrain from areas that still must be searched.

  • Tropical Storm Dolly forms in western Caribbean AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

    MIAMI - Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea.

  • Stunt pilot joins National Aviation Hall of Fame AP - Sun Jul 20, 12:40 AM ET

    DAYTON, Ohio - Stunt pilot Sean Tucker, who has thrilled air show audiences with daredevil moves in more than 1,000 performances, said he got his start by trying to face his flying fears.

  • This undated image provided by the El Paso Police Department shows Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis. Police say a female Fort Bliss soldier is missing and considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday, July 18, 2008 and they found evidence of foul play inside her apartment. (AP Photo/El Paso Police Department)
    Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier AP - Sun Jul 20, 12:24 AM ET

    EL PASO, Texas - A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday.

  • A collapsed crane is visible within the LyondellBasell Houston Refinery, Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston.. One of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery Friday, killing four workers and injuring seven others in the latest of several fatal accidents that have raised concerns about the safety of construction cranes.(AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, Steve Ueckert)
    Investigation of Houston crane collapse begins AP - Sat Jul 19, 11:38 PM ET

    HOUSTON - Federal investigators on Saturday began trying to figure out why one of the world's largest mobile cranes toppled over, killing four contract workers and injuring seven others.

  • This Monday, Nov. 20, 2006 file photo shows the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King from left, Martin Luther King, Jr. III, Dexter King, Yolanda King and Bernice King as they stand next to a new crypt dedicated to their parents in Atlanta. For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. carrying on the legacy of the civil rights icon. But a lawsuit over how their father's estate is being run has left a rift in one of the world's most famous families. And it may now be up to a judge to get the King children in the same room. (AP Photo/W.A. Harewood, file)
    Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children AP - Sat Jul 19, 11:27 PM ET

    ATLANTA - For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. carrying on the legacy of the civil rights icon.

  • Library Director Amy Grasmick sits in the Kimball Public Library's children's room where public access computers are in use in Randolph, Vt., Friday, July 18, 2008. Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
    Library confrontation points up privacy dilemma AP - Sat Jul 19, 1:47 PM ET

    RANDOLPH, Vt. - Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up.

  • Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. is shown in this undated photograph provided by the U.S. Air Force on Friday, July 18, 2008. Renuart is commander of the U.S. Northern Command. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
    Northcom chief: Homeland command is now grown up AP - Sat Jul 19, 6:06 AM ET

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. has four stars on his collars and 60 combat missions under his belt. But on a recent trip to a California airfield, he sprang from an SUV like a happy kid and charged toward a crowd of servicemen and women.

  • Small plane crashes in northeast Texas; 3 killed AP - Sun Jul 20, 12:21 AM ET

    KEMP, Texas - A single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing all three people aboard and sparking a fire that burned two rural acres, authorities said.

  • Qantas flight leaves Los Angeles after bomb threat AP - Sat Jul 19, 7:02 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - A Qantas jetliner has departed from Los Angeles for Australia after the airline and law enforcement authorities determined a bomb threat was a hoax.

  • UPDATES position and projected course of Tropical Depression Three: map shows location of a strong unnamed tropical depression and its projected path as of 2 p.m. EDT; 1c x 3 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 82.6 mm
    Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast AP - Sat Jul 19, 5:33 PM ET

    CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed Saturday, the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, forecasters said.

  • In this Wednesday July 25, 2007 file photo, Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle stands in his office next to a map of the town, in Belmar, N.J. The blog-writing mayor of Belmar offered his apologies after his satirical postings offended blondes, Staten Island girls and 'Guidos' everywhere. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    NJ beach town mayor sez 'Fuhgeddaboudit!' to blog AP - Sat Jul 19, 6:36 AM ET

    BELMAR, N.J. - To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. To the muscle-bound, tanned-as-coconut-shell visitors he referred to as "guidos," employing a term widely considered an ethnic slur, the mayor of Belmar offers his apologies.

  • This photo released by the State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General shows Joshua Lipton, right, posing at a 2006 Halloween party while wearing a prisoner costume of a striped shirt and orange jumpsuit labeled 'Jail Bird.' The photo was made two weeks after Lipton was charged in a drunk driving car crash that seriously injured a woman. It was posted on the social networking Web site Facebook, which made it available to the prosecutor who used the image to paint Lipton as an unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital. A judge agreed and sentenced Lipton in May 2008 to two years in prison. (AP Photo/State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General)
    Web networking photos come back to bite defendants AP - Sat Jul 19, 8:22 AM ET

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."

Crimes and Trials News

  • Marg Helgenberger (L) and William Petersen from the cast of CSI sit together at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
    CBS hit "CSI" gets new scientist, or serial killer? Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 7:21 PM ET

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    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor William Petersen's exit from the CBS hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" opens the door for a new character to join the show's crime-busting team -- only this one just could be a crazed killer.

  • U.S. Army troops stand guard over the Sally Port One entrance to Camp Delta where detainees are held at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 18, 2006. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
    Bin Laden driver lawyers can interview witnesses Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 6:40 PM ET

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - On the eve of the first Guantanamo war crimes trial, defense lawyers on Friday won long-sought permission to question potential witnesses including the alleged September 11 mastermind after a military judge threatened to delay the trial.

  • Missouri woman pleads guilty in plot to swipe baby AP - Fri Jul 18, 5:17 PM ET

    INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - A 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday to snatching a pregnant teenager she met online in a foiled plot to steal her unborn child.