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| TOP STORIES | | | [1 hour ago ] (NECN) - Republican Senator John McCain has tapped Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, to be his vice presidential running mate.
At 44, Palin is a generation younger than two of McCain's seven
children. She... | | | read more  | | | [1 hour ago ] (NECN/ABC) - Gustav plowed right across the island of Jamaica overnight, uprooting trees, ripping down power lines and damaging houses in its path.
The storm had been expected to track way north of Jamaica, but a last minute change of direction had it... | | | read more | | | [2 hours ago ] (NECN/KOMO) - Two hikers from Massachusetts are stuck on a narrow mountain ledge in Washington State's North Cascade Mountains.
Authorities say rescuers are close to the two hikers but were unable to get them off the mountain Thursday. They will resume... | | | read more | | | | | |
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Possible precedent-setting case for injured troops
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| 13 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago Possible precedent-setting case for injured troops
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(Greg Wayland, NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Private First Class Vincent Mannion, a New England solider who was injured in Iraq, was released from hospital Tuesday.
Mannion was the first soldier from the region to get private hospital care for severe traumatic brain injury. He spent 14 months at Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Boston.
NECN's Greg Wayland has his story.
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