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PHOTO GALLERY: Rochester blacksmith keeps a utilitarian art aliveThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:59AMIt’s a hot Thursday morning and Conrad “Slim” Bernier is in his blacksmith shed at his 300-plus-year-old Robinson Road home hammering out some practical wisdom on a heavy black anvil in a shop surrounded by the smithing necessities of a bygone era.

Peacemaker Coins big hit with veteransThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:13AMProud family members and veterans received Eisenhower Peacemaker Coins during a ceremony on Saturday afternoon.

Show TellThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:11AMRolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is coming to Ohio with a different kind of solo show: one spotlighting his paintings and other art.

Niqab ban unveils Syria's secular pastThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:06AMDAMASCUS - Syria was abuzz last week when unconfirmed reports surfaced in international media that the minister of higher education had instructed universities to prevent women wearing the niqab (face veil) from entering campuses.

VA steps up services for womenThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:29AMIncreased funding is aimed at better care, more programs for growing number of female veterans. Government - United States - Veteran - Military - Business

Families of Fort Mill soldiers in Afghanistan outraged over document leakWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:46PMA Rock Hill mother with a son in Afghanistan clearing highways of bombs is not a happy mother after the leak of 91,000 classified Afghan war documents.

VA: 'Time is not on our side'Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:07PMThe government braces for an increasing demand for services from female veterans. Government - United States - Veteran - Military - Business

VA is stepping up its services for female veteransWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:42PMAbout 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military, and with 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it's estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans. United States - Veteran - Military - Organizations - Government

BERNARD DELANO (BERNIE) PHELPS, Dunedin, FL, formerly of FostoriaWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:59AMDied Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Westchester Gardens Rehabilitation and Care Center in Clearwater, FL, at the age of 76. Bernie was born Nov. 13, 1933 in Flint. He was the fourth child of Maurice ...