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RIYADH: The Cuban-American rap star Pitbull will launch this year’s Riyadh Season festival with a sold-out concert on Wednesday that will be broadcast live. The opening ceremony of the Middle East’s largest celebration of music, dining, and entertainment will also feature a parade and fireworks show. The festival site covers 5.4 million square meters, divided into 14 zones —

CHARLES FRIDDLE Charles Friddle, an incumbent Second Ward representative on Elkins City Council, retired from FirstEnergy, parent of Mon Power, after 33 years of service. A native of Petersburg, he has lived in Morgantown, Moorefield, Weston, Clarksburg and moved to Elkins in 1984. He graduated from West Virginia University in 1974 with a degree in Business Administration and a major in Marketing. He has spent the majority of his career specializing in Economic Development. Currently he is a me...

To make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isnt. ♪ ♪ its the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪ >> martha: of the heated debate of woman on the combat field. women have no place in combat units. heres a quote. "the obama era of integrating women into combat is a misguided social experiment that threatens military readiness and waste resources. "the next defense secretary should end.

Donald trump wants. right? im not good at interpreting, reading the leaves with him. and i would say, be careful what you wish for because you just may get it. what i do know with john kelly he gets a leader into discipline, structure and chain of command. hes a serious guy with gravitas. he has led on the combat field. a man who led troops. i knew him in miami. got to know him and his wife, who are very active in the gold star family movement. in miami, when he was commander of southcom. he was...

Released the first episode of the second season of "serial" which features for the first time ever army sergeant bowe bergdahl talking about his decision to abandon his post in afghanistan in 2009 and how that led to his being kidnapped and held by the taliban for almost five years. check it out. >> you know what dustwon is, right? >> what what is? >> dustwun. the radio signal. >> dustwun stands for duty status whereabouts unknown. its the armys version of man overboard. >> dustwun is a radio si...

Its the armys version of man overboard. >> dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. >> okay. >> or a soldier is taken captive. >> slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment in afghanistan regarding bad leadership within his uni...

>> dustwun stands for duty status whereabouts unknown. its the armys version of man overboard. >> dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. >> okay. >> or a soldier is taken captive. >> slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment...

President after all of that blood-soaked ground they gave up now in the hands of isis. what would you say to the president? >> well first of all, he needs to show the honor and respect to our men and women who served and sacrificed and have given so much to the memories of our fallen heroes and their families not just with lip service but with actions from our government. we have seen in his administration that lacking sorely where there is the scandal with the va. other issues naf i theyve had,...

Usually see. >> shepard: much has been made about this being classified work place violence, and much of that is political in nature. no secret. but the effect of that is what? >> well, i believe that from the victims standpoint, they feel that they are not allowed to receive benefits they would have, had this been termed a combat -- these injuries combat-related. >> shepard: could you have made the argument this was combat? they werent on the combat field at the time but certainly ready to be t...

Tonights question, will we see any major gun safety laws passed in this congress? text a for yes, b to o no. to 27622 or go to our blog. ill bring you the results later in the show. im joined by congresswoman barbara lee of california, and congresswoman jackie speer of california. >> congresswoman lee, let me start with you. how des appointed are you that this assault weapons ban was dropped today? >> im extremely disappointed because these weapons of war belong on the combat field, not on the s...