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U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 2:29pm neoform

USA Today -- The Houston Chronicle says Texas has added the phrase "one state, under God" to its pledge of allegiance. Since 2003, students in the Lone Star State have been required to begin their day by pledging allegiance to the state and federal governments. Stu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 11:18pm neoform

New Yorker -- The office desk of Joel Surnow—the co-creator and executive producer of “24,” the popular counterterrorism drama on Fox—faces a wall dominated by an American flag in a glass case. A small label reveals that the flag once flew over Baghdad, aft.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 6:32pm neoform

Yahoo News -- An Army sergeant complained in a rare opinion article that the U.S. flag flew at half-staff last week at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan for those killed at Virginia Tech but the same honor is not given to fallen U.S. troops here and in Iraq. In t.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 1:18pm neoform

Alter Net -- Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time? On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of alleg.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 23, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

CNN -- Bob Bolus was flipping through Parade magazine two years ago when he came across an article about Sgt. William H. Genaust, who filmed the raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, Japan, in 1945. Genaust is believed to have been killed in combat days after.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 8:17pm neoform

FOX News -- The vandals who desecrated the graves of U.S. veterans over the Memorial Day weekend were professionals, says a Vietnam vet who kept night watch at the cemetery in Washington State. "We thought at first it was just a prank-type deal at first. We were v.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 10:49am neoform

FOX News -- A flap over an outsized American flag and its flagpole has Las Vegas city officials and an auto dealership dueling over patriotism, advertising and neighborhood peace. The city reports receiving more than 100 e-mail messages since the City Council last.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 9:39am mrmdc

ABC News -- An American flag plastered on the first steel column for the Freedom Tower at ground zero was removed Wednesday after the builders realized the stars and stripes were on the wrong side... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 9:30pm neoform

USA Today -- The Nevada town of Pahrump is taking a stand not just against illegal immigrants but flags they may bring with them... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 1:37pm mrmdc

CNN -- Donald Trump's display of patriotism is apparently too flamboyant for this chic oceanside town. Palm Beach officials cited Trump for hoisting a large American flag atop an 80-foot pole at his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate and club... Read More