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Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spared.

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Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Army morale declines in survey

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:31 PM PDT

An internal Army survey of nearly 17,000 officers and enlisted soldiers found that three-quarters of them do not agree that the nation's largest military branch is headed in the right direction, citing ineffective leadership and an inability to retain the best and the brightest after a decade of war. The detailed analysis by a team of researchers, a copy of which was obtained by the Globe, also found that of the troops serving in Afghanistan a full one in four said morale was either "low" or "very low."

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