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NEWS ABOUT: MIA

MIA stories: 11 news summaries

 MIA Dog A-OK 
 After Year in 
 Afghanistan 


Bomb-sniffer Sabi gone for a year after 2008 firefight

Nov 12, 09 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - An Australian military bomb-sniffing dog that went missing during a firefight in Afghanistan in September 2008 has been reunited with one of her trainers. An American soldier found Sabi wandering near a remote base last week and realized the black Lab wasn’t a stray when she responded to commands.... More »

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Australia • US military • MIA • Labrador Retriever • bomb-sniffing dogs • Afghanistan war • Special Forces • missing in action

 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
... More »

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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

 100 Definitive Songs of the '00s 

From Amy Winehouse to Outkast and beyond, tunes define a music-rich decade

Sep 18, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the 2000s draw to a close, the Telegraph takes a look at the 100 songs that define the decade. The top 10:
  1. "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (2006)
  2. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," Arctic  Monkeys (2005)
  3. "Crazy In Love," Beyonce
... More »

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music • Johnny Cash • Amy Winehouse • Beyonce • MIA • Coldplay • Kylie Minogue • Leona Lewis • White Stripes • Outkast • Jay-ZTV • Arctic Monkeys

Pentagon
Steps Up Hunt
for Missing
WWII Soldiers

Search intensifies as aging witnesses die

Sep 6, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - After years of searching for missing US soldiers in the jungles of Southeast Asia, the military's POW/MIA Accounting Command has intensified the hunt for the 74,000 WWII troops still unaccounted for, reports the New York Times. Searching for the nearly-65-year-old remains is a race against time, however, as historians... More »

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POW • World War II • MIA • POW/MIA

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 MIA's New Baby Is Named... 

Rapper beats other celeb moms for originality

Mar 6, 09 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Aww, no Ickitt? Hip-hop artist MIA says Internet reports that she gave her son that unusual moniker are untrue, People reports. "My baby is not called Ickitt, Pickit, or Lickit," she writes on her MySpace blog. A flurry of reports had the odd name today. So if it's... More »

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music • celebrity • rapper • MIA • celebrity baby • baby name

 What Baby? 
 Oscar Producers 
 Beg MIA to Perform 

Will bring 'large bed' on stage if necessary

Feb 18, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The ratings-challenged Academy Award broadcast needs a boost, and producers are desperate for rapper MIA to perform her Oscar-nominated song, even though she just gave birth, MSNBC reports. “We are happy to bring some sort of fabulous bed on stage if that means MIA can be there,” they... More »

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Academy Awards • celebrity • award show • rapper • MIA • Oscars • performance

SLIDESHOW

 Grammy Fashion Mostly Boring 

Rock stars need to stop playing it safe

Feb 9, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - What happened to rock stars dressing like rock stars?, wonders Monica Corcoran in the Los Angeles Times. Last night’s Grammy Awards were “glutted with tasteful gowns,” with nominees wearing “plenty of dresses that wouldn't make a pastor flinch.” Gone are the days of the tacky,... More »

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fashion • awards • award show • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards • MIA • Katy Perry • Taylor Swift

 Vietnam Stays With McCain 

Philosophy rooted in visits continues to influence candidate

Jun 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 5 years as a POW, John McCain returned to Vietnam in 1974 and 1985, trips that inextricably linked him with the war in American minds. They also helped color the way he thinks about foreign policy and helped him learn to make amends with onetime enemies when it meant... More »

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John McCain • Vietnam • POW • foreign policy • MIA • Walter Cronkite • POW/MIA

 India to Help US Hunt
 Lost WWII Crews 

Expedition to India for MIAs

Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - US bomber crews that went missing in the Himalayas during World War II may be recovered after more than six decades, reports the Military Times. While experts have long identified potential crash sites, the US military has been unable to access the dangerous border region between India, China, and Burma.... More »

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China • India • POW • World War II • Himalayas • missing person • MIA • US Army Air Force • Arunachal Pradesh • Irwin Zaetz • Rear Admiral Donna Crisp

Army Cadet Found After
66 Years

Crew perished during WWII training flight; military funeral planned

Mar 11, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sixty-six years after his disappearance, a full military funeral is planned for a cadet lost in a flight accident during World War II, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Army has identified a recently discovered body as Aviation Cadet Ernest Munn of Ohio, who crashed with three other crewmen in... More »

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California • Ohio • soldier • World War II • accidental death • MIA • Mather airfield • military funeral

Rolling Stone Picks 2007's Best

Jay Z, Newman, Winehouse, Springsteen among the best in mixed-genre ranking

Dec 23, 07 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Rolling Stone has picked its top 100 songs of 2007, and they span the genres from country to disco. The top 10:
  1. "Roc Boys"—Jay Z
  2. "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"—Randy Newman
  3. "Umbrella"—Rihanna
  4. "D.A.N.C.
... More »

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music • list • Bruce Springsteen • Amy Winehouse • UGK • Rihanna • Randy Newman • MIA • Lil Wayne • Jay-Z • Lil Wayne pleads guilty

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