Training For An Uncertain Military Future In The Calif. Desert Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Training For An Uncertain Military Future In The Calif. Desert The military's training center at Fort Irwin in California is complete with mock Middle Eastern villages. But as the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan winds down, how will this facility change? Read this story Telltale Rainbow Sheens Show Thousands Of Spills Across The Gulf Since the disastrous BP spill in 2010, environmentalists have kept watch over Louisiana's coastline. One consortium says there's far more oil leaking into the Gulf than companies are reporting. Read this story Ancient Landscape Is Found Under 2 Miles Of Ice In Greenland A revelation goes against widely held ideas about how some glaciers work, and it suggests that at least parts of Greenland's ice sheet survived periods of global warming intact. Read this story Pope Francis Leads Easter Mass For Thousands The pope gave his traditional Easter blessing before a large crowd in St. Peter's Square; he also called for help for people who are living in desperate conditions. Read this story Ukraine: Deadly Gunfight Rattles Easter Truce The shootout took place at a checkpoint near Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian militants have held a government building since last week. Read this story more news stories

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