self.document.write('<div style="margin : 0px; width : 600px; height : auto; border : solid 1px black; overflow : hidden; font-size : 1em; font-family : \'Arial\'; color : black; background : inherit;"> <div style="padding : 3px;" > <h1 style="color : inherit; font-size : 1.2em; font-weight : bold; margin : 2px 0px 4px 0px; vertical-align : bottom;">Top Stories </h1> <ul style="margin : 0px; padding-left : 15px"> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=02a63c08fbc506ce8e1c2f15fba8d136" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >VA is stepping up its services for female veterans</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> About 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military, and with 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it\'s estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans. United States - Veteran - Military - Organizations - Government </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">washingtonpost.com</a> - 2010-07-29 03:27:57 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/deb-peterson/article_58ef5130-9aa6-11df-9882-00127992bc8b.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Top Marine to participate in golf benefit here to raise money for the Semper Fi Fund</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Gen. James Conway, a St. Louisan who is commandant of the U.S. Marines,will be part of a golf benefit at the Legends Country Club in Eureka on Aug. 29 that will raise money for the Injured Marine Semp </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://stltoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">stltoday.com</a> - 2010-07-29 01:45:57 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128738150&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >A Marine Comes Home From War</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Marines who fought in the battle at Marjah in Afghanistan are returning home and parents who nervously watched the war from afar are anxious to see their children. Catherine Welch of member station WHQR in Wilmington, N.C., was with one family to witness a homecoming. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://npr.org" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">npr.org</a> - 2010-07-24 14:29:24 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_691099.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Harrison City church collects money, letters for soldiers</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> St. Barbara Roman Catholic Church has a campaign to provide an emotional and spiritual uplift to more than 600 Marines and sailors serving with the 274th Marine Wing Support Squadron in Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://pittsburghlive.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">pittsburghlive.com</a> - 2010-07-20 05:30:23 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012368212_apcbguantanamomarinedeaths.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >US closes Guantanamo beach where Marines drowned</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The U.S. military has closed a beach at its Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as it investigates the July 4 drowning of three Marines. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-15 22:33:31 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a85ded32d133686ab34ff85131608b13" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >James Mattis, Marine Corps General, to take over U.S. Central Command</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis has been picked to take over U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon announced Thursday, replacing Gen. David H. Petraeus, who is now in Afghanistan as the top U.S. and NATO commander there. James Mattis - Military - marines - United States - Government </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">washingtonpost.com</a> - 2010-07-09 06:28:17 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/lmywhYDbZSE/displaystory.cfm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Lament for a Lebanese cleric: He tried to calm things down</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>The death of a Shia ayatollah who had increasingly called for tolerance <p>AMONG the hundreds of thousands who thronged the narrow streets of Beirut’s Shia quarter for Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Fadlallah’s funeral on July 6th, a few chanted “Death to America!” Once upon a time the pugnacious cleric might have joined in. After all, many Lebanese accused American agents of sponsoring the massive car bomb that targeted him in 1985, killing 80 people on these same streets in what was widely assumed to be revenge for the Shia suicide-bombing that had earlier killed 241 American marines in their barracks in southern Beirut. <p>That was in the midst of Lebanon’s gruelling civil war, from 1975 to 1990. Yet Mr Fadlallah had mellowed, long before his death on July 4th at the age of 74. Once damned by Westerners as a mentor to hostage-takers and suicide-bombers, he was viewed by his own flock as the most open-minded of ayatollahs. He boldly championed women’s rights. He preached the duty of Muslims to fight foreign invaders but counselled Iraqis to be patient with the Americans who had rid them of Saddam Hussein. He immediately and unequivocally condemned the 9/11 attacks on America, the first leading Muslim cleric to do so. ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://economist.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">economist.com</a> - 2010-07-08 17:45:15 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012293871_firecracker07.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >California man maimed when fireworks in pockets explode</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A 19-year-old man who planned to join the Marines this fall has lost a hand and part of his leg after illegal fireworks ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-07 04:33:18 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012290924_apusfirecrackersinpocket.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Teen disfigured by firecracker blast in Calif.</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A 19-year-old man who planned to join the Marines this fall has lost a hand and a chunk of his leg after illegal fireworks exploded in his pockets. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2010-07-06 22:35:01 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700045661/US-asks-Japan-to-pay-more-to-move-Marines-off-Okinawa.html?s_cid=rss-5" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >U.S. asks Japan to pay more to move Marines off Okinawa</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The United States has asked Japan to help shoulder hundreds of millions of dollars in additional fees to transfer Marines... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://deseretnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">deseretnews.com</a> - 2010-07-05 06:49:42 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=5c81a5789cb4a3939eb780d73f88060b" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >In Afghanistan, No Direct Route to Success</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Marines arrive in the Marja area of Afghanistan and find uneven progress. Afghanistan - Marja - Asia - Taliban - United States </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2010-07-01 14:43:03 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/jun/26/us-rethinks-marine-strategy-20100626/" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >U.S. rethinks Marine strategy</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> On a stretch of clean, white Southern California beach, thousands of young Marines this month charged forward from the sea, leaping from helicopters and landing craft, echoing the exercises conducted decades before when Marines trained for Iwo Jima and Inchon. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://arkansasonline.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">arkansasonline.com</a> - 2010-06-26 09:54:36 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=c38a67a47aedd1c17a6985c89e5b5d0e" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Exclusive: ABC News in Taliban Ambush</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Taliban attack teams ambush Marines as they return to base outside Marja. Marja - Afghanistan - Taliban - Asia - United States </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2010-06-26 00:43:31 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32158/f/414204/s/b65fe1f/l/0L0Sitn0O0Cfae175e59ef0A10A1685fbf2a4470Ab36c90Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Presidents Obama and Medvedev pop out for burger</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev have taken a break from bilateral meetings at the White House for a quick, informal lunch. <p>Related Stories Cameron flies to Canada for G8 and G20 summits Dead Marines named Four soldiers killed in Afghanistan crash Jamaica turns over alleged drug lord to US BP says cost of oil spill hits £1.57 billion </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://itn.co.uk" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">itn.co.uk</a> - 2010-06-25 10:34:17 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32158/f/414204/s/b65f8b1/l/0L0Sitn0O0C786d77c26b6ff3d93d8d8330Ad0Ae862b50Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Fans remember Michael Jackson one year on</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Fans around the world are gathering to make the first anniversary of the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. <p>Related Stories A year on, stars think about Michael Jackson Memories of Michael Jackson Dead Marines named Michael Jackson memorial plaque unveiled Prince Charles visits Glastonbury </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://itn.co.uk" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">itn.co.uk</a> - 2010-06-25 10:34:17 GMT </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>');