Helicopter company wins military contract
MEDFORD (AP) The owners of a helicopter that crashed and killed nine men fighting a California wildfire last year are moving some of their aircraft to Afghanistan, where they will haul supplies for the U.S. military. The Medford Mail Tribune report...
2.3K - Feb. 21, 2009; scored 225.0

Blackwater guards due in court today
WASHINGTON (AP) Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards are expected to appear in federal court to answer to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad. The Blackwater guards are scheduled to appear for arra...
1.7K - Jan. 6, 2009; scored 235.0

Blackwater guards face trial for attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) Five Blackwater Worldwide guards charged with the unprovoked shooting that killed 14 innocent Iraqis and wounded dozens of others in 2007 will get their day in a Washington court after unsuccessfully trying to move the trial to Utah...
0.8K - Dec. 9, 2008; scored 652.0

Blackwater guards in Iraq shooting surrender
WASHINGTON (AP) Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted for a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting have surrendered. The men face manslaughter and other charges in Washington but they surrendered this morning at a federal courthouse in Utah. The...
0.9K - Dec. 8, 2008; scored 652.0

Indictment drafted against Blackwater security guards
WASHINGTON (AP) More than a year after Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square, top Justice Department prosecutors are reviewing a draft indictment against six of the contractors, people close to the investigati...
5.1K - Nov. 15, 2008; scored 1000.0