The Turkish military stepped up aerial bombing of suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and in Turkey on Monday after the death of 17 Turkish soldiers in a cross-border attack on Friday.

"Towards all this external evil, the man within the breast assumes a warlike attitude, and affirms his ability to cope single-handed with the infinite army of enemies. To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism." -- Ralph Waldo Em

Those of you who pass by the former Zarfoss Furniture Store on West Broadway in Red Lion might have noticed a wonderful display in the window dedicated to our military.

n The Orcutt Mineral Society’s Rainbow of Gems Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday at St. Joseph’s Church, 298 S. Thompson Ave., Nipomo. More than 60 dealers will be presenting their wares of jewelry, gems, minerals and

The U.S. military will transfer control of Sunni Awakening groups to the Iraqi government next month, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday in Baghdad.