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Tampa Bay mayor taking heat for joking about pointing machine guns at press

by Andrew Shepperson

Tampa Bay Mayor Bob Buckhorn is taking heat from journalists upset over the politician joking about pointing twin .50-caliber machine guns at the media.

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Marine units start using upgraded M2A1 machine gun

by Brian Seay

The Marine Corps announced last week that units have started using the updated M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun, which improves on the classic M2.

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Memories still vivid for veterans 75 years after Pearl Harbor

by Brian Seay

The U.S. Navy held a ceremony Wednesday that began at 7:55 a.m., marking the moment 75 years ago that Japanese planes descended on Pearl Harbor, launching an isolationist nation into war.

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