Just before dawn more than three years ago the military launched a rocket with a secret payload off the coast of Alaska, a success touted by the Pentagon that left a trail of injury and secret payouts for Sandia National Laboratories.

The Army said morale has fallen among its forces in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war.

Earlier this year, the university set some strict guidelines to control the flu on campus. This week they were put to the test after a freshman died on Wednesday.

The countdown clocks at NASA are ticking toward a Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis.