Navajo Nation mourns passing of another Code Talker

September 30th, 2009 Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcomeFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of the country's largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

September 21st, 2009 Indian tribes to get stimulus funds to fight crimeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S.

September 14th, 2009 Calif. community mourns loss of Yale grad studentPLACERVILLE, Calif. — The Yale graduate student whose body was found in a university medical lab was seen as a high-achiever in high school who knew early on that she wanted a career in medicine.

August 26th, 2009 Mass. Gov. Patrick mourns loss of Kennedy 'light'BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says "one of the commonwealth's brightest lights" has been extinguished with the death of Sen.

August 21st, 2009 21-year-old Navajo soldier dies in AfghanistanALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 21-year-old Navajo soldier killed in Afghanistan was described by his mother as someone who made everyone smile and his father remembered him as an outgoing man with an interest in the outdoors and art.

August 1st, 2009 Chevron donates land for Code Talkers museumFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — As members of an elite group of Navajo Marines approach their 90s, they know there's little time left to tell the story about how they used their native language to confound the Japanese during World War II.

July 17th, 2009 Navajos mark 30th anniversary of uranium spillCHURCH ROCK, N.M. — The leader of the Navajo Nation marked the 30th anniversary of a massive uranium tailings spill by reaffirming the tribe's ban on future uranium mining.

July 10th, 2009 Stimulus funds bring clean water to Indian CountryFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The road from the Navajo community of Sweetwater to Red Mesa is unpaved and rugged but well traveled.

June 14th, 2009 EPA to rebuild uranium-contaminated Navajo homesFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government plans to spend up to $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death.

June 8th, 2009 Court steers clear of Ariz. ski resort disputeFLAGSTAFF, Ariz.

May 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - Two Tamil television channels - Kalaignar TV and Jaya TV - have been booked for allegedly violating the model code of conduct, an election official said here Monday. 'Jaya TV violated the code by showing scenes that may incite violence.

May 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Sitting Amroha MP Harish Nagpal, who is again contesting the polls as an independent candidate, has been booked for violating the model code by distributing lunch packets to voters, police said Monday. 'A case under section 171 E (bribery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against Nagpal,' police inspector Girish Kothiya told IANS by telephone.

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Celebrated author Dan Brown has completed the last book in his Da Vinci Code trilogy, a month ahead of the release of movie prequel 'Angels and Demons'. The new book 'The Lost Symbol' is slated to hit bookstores in September.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Tuesday mourned former president R. Venkataraman's death and said the nation has lost 'a true patriot and a distinguished luminary'.

January 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Violation of the model code of conduct of the Election Commission is no ground to set aside the election of a candidate as the guidelines do not have legal sanctity, a Delhi court has ruled. The model code of conduct apparently has no statutory backing and many of its provisions are not legally enforceable and it is the political parties which have themselves consented to abide by the principles embodied in the code, Additional District Judge Kamini Lau said in a ruling this week.