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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

U.S. death toll in Afghanistan passes 2,000 as new dangers arise

FALLEN OFFICER FROM SOUTH KING COUNTY: A Navy team carries the remains of Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Carson on Sunday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Carson, 32, was one of seven Americans killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Thursday.