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A Nationalist MSP spoke out after football chiefs announced a 60m television deal that means the Tartan Army will have to pay to watch Scotland's home games.

Senior administration officials are urging the president to direct U.S. troops in afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan, including sending U.S. special forces teams, temporarily assigned to the CIA, into the tribal areas to hit high-value targets, The Associated Press has learned.

Mike McCormack is one of three former Jayhawks in the NFL Hall of Fame . Aug. 7, 2008 LAWRENCE , Kan.

Spc. Glenn Eller of the United States won the gold medal in double trap shooting Tuesday, building a solid lead during qualifying and then hitting 45 of 50 targets in the final round. Eller, a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, won the first American gold in Beijing in shooting.

U.S. military trainers - the only American boots on the ground here - say the Georgian soldiers they knew who were sent to battle the Russians had fighting spirit but were not ready for war. The Georgians were "beginning to walk, but by no means were they running," one Army captain said.