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'Gunner Palace' Portrays Lives of U.S. Troops in Iraq

By Bellamy Pailthorp

Published March 7, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Gunner Palace is a documentary about U.S. troops in Iraq. It shows a life of tedium and anxiety. For relief, many soldiers turn to music.

Bellamy Pailthorp

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The U.S. Coast Guard's new system aims to reduce the number of whales hit by vessels

Bellamy Pailthorp

The U.S. Coast Guard has developed a new system to try to reduce the number whales hit by vessels. It's trying it out in the waters in and around Seattle.
Washington's Lummi people mourn the death of the last captive Southern Resident Orca

Bellamy Pailthorp

An Orca whale known as Lolita — the last southern resident killer whale surviving in captivity — died recently. She was captured in 1970 in Penn Cove off Whidbey Island.
An annual canoe journey for many Indigenous tribes has reached the end

Bellamy Pailthorp

An annual event in the Pacific Northwest is back on this year after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic: an intertribal canoe journey followed by a week of cultural celebrations.