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Will justices review how states treat veterans' disability pay?

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 4:31pm

A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran’s disability compensation in calculating spousal support.

The petition also invites the justices to consider an issue that states are more sharply divided over: whether federal law bars state courts from considering VA disability benefits communal property to be divided in divorce like other marital assets.

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Fundraiser planned for wounded vet in Clearfield on Friday

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 10:27pm

CLEARFIELD — Northern Utah American Legion Riders from Legion Post 134 will hold an auction/drawing at 6 p.m. Friday at the post, 345 S. Depot St., in Clearfield, to raise funds for a custom-built trike for wounded Iraq veteran Isaac Jensen, an Army combat medic who lost both legs.

Prize items range from a Harley-Davidson motor to gift certificates from various businesses. The public is invited. Food and drinks will be sold.

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Rick Allen of Def Leppard gives a summary of the different kinds of drums people would be using during a drum circle in Toganga, Calif. The drum circle was put on by his nonprofit, the Raven Drum Foundation. (SHNS photo by Troy Harvey / Ventura County Star) (RS)

Def Leppard drummer brings drum therapy to wounded veterans

Robyn Flans Ventura County Star

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 4:39pm

A visit to Walter Reed Hospital changed the lives of Rick Allen, rock drummer for Def Leppard, and his wife, Lauren Monroe, in 2006.

They had already begun the Malibu, Calif.,-based nonprofit Raven Drum Foundation in 2001 to help heal people through drumming. But after meeting with the veterans, Allen, who lost his arm in a 1984 accident, felt a profound connection that led to a partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project in 2009, and his emphasis shifted to veterans, some of whom are amputees.

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(The Associated Press) Sgt. James Hackemer, 29, seen in a photo courtesy of the family, was a U.S. Army veteran who lost his legs while deployed in Iraq. He was thrown from a 200-foot-tall coaster in New York on Friday and was killed.

Army amputee thrown from N.Y. coaster dies

Ben Dobbin The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 11:48pm

DARIEN, N.Y. -- A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at an upstate New York amusement park.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) The Northern Wasatch Association of Realtors and Northern Wasatch Home Builders Association are building a wheelchair-accessible home in North Ogden as part of Fair Housing Month and the Have a Heart program. The homes the groups build are provided at a substantial discount to those with median incomes who don’t have much of a chance of buying a home under normal circumstances.

Groups ready to roll out discounted wheelchair-accessible home in North Ogden

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, April 4, 2011 - 11:46pm

NORTH OGDEN -- Extra-wide hallways, railings beside the toilets, and showers a wheelchair can roll into are a few of the special touches awaiting the deserving family that ends up with a new home built for the Have a Heart program as part of Fair Housing Month.