By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
In nearly four decades of coaching hockey, Dean Blais never had to make a game plan while taking the position of the sun into account.

A military helicopter crashed during an early morning operation in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing three Australian commandoes and an American service member, officials said.
"You're going to have to take the pre-game skate pretty seriously that day," UNO goalie John Faulkner said. "You have to adjust to the lighting, angles and stuff like that. It's going to be all new. As a goalie, you have to find little landmark points to line yourself up."