The U. S. Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) has identified the remains of a U. S. serviceman, who has been missing in action (MIA) since the Vietnam War. Lt. Cmdr. James E. Plowman, U. S. Navy, of Pebble Beach, California was returned to his family for burial with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington D. C.

The city of Norfolk, Virginia has lifted its decades-old ban on tattoo parlors. The city council will begin to allow parlors in certain industrial and downtown zones after a 56-year-old ban on tattoo artists in an area defined by its relationship to the U. S. Navy.

James Matteson's wife told him he was too old to foil burglary plans and beat up bad guys. But being called old was what sparked Matteson's attack. Matteson went to his Cleveland bank only to be caught in a bank robbery situation. The robber took $5,000 from a teller and then called Matteson an old man and to get out his way.

The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club gave a warm welcome to 1,000 sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan as it returned from a deployment to the Persian Gulf. The track held a USS Ronald Reagan Day to honor the sailors who brought the aircraft carrier home from its first deployment.

The U. S. Navy will spend $14. 2 million to paint their facilities on Guam. According to a new Pentagon contract, BME and Sons, Inc. will receive $14,211,970 to "perform interior and exterior painting, surface preparation on previously painted and unpainted buildings, application of new paint, taping and spackling work, replacement of caulking and puttying, repair of flashing/sheet-metal, repair of concrete cracks and spalls, cutting/trimming of trees and shrubs (obstructing performance of work), painting of pavement markings, and incidental related work at various military facilities. "