<div id="subtitle">Ex-Choctaw chief remembered as 'visionary' who led tribe from poverty with 2 Miss. casinos</div><div><p>Phillip Martin, a longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was remembered Friday as a visionary who lifted the tribe from stifling poverty with casinos and other businesses.</p ...

<div><p>Two of the nation's largest vehicle makers, a major insurance company and some local government agencies are among the recipients of the 2008 secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards, the Defense Department announced last month.</p><p>The Freedom Award is the highest recognition the U.S. government ...