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Should we save Detroit?
MotorTrend MagazineIt's tough in Motown. Stare-at-the-sun, crawl-across-the-burning-sand tough. But the Detroit Three -- raggedy, gasping, wobbling -- can see salvation shimmering on the horizon -- retooled factories building smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; the UAW... -
6 decades of flying high
Special to The Baltimore SunMary Feik remembers all too well the day she applied for admission to the engineering department at the University of Buffalo in 1941. The registrar looked her up and down several times, she recalls, and turned her down without looking at her credentials....Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Defense, Transportation Accidents, Amelia Earhart, Armed Forces
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TNCC gets grant to fund new career coach
Thomas Nelson Community College has a received a grant from the Virginia Community College System for a new career coach in advanced manufacturing. The career coach will work with students at Peninsula area high schools including those at the New...Tags: Technology, Thomas Nelson Community College, NASA, Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Manufacturing
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Engineering & Computer Simulations wins $1.4M Army deal for medical technology
Sentinel Staff WriterOrlando-based Engineering & Computer Simulations Inc. has received a $1.4 million Army contract to develop advanced training technologies for battlefield medical personnel, the company said this week. Terms call for ECS to provide the Army with a...Tags: Armed Forces, Medicine, Medical Research, Technology, Advanced Training
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No time like the present
Of The Associated PressIn a normal year, the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt wouldn't be any different than the 2008 model, save for a few minor cosmetic changes. But this is far from a normal year. With gasoline still hovering around $4 per gallon, many manufacturers are making far...Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Environmental Politics, Chrysler LLC, Management Change
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No rest for weary in FIU two-man race
South Florida Sun-SentinelThere was one week between the end of summer workouts and the beginning of FIU's training camp. This is a time for bruises to heal. But for quarterback Paul McCall, there was no rest. "I ended up pulling three or four all-nighters that week," McCall...Tags: New England Patriots, Orange Bowl, Technology, Mario, Electronics
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Bridge narrows
Just days before a busy holiday weekend, Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari ordered the immediate closing yesterday of one lane of the eastbound Bay Bridge amid concerns about the safety of the concrete barriers that make up the span's...Tags: Building Material, Commuting, Chesapeake Bay, Metal and Mineral, Transportation
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Fire damages eastern Illinois plastics plant
An eastern Illinois plastics plant is operating at full capacity after a weekend fire caused about a half-million dollars of damage. Rantoul Fire Chief Ken Waters says the Sunday night fire at Engineered Plastic Components started with an electrical...Tags: Material Science
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Old Suffolk Army air field to be tested for pollutants
jennifer.smith@newsday.comThe woods west of Francis S. Gabreski Airport are still now, their green quiet broken only by hikers or the rumble of errant all-terrain vehicles. But during World War II this isolated stretch of pine barrens in Westhampton and Speonk rang with gunfire...Tags: Defense, Environmental Politics, Weaponry, Armed Forces, Metal and Mineral
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Automakers tweak existing models to boost mileage
AP Auto WriterIn a normal year, the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt wouldn't be any different than the 2008 model, save for a few minor cosmetic changes. But this is far from a normal year. With gasoline still hovering around $4 per gallon, many manufacturers are making far...Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Environmental Politics, Chrysler LLC, Management Change
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Education Beat
Harford County Public Schools open their doors tomorrow for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Classes for pre-kindergarten pupils begin Wednesday. Some highlights for the first month of the school year: •Schools and offices will be...Tags: Charter Schools, Elementary Schools, Family, School Examinations, Elkton
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Clarence Philip 'Phil' Manger
Sun ReporterClarence Philip "Phil" Manger, who flew B-23 Liberator bombers during World War II and later became a Baltimore grain merchant, died Tuesdayof coronary artery disease at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The longtime Towson resident was 92. Mr. Manger was...Tags: Technology, Defense, Jimmy Stewart, Government, CSX Corporation
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