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Missile crew slept holding code devices
WASHINGTON Air Force officials say three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts. The probe found that...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, National Security Agency, Weaponry, National Security, Defense
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Suicide bomb kills 8 in Iraq
Associated PressA female suicide bomber blew herself up near U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqouba, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24 other people last night, police said. The attack comes as the U.S.-backed Iraqi...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Terrorism, Civil Unrest, Defense
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Veterans get ALS disability
Sun reporterThe Department of Veterans Affairs plans to provide full disability payments for Lou Gehrig's disease, tacitly acknowledging for the first time a generalized link between the fatal neurological disorder and military service. Veterans and patient...Tags: Illnesses, Major League Baseball, Veterans Affairs, Health and Safety at School, Lou Gehrig
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If we build it, will they come?
Sun reporterState and city leaders unveiled plans yesterday to tear down the aging 1st Mariner Arena and replace it with a new venue big enough to attract a professional basketball or hockey team to Baltimore - an idea that drew a skeptical response from the sports...Tags: National Hockey League, Public Officials, Field Hockey, Sheila Dixon, Defense
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Community Notes
Charity's Closet, a thrift shop for women and juniors operated by teens, is having a sale tomorrow. All items at the shop are $5 each. Those who buy a pair of sandals at this price will receive another pair free. Proceeds from Charity's Closet support...Tags: Rentals, Road Transportation, College Park, Consumer Electronics Industry, Clarksville
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Felix Kestenberg
Sun ReporterFelix Kestenberg, who survived eight concentration camps and two death marches during World War II, died Tuesday of a stroke at Sinai Hospital. The Mount Washington resident was 86. Mr. Kestenberg, the son of a shoe manufacturer, was born and raised in...Tags: Elie Wiesel, Judaism, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees, Massacres
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More defense vendors, please
In 1993, Defense Secretary Les Aspin invited more than a dozen CEOs of big weapons and aerospace companies to dinner at the Pentagon. In what has become known as the Last Supper, he shocked them by saying that, with the end of the Cold War, America had...Tags: Television Industry, Boeing Co., Consumer Electronics Industry, International Relations, Washington Post Company
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Former Argentine army chief gets life
A court sentenced one of Argentina's most feared former military leaders to life in prison on Thursday for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four activists. Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 81, was commander of the regional 3rd Army Corps in...Tags: Defense
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What ex-hostage will say now
Sometimes they form on their own, the sentences do. Like rain from clouds. I don't so much write as record them. Like a secretary taking dictation. The sentences are just there in the morning, waiting for me. A psychiatrist could probably explain it or,...Tags: Elections, Defense, Political Candidates
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Fawning over Obama
With all three major network news anchors and a huge contingent of reporters chasing after him, Sen. Barack Obama's cutting an impressive figure in the Middle East and Europe this week. He consulted with Iraqi leaders, hobnobbed with American soldiers,...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, News Agency, Elections, Defense, Hillary Clinton
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