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Plenty of land for sale in Howard County at the start of 1912
100 Years Ago Never-failing change In the new year of 1912 changes in ownership of the land continued with hundreds of acreage for sale in Howard County, as advertised in the Ellicott City Times: "FOR SALE; SANTA FE FARM the home of the late Mrs....Tags: Ellicott City, Macy's, World War II (1939-1945), Holidays, Christmas
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Ryan Reynolds shines his light in 'Green Lantern'
Initial photos of Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern were treated like a kryptonite cake at Superman's birthday party. Fans called the suit silly-looking and an insult to the long-running comic book series.
Reynolds was never worried.
"I expected that...Tags: Movies, Green Lantern (movie), Ryan Reynolds, Jordan, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie)
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Recalling the days after Challenger
Sun National StaffOn a similarly bright winter morning 17 years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven astronauts aboard in a Y-shaped plume of smoke and leaving the famously swaggering National Aeronautics and Space...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Neil Armstrong, Rocketry, Space Programs
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Columbia panel to determine significance of e-mail warning
Associated PressWASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said yesterday that an independent panel will decide the significance of e-mails by a NASA research engineer warning two days before Columbia broke apart that damage to the shuttle's insulating tiles might have...Tags: Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Censorship, CNN (tv network), Rocketry
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Sinkhole Opens up near Beale Air Force Base
FOX40 NewsThe California Highway Patrol says a sinkhole opened up Monday evening near Beale Air Force Base. The hole is between 8 and 12 feet wise and around 20 feet deep. Hammonton Smartville Road is closed between Chuck Yeager Road and Brophy Road, and is...Tags: Sinkholes
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Levon Helm, drummer and singer for The Band, dies of cancer
Levon Helm was the rarest of musical multi-taskers: an unflappable drummer and a singer who wrung soul out of every note. He also was a terrific team player and bandmate; he made the people around him sound good. Helm was "the only drummer who could make...
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Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport: a woman finally gets a (half) airport name
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel(Reluctantly updated, 4 p.m. 3/21/12 with reference to the Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison Kansas.) So Little Rock has voted to rename its airport Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, after the former president and current U.S. secretary of... -
Inductees in California's Hall of Fame
FOX40 News"I think what made it special tonight was the kids," Ervin "Magic" Johnson said. "This is just going to be icing on the cake. When those kids are hollering your name, they never saw me play basketball." Johnson is talking about kids outside the Memorial...Tags: Kevin Johnson, Buzz Aldrin, Magic Johnson, Clint Eastwood, Local Government
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Jet service pioneer at Van Nuys Airport gets Howard Hughes honor
Clay Lacy, a veteran pilot, air race champion and aviation entrepreneur who introduced the first corporate jet service in the western United States, received the Howard HughesMemorial Award Wednesday night from the Aero Club of Southern California.
Lacy,...Tags: Howard Hughes, Burt Rutan, Los Angeles Times, United Air Lines
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3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during a popular air race, killing three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Amelia (movie), Transportation, Injuries and Wounds, World War II (1939-1945)
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Arthur 'Kit' Murray dies at 92; pilot set Bell X-1A altitude record
Retired Col. Arthur "Kit" Murray, an experimental test pilot who set an altitude record in 1954 when he piloted a Bell X-1A at 90,000 feet at nearly twice the speed of sound, has died. He was 92.
Murray died July 25 of complications from Alzheimer's...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Aerospace Manufacturing, World War II (1939-1945), Dallas, NASA
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Eisenhower film playing at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
ABILENE, Kan. - The first film in the “Eisenhower: Agent of Change” Film Series will be shown in the Visitors Center Auditorium at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. “The Right Stuff” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on...Tags: Elections
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