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What went wrong at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond?
Shaped like a teardrop and carved out of the eastern bank of the Bush River, the UNDEX Test Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground has earned the nickname "Super Pond" for its unusual properties. Viewed from above, the man-made pond looks much darker...
Tags: Technology, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Explosions, Heart Attack, Military Equipment
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Vietnam, 50 years on
HANOI, Vietnam -- It has been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy ordered U.S. "advisers" to South Vietnam to help battle the communist North and 37 years since the end of that divisive war and the country's unification under Communism. Today,...Tags: Vietnam, Freedom of the Press, John F. Kennedy, Hanoi (Vietnam), U.S. Embassy
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Obama needs Hagel in the Pentagon
Absent from the discussion about whether former Senator Chuck Hagel would make a good secretary of defense is any focus on lessons learned from personal factors like combat in war, as well as loyalty to the president. As I was grousing about this, my...
Tags: Vietnam, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, Defense, Chuck Hagel
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Brewing trouble in Asian waters
Although Americans wish to focus on the anemic economy and upcoming election, the wider world may intervene. Competing claims over sovereignty in the waters around China — the East China Sea and the South China Sea — threaten to transform from...
Tags: Vietnam, Trade Dispute, Philippines, Beijing (China), China
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From Owings Mills High School to a cell at Guantanamo
A studious young man with an aptitude for computers, Majid Shoukat Khan was working as a database administrator in a high-rise office building in Tysons Corner, Va., on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
After American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Central Intelligence Agency, Rentals, Ellicott City, Baltimore County
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Catonsville American Legion Post to honor Vietnam War veterans Saturday
Veterans of one of the most controversial wars in American history will be honored for their service this Memorial Day Weekend, thanks to the efforts of a determined group of members from the Jackson and Johnson American Legion Post 263 in Catonsville....Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Catonsville, Memorial Day, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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A death from cancer, and a search for answers
Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...Tags: Brain, Defense, Guerrilla Activity, Medical Research, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Uprooting a mystery
At first, he thought it must be a hoax.
The man in the picture didn't have hands at the ends of his arms; he had what looked like tree branches - two masses of tangled, overgrown bark.
In more than 20 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Anthony Gaspari,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Television, Beijing (China), Skin Damage, Colleges and Universities
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A versatile virus
Sun StaffThe flu season that arrives each fall kills an average of 36,000 people in the United States alone. Far deadlier are worldwide outbreaks, called pandemics, that periodically sweep through human populations. Over the past 300 years, there have been 10...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Guerrilla Activity, University of Minnesota, Security, Colleges and Universities
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U.S. intensifies air attacks
From Staff And Wire ReportsWASHINGTON - As the United States pounded targets in Afghanistan for a fourth day, U.S. forces launched their heaviest attack against the capital, Kabul, igniting explosions around a Taliban military academy, artillery units and suspected terrorist camps....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Colin Powell, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, FBI
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Terror-linked arrests in Singapore alarm many
Associated PressSINGAPORE - Singapore boasts one of the world's most efficient intelligence gathering networks. So when suspected al-Qaida terrorists were arrested here on suspicion of plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy, it sent an alarming message: If terrorists can...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Police Arrests, U.S. Embassy
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At Phillips seafood, tsunamis hit close to home
Sun StaffIn devastated villages of southeast India yesterday, the head of Phillips Foods Inc.'s India division spent the day on a truck, delivering rice and water. The head of Phillips in Thailand did the same, in Thai fishing villages where the homes of...Tags: Marketing, Family, Local Government, Homes, Aquaculture
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