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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, National Security, Defense, Weaponry
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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: Transportation, Forests, Clarksville, Defense, Consumer Electronics Industry
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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: Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Defense, Guerrilla Activity
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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: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, Diseases, People, Major League Baseball
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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 Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tour Operations Industry, 1st Mariner Arena, Defense
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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: Murder, Wars and Interventions, Elie Wiesel, Defense, Mount Washington
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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: Diplomacy, Globalization, Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense, Consumer Electronics Industry
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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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McCain visits German restaurant ... in Ohio
Associated PressRepublican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday -- at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation's heartland. ``I'd love to give a speech in Germany. But I'd...Tags: John Kerry, Lance Armstrong, Executive Branch, Defense, George Bush
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On this day in history
On July 25, 1866 Ulysses Grant was promoted to the rank of general of the Army—the first officer to wear five stars. In 1907 Japan imposed a protectorate on Korea. In 1934 Nazi Black Guard troops assassinated Austrian Chancellor Engelbert...Tags: Civil Unrest, Cole Porter, War Crimes, Bill Clinton, Lance Armstrong
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