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Weird Science: Hopkins physics lab celebrates 70 years
Some of the world's greatest innovations were conceived in the humblest of places, and that was certainly true of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. When it opened its doors in 1942, in a former used-car dealership in Silver Spring,...
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Robert M. Stock, FBI fingerprint expert
Robert M. Stock, a retired electrical engineer and FBI fingerprint pioneer whose work led to the establishment of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at his Severna Park home.
He was 83.
The son...Tags: National Economic Council, Glen Burnie, Technology, Annapolis, Interior Policy
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Alvin R. Eaton, missile systems pioneer, dead at 91
Alvin Ralph Eaton, a pioneer in modern guided missile systems and the longest-serving employee at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, died of cancer Oct. 20. He was 91 and lived in Clarksville.
Mr. Eaton's 66-year career coincided with —...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Weaponry, Cancer, Obituaries, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Wrong course for Navy weapons research
A recent report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments concluded, "Historically the U.S. military has often been slow to identify, adequately prioritize, and respond effectively to the emerging challenges likely to impose the greatest...Tags: U.S. Military, Shipbuilding, Annapolis, Weaponry, Chicago Hotels
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U.S. lashes back
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - U.S. and British forces pounded targets in Afghanistan with bombs and cruise missiles through the night as the military phase of a U.S.-led drive against terrorism began yesterday, nearly a month after America suffered the deadliest attack in...Tags: Terrorism, Tom Daschle, U.S. Military, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Osama bin Laden
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U.S., Britain strike against Afghanistan
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The nighttime barrage from U.S. and British aircraft and ships directed yesterday at Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia and Osama Bin Laden's terrorist training camps started what officials said would be a prolonged counterattack against...Tags: Terrorism, CNN (tv network), Osama bin Laden, Kabul (Afghanistan), Bombings
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Central palace complex obliterated
Associated PressBAGHDAD, Iraq - The war on Saddam Hussein exploded last night in a ferocious display of precision bombing and cruise missile strikes that blasted the heart of the Iraqi ruler's power with a spectacular opening bull's-eye on Hussein's most fortified...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Defense, Iraq, Radio Industry, Hotels and Accommodations
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U.S. strategy for Iraq: Keep them guessing
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The opening salvo of the war, a relatively small cruise missile and bomb attack on several of Saddam Hussein's military lairs around Baghdad, immediately brought hostilities to the Iraqi leader's doorstep and kept him guessing about what...Tags: Islam, Transportation Accidents, Weaponry, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq
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Kills may restore Patriot's reputation
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Twelve years after television broadcasts made it a wartime celebrity, the once-vaunted Patriot missile returned to the limelight yesterday to defend allied troops in the Kuwaiti desert and perhaps restore its shattered good name. Pentagon...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Aerospace Manufacturing, Weaponry, Television, Satellite and Cable Service
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Missiles slam palaces; troops race toward Baghdad
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Fast-moving American invasion forces bore down on Baghdad yesterday, as U.S. missiles thundered into Saddam Hussein's palaces and offices for a second straight day, turning still more of them into so many piles of rubble. Across the vast...Tags: Basra (Iraq), Prisons, Iraq, Petroleum Industry, Bombings
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Text of Bush's speech
The Associated PressA text of President Bush's speech to the United Nations today, as released by the White House: Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, distinguished ladies and gentlemen: We meet one year and one day after a terrorist attack brought grief to my country,...Tags: Terrorism, Murder, Abusive Behavior, Iraq, Foreign Aid
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Money, migration and U.S. missiles
A detailed proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor to regulate the traffic in indentured workers from Micronesia and the Marshall Islands was shunted aside in recent talks to extend the Compact of Free Association, after the chief U.S. negotiator ignored...Tags: Employment, Employees, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Military, Federated States of Micronesia
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