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Quiet the war drums
The drumbeat for war only helps Iran by driving up oil prices, undermining the effect of sanctions on its economy and stifling domestic opponents of the regime. President Barack Obama conveyed that message clearly and emphatically to the American Israel...Tags: Newt Gingrich, Defense Equipment, Weaponry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tehran (Iran)
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Not so Secret Service
In the 1962 Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse-Irving Berlin Broadway musical, "Mr. President," one of the songs in the production is titled "The Secret Service," which begins, "The Secret Service makes me nervous ..." If allegations are true that at least...
Tags: Prostitution, Wars and Interventions, Darrell E Issa, Broadway Theater, Music
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Baltimore firm develops automatic rifle for military, SWAT
The Army's next-generation carbine may come out of a Highlandtown machine shop best known for making high-volume bottling equipment for major drink makers.
Adcor Industries Inc. learned this month that it was among a handful of weapons makers selected to...Tags: Weaponry, Firearms, Greektown, Armed Forces, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Havre de Grace, Aberdeen high schools get AP grant
Harford County Public Schools is "very pleased and very proud" that Aberdeen and Havre de Grace high schools are the first schools in the county to be involved in the National Math and Science Initiative's grant program for military families, school...Tags: Havre de Grace, High Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, Science
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Afghan killings point to the limits of an all-volunteer army
The American soldier accused of massacring 17 people in a solo rampage on a remote southern Afghanistan village faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Whisked out of the country by the Army, he is now being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan....
Tags: International Military Interventions, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Robert Bales, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Army
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John Carroll upsets No. 3 Spalding in baseball, 1-0
JC Clayton hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth inning to score the only run of the game as host John Carroll upset No. 3 Archbishop Spalding (3-5), 1-0, in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference baseball game Friday....Tags: Scott Mitchell, Loyola University Maryland, Chris Thomas, Lacrosse, Baseball
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Iraqi stray dogs win American hearts, find homes in Maryland
Once among the thousands of dogs roaming Baghdad, a city that considers strays a menace, Sara eluded traps set by police and survived a car accident — albeit with a broken leg.
Lately, Sara has been spending her time in the company of a family in...Tags: Washington, DC, Wars and Interventions, Baghdad (Iraq), Air Transportation Delays, U.S. Navy
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Maryland to fare well in Obama's 'leaner' defense strategy
While President Barack Obama described plans Thursday to make the U.S. military "leaner," officials in Maryland said the focus of installations and defense contractors here on intelligence, cyberwarfare, research and development is likely to protect the...Tags: National Security, Wars and Interventions, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Army, Afghanistan
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Bits & Pieces: Glenelg girls track coach goes from electrician to the book-signing circuit
Mike Selmer, an electrician by trade, always wanted to be a writer. Even during his 10 years as the girls track coach at Glenelg High School, he had writing in the back of his mind. But he had two jobs, a family to support and a mortgage to pay. Mike...Tags: Sykesville, College Sports, Colleges and Universities, West Point, Howard County
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Harford firm's new CT scanner benefits troop safety
U.S. troops may be heartened to know that a Belcamp, Md., company is using some of the latest technology to check, double-check, and triple-check the efficacy of their body armor and helmets. Chesapeake Testing, of Belcamp, Md., bought the $1.2 million...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Vehicles, Companies and Corporations
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Northern Chesapeake West Point Society celebrates Founders Day
The Northern Chesapeake West Point Society held its Annual Founders Day Celebration March 16 at the Maryland Golf and Country Clubs in Bel Air. More than 85 people representing graduates, cadets and parents of cadets, former professors and friends of...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), West Point, Korean War (1950-1953), World War II (1939-1945)
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You liked Red Tails and the Tuskegee Airmen? Read on
"Red Tails," the years-long project of director George Lucas, is sure to bring some overdue attention to the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black aviation unit that fought discrimination in the U.S. military as well as our enemies in World War II. Reviews for...Tags: Wars and Interventions, George Lucas, Minority Groups, Tuskegee University, World War II (1939-1945)
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