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Charles R. "Ray" Brownley, civil engineer
Charles Raymond "Ray" Brownley, a retired civil engineer and a founder of the Fallston volunteer Fire and Ambulance Co., died June 15 of respiratory failure at his Bel Air home.
He was 80.
The son of an International Harvester factory worker and a...Tags: Parkville, Korean War (1950-1953), Federal Aviation Administration, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Procedures and Tests
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NASA again looks at foam that hit wing
Sun StaffNASA investigators seeking the cause of Saturday's shuttle disaster are taking another hard look at a sheet of insulating foam that broke away from Columbia's external fuel tank and struck the craft's left wing during liftoff Jan. 16. Engineers had...Tags: Building Material, Aerospace Manufacturing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Heavy Engineering, Disasters
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Crash in Indian Ocean adds to setbacks for much-criticized B-1
From Wire ReportsNo aircraft in recent history has been maligned as much as the B-1 bomber, one of which crashed yesterday returning from a run over Afghanistan. The supersonic aircraft went into the ocean about 30 miles north of Diego Garcia, its island base, after...Tags: Weaponry, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Armed Conflicts, Defense
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'Columbia is lost'
Sun StaffIn a tragic echo of the Challenger disaster, the seven astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia died yesterday when the spacecraft broke apart over Texas just moments before its scheduled landing and disappeared in a trail of fire, smoke and debris....Tags: Building Material, India, Aerospace Manufacturing, Employees, Disasters
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Brush Fire Contained After Threatening Homes in Acton
KTLA NewsACTON, Calif. (KTLA) -- Fire crews have fully contained a 100-acre brush fire near Hubbard Road and Escondido Canyon Road in Acton. The fire erupted just after 11:00 a.m. Thursday in a sparsely populated area and burned about 52 acres. It destroyed a...Tags: KTLA, Acton, Escondido
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Palmdale man pleads guilty in 2008 rape, kidnapping case that had gone cold
L.A. NOWA 23-year-old Antelope Valley man pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping a woman at gunpoint and raping her in a 2008 case that had gone cold. Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department developed a "DNA hit" last year that...... -
Fire crews fight brush fire that threatens homes in Antelope Valley [Updated]
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County firefighters were battling a wind-driven brush fire that threatened homes Wednesday afternoon in the northeast Antelope Valley. The blaze, which was fanned by 15 mph winds, had scorched about 15 acres of brush near Palmdale Boulevard... -
Man Arrested in Funeral Donation Scam
KTLA NewsPALMDALE -- A man has been arrested after a woman spotted a funeral donation box inside a Palmdale supermarket bearing pictures of her two daughters who are alive and well, sheriff's officials say. Desiree Ramirez noticed the collection box while...Tags: Theft, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, KTLA
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Police ID Palmdale Man Shot to Death in Front Yard
KTLA NewsPALMDALE (KTLA) -- A man was shot to death in his front yard Friday night after talking to a friend on the phone about an angry man outside his upper-class home. Richard McCray, Jr. was shot about 10:30 p.m. in the 37300 block of Laramie Street....Tags: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, KTLA, Homes, Murder
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Officials: Teacher's Aide Confesses to Having Sex With 13-year-old
KTLA NewsPALMDALE (KTLA) -- A 35-year-old female special education teacher's aide has been arrested for having sex with a 13-year-old boy at a middle school in Palmdale. Holly Polson was booked Tuesday on suspicion of four felony counts of lewd acts with a child....Tags: KTLA, Sex
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Teacher's aide arrested for allegedly having sex with boy, 13, in Palmdale classroom
L.A. NOWA female teacher's aide was arrested Tuesday for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old boy in an empty classroom at a Palmdale middle school. Holly Polson, 35, was booked on suspicion of four felony counts of lewd acts with a...... -
Comedian Katt Williams Arrested in Assault on Tractor Driver
KTLA NewsPALMDALE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Actor and comedian Katt Williams will be in court Tuesday, after being arrested in a standoff with a tractor driver at a home in Palmdale. Williams was arrested Saturday afternoon for felony intimidating a witness. Police...Tags: Katt Williams, KTLA
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