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Johnstown defense industry lands more deals
Daily American Staff WriterNearly $60 million in new contracts and a new business initiative were announced Tuesday morning at a Johnstown Area Regional Industries press conference. The three announcements were complimented by U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown — who...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Army, Mark Critz, CACI International Incorporated
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Iran's nuclear facilities 'Thunderstruck'
KIAHIran's nuclear facilities are under cyber-attack again. This time, it's a rockin' new computer virus making the Iranians bang their heads out of frustration. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is claiming their computers have been hacked with a...Tags: Security, Computer Crime, DC (music group), Manufacturing and Engineering, Stuxnet Virus
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Davidsville man helped engineer Apollo missions
dand@dailyamerican.comDavidsville native Lee Wible Jr., 67, spent more than four decades in the country’s space program often training astronauts or in mission control during Apollo missions to the moon. When astronauts stepped safely outside their spacecraft to conduct...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Entertainment, University of Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State University, Science
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Patt Morrison Asks: Norman Lear, TV's seriously funny icon
Television comedy can probably be divided into two eras: B.L. and A.L. — Before Lear and After Lear. Norman Lear's seminal 1970s sitcoms —"All in the Family" and its offspring, from"Maude" to "The Jeffersons" — used the laissez-passer of...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Family Guy (tv program), Belief and Faith, Trey Parker, MSNBC (tv network)
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The story of Chicago's Nazi spy
A spy story worthy of John le Carre began and ended 70 years ago this summer in Chicago. It had classic elements of an espionage tale — enemy agents landed from submarines, explosives hidden in the sand of an East Coast beach, orders written in...
Tags: Theft, West Garfield Park, Defendants, Prosecution, Metal and Mineral
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McManus: The nuclear countdown in Iran
Not long ago, an astute reader noted that it has been nearly two years since I wrote in a column that "most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it." His point — that those...Tags: Doyle McManus, The Washington Post, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran), Manufacturing and Engineering
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Iran and the bomb
A report this week on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program by the International Atomic Energy Agency leaves little doubt that country's ruling clerics remain determined to acquire the means to produce a bomb. That poses a dilemma for the Obama...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Government, Stuxnet Virus
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Russia computer experts who detected Flame malware issue warning
MOSCOW — Computer virus experts at Kaspersky Lab, acting with the blessing of the United Nations, were searching for a villain dubbed the Wiper when they came across a much more menacing suspect requiring a new moniker: Flame. The malicious program...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Lebanon, Manufacturing and Engineering, Stuxnet Virus
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Newt Gingrich, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mitt Romney
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McManus: The Iran squeeze
The Obama administration faces two dangers in its nuclear negotiations with Iran, which began in a burst of optimism last weekend after the two sides managed to get through a day and a half of talks without anyone walking out. One danger, of course, is...
Tags: Health, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mitt Romney, Tehran (Iran)
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Weary Warriors Favor Obama
ReutersCOLUMBIA, S.C.(Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Republican Party, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions
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North Korea Nuclear Reactor Construction Progressing
Channel 2 NewsA U.S.-based institute says new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity. That indicates the North is pressing on with efforts to expand its nuclear program, the institute says,...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, North Korea
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May 31, 2012
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May 13, 2012
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May 16, 2012
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