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Dozens of air shows cancel without military jets
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal...
Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), U.S. Army, Government Debt, Business, U.S. Navy
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Boeing worker mentors 'Barefoot Bandit' in prison
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last spring. Standridge, 57, is a project manager at Boeing, one of the world's most...Tags: Theft, Prisons, USS Constellation, Steve Jobs, Colton Harris-Moore
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Michigan guard base to get drones, not cargo planes
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — The Battle Creek Air National Guard base is preparing for a future with drones, not cargo aircraft. The southwestern Michigan base said it learned from the Air Force Thursday that it will fly the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned... -
An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives, including SW Mich. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press, Prosecution
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Irish get sea legs in opener
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Oranges and reds streaked across the sky as the sun set over Charleston, S.C., and a brown pelican majestically flew a few yards behind the basket, a stunning backdrop to the second half of the college women's basketball game being...
Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Indiana Hoosiers, Marquette Golden Eagles, Aircraft Carriers
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World War II rages on in Michiana ... through re-enactors
WSBT-TV ReporterOn a hot summer Saturday, more than a thousand spectators crowded Tiscornia Beach in St. Joseph to watch a World War II re-enactment. Dozens of volunteers dressed up in authentic military uniforms and re-enacted the European and Pacific Beach landings...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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Small plane lands safely on NW Indiana highway
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A small plane landed safely on a highway in northwestern Indiana after apparently having engine trouble. No injuries were reported from the emergency landing on Indiana 49 near Valparaiso on Tuesday. The plane came to a stop...Tags: Transportation Accidents, World War II (1939-1945), Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Funeral set for Michigan Marine lost in 1944 bomber crash
NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A funeral is Friday for a U.S. Marine missing in the South Pacific after a World War II bomber crash and whose remains were recovered following a search for another downed plane. The Lansing State Journal reports...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Espionage and Intelligence, Defense Equipment, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Water Restrictions, Employment, Renewable Energy, California, Budgets and Budgeting
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Egyptian army blocks Sinai roads in hunt for kidnappers
ReutersSHEIKH ZUWAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. The militants seized the men on a...Tags: Kidnapping, Criminals, Weaponry, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral in sweep against militants behind kidnapping
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The...Tags: Missile Systems, Kidnapping, Criminals, Weaponry, Hosni Mubarak
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