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NSIC makes move
Beginning in 2014, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will move its conference basketball tournaments to the under-construction Pentagon at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. The Pentagon will open this fall. The deal will keep the... -
Defense contractors, federal employees join to oppose cuts
A Defense Department funding bill has made bedfellows of two groups more likely to be found in opposite corners: federal labor and federal contractors. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Professional Services Council (PSC)...Tags: Public Employees, John McCain, Career and Workplace, Politics, Democratic Party
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Why Connecticut's Jobs Machine Is Sputtering
The Hartford CourantAs the year draws to a close, Connecticut, more than most states, remains hostage to the fiscal cliff talks in Washington D.C. But even without that bit of Yuletide feuding, the jobs picture here is grimmer than just about anyplace as the nation as a...Tags: Interior Policy, Employment, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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House approves $50.5 billion for Superstorm Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed...
Tags: Politics, Business, Hurricane Sandy (2012), FEMA, John Boehner
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Black Hawk helicopter flies itself over mountain range in test
In the blue skies above the Diablo Range, just east of San Jose, a Black Hawk helicopter flew a two-hour test mission controlled entirely by a computer -- without a pilot’s hand. There were pilots aboard the aircraft, but all maneuvers during...
Tags: Military Equipment, U.S. Army, Landforms, Mountains, Science and Technology
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Assad's last stand
Syria's 20-month-long civil war appears to be approaching a tipping point as fighting around Damascus intensifies amid signs that President Bashar Assad's grip on power may be weakening. As the final phase in the long conflict apparently draws nearer, the...
Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Vladimir Putin, United Nations
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Marine brig officials grilled about Bradley Manning's jailing
former Marine Corps brig commander testified Thursday that a vague rule meant he could keep Pfc. Bradley Manning on suicide watch even after a psychiatrist determined that wasn't necessary, as lawyers for the soldier at the center of the WikiLeaks case...
Tags: Psychiatrists, Lawyers, Prisons, Trials, Justice System
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Heat's Miller among Hall of Fame inductees
S.D. Prep Basketball Hall of FameA reigning NBA champion, Miami Heat veteran Mike Miller, is among 16 stalwarts who will be inducted into the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame during next year’s banquet in Madison. Miller helped Mitchell High School to two State...Tags: Butterfly Ballots, NBA Draft, National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic, Chad
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Religious tradition continues for 56th year in Danville
WDBJ7 ReporterIt takes months to prepare and dozens of volunteers to decorate just one tree in Danville. This week church members at Ascension Lutheran Church are hanging white and gold ornaments on their Chrismons tree. A Chrismons tree is different from a...Tags: Christmas, Religion and Belief
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Defending the world, bankrupting ourselves
The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable,...
Tags: Iran, NATO, Fiscal Cliff, Kabul (Afghanistan), Dartmouth College
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Roger Ailes uses 'fair and balanced' Fox for a political pitch
Just a little more than a week ago, military affairs journalist Tom Ricks outraged the right-wing faithful by saying that Fox News Channel obsessed on the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya, in part because the station “was operating as a wing of...
Tags: Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), MSNBC (tv network), Roger Ailes , Elections
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Anchorage-Based Military Unit Receives New Commander
Channel 2 NewsArmy Col. Matt McFarlane took over Wednesday as the new commander of the Anchorage-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in a ceremony held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. McFarlane has served in the Army since 1992. most recently...Tags: Afghanistan, Armed Forces
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