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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
Tags: Biology, St. Mary's County, Prisons, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Editorial: Hampton Roads economy needs fuel for the long haul
Some things remain constant. One, at least on this planet, is gravity. Another, at least in this region, is the continued, pressing need for economic diversity. But why worry? If one considers an estimated 6,891 job loss for 2013 good news, things are...Tags: Business, Brookings Institution, Fort Eustis, Hampton Roads, Fort Monroe
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Experimental aircraft speeds to more than 3,000 mph in test flight
An aircraft resembling a shark-nosed missile detached from a flying B-52 bomber and then shot above the Pacific Ocean at more than 3,000 mph in a historic test flight for the Air Force — and for the future of aviation. The unmanned X-51A WaveRider...
Tags: Pacific Ocean, Military Aircraft, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Research
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BAE Systems Ship Repair gets $49.4 million Navy contract
TidewaterBizBAE Systems Ship Repair in Norfolk was awarded a $49.4 million contract to repair and upgrade the USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer that was damaged in a collision last year. “One of the things we do really well is repair, maintain and...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, BAE Systems Plc., Military Equipment, Missile Systems
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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per...Tags: Cuba, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Politics, Elections, Government
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Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike
WASHINGTON — Obaidullah, an Afghan villager captured with diagrams of improvised bombs, has marked nearly 11 years as a detainee at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three months ago, outraged by what he called another prison...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, U.S. Congress, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Elections
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COLUMN - From Afghanistan to Syria, an anemic U.S. civilian effort
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee...Tags: Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan), Services and Shopping, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book, U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Military
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Business, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Elections, Leon Panetta
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Schiff presses for transfer of military aircraft to Forest Service for firefighting help
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and nearly a dozen other members of Congress this week asked for an update from the Department of Defense on sending surplus military aircraft to the U.S. Forest Service, aircraft that could assist in fighting wildfires....
Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering, Chuck Hagel
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Bill O'Reilly: Our many wounded warriors deserve nation's help
Living in the shadows of the ongoing war on terror are 1,715 American military people who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few of those brave folks lost all four limbs when bombs blew apart their bodies. In addition, there are now at least 20 new...Tags: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times, Hamid Karzai, Al Capone
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U.S. Navy moves ahead on new presidential helicopter program
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy posted the final rules for a long-delayed, multibillion dollar competition for a new fleet of presidential helicopters, saying it planned to award a contract about a year from now despite...Tags: Personal Service, U.S. Military, Government Debt, United Technologies Corporation, U.S. Navy
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