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The prize of a lifetime
The Record, Stockton, Calif.A phone call to ask a simple question turned into a 45-minute conversation, which resulted in the offering of a prize that pushes the art contest for Stockton-Con 2013 into an altogether higher level. Artist Dave Dwonch, the creative director for Action...Tags: Fine Artists, Fiction, Ghost Town (movie), Book, Arts and Culture
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Government, Finance, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Bioterrorism, George W. Bush
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Visions of 9/11, jailbreaks, accidents, unexplained answers, short-term girlfriends -- A sixth sense: These people say they have it. Do you?
Sun Journal, Lewiston, MaineWhen I was a boy of 8 or 9, I had a dream that I met a pretty girl on the beach. So powerful was this dream, I was still looking for that girl more than a decade later. I knew her name. I knew what she looked like. The dream had felt so authentic, I was...Tags: FBI, Easter
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Emergency risks remain as federal grants dwindle
The Virginian-PilotBefore 9/11, police, fire and medical emergency responders in Hampton Roads -- like those at ground zero in New York -- had no way of communicating across departments during catastrophic events. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, tens of millions of...Tags: Finance, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Disasters and Accidents, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Local man named to construction hall of fame
The Frederick News-Post, Md.For Fred A. Wisner, being on disability doesn't mean sitting around doing nothing. The Crestwood Village resident volunteers by cleaning three churches; is active in the Golden Age Games, and participates in many running events, including the...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Economic Organization, Sports, Environmental Issues, Basketball
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Get your scrapbook out for a major happening at Bellerive
St. Louis Post-DispatchIt would be accepted golf talk to predict Bellerive will present a difficult challenge for the field of the 74th Senior PGA Championship. Then again people have crashed and burned at the club. No, literally. In July, 1955, Albert Seawell Jr., a test...Tags: PGA Tour, Transportation Accidents, Golf, Masters Tournament, Peter Jacobsen
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U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
ReutersINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S....Tags: Government, Finance, Chemical Industry, Regional Authority, Companies and Corporations
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Priest uses big rig to make special deliveries
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.Father Ray Cotter delivers more than sermons. Two weeks ago, the former truck truck driver turned priest drove a semi-tractor-trailer rig to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., to pick up 1,164 free military computers for use in Michigan...Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. Department of Defense, Separation of Church and State, Trips and Vacations, Washington, DC
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Why did you serve?
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.Numerous local residents have spent time in service to our country in the military. Some joined out of a duty to our county, others were pressed into service through the draft, still others wanted to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. In honor of their...Tags: Punishment, Heavy Engineering, Radio, Entertainment, Long Island
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Area medic recalls Afghan service
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.Saturday is Armed Forces Day, a day when the nation honors the contributions that military service members make toward ensuring its security. One such contributor is Maj. Ed Gyukeri Jr. of Oneonta, who recently returned from a four-month tour at a...Tags: Nursing, Human Interest, Bombings, Orthopedic Surgery, Health and Medical Professionals
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Rockland couple begins 30th year of sailing passengers around Penobscot Bay on schooner Heritage
Bangor Daily News, MaineThis week, Captains Doug and Linda Lee and their crew were putting a fresh coat of red, white and blue paint on their schooner Heritage, an annual task for the past 30 years. "This is the crunch time, when we worry whether we can get it all done in...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, The Heritage, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Trips and Vacations, Limes
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From Russia With Love to Cannes
VarietyAlthough it boasts no Palme d'Or contenders, Russia, one of Eastern Europe's fastest-rising film industries, is out in force in Cannes. Russia launched the sixth edition of its Pavilion at the mart Thursday during a gala presentation attended by la creme...Tags: Cinema Industry, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Literature, Russia
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