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New York lays out $20 billion plan to adapt to climate change
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades. The ambitious proposal - which could become...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Long Island Power Authority, Water, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Weather
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Former Naval Academy instructor sentenced to 60 days
A former instructor at the Naval Academy was sentenced Monday to 60 days in a military jail for indecent acts, fraternization and conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from an incident with two female midshipmen in 2011, an academy spokeswoman said....
Tags: United States Naval Academy, Sexual Assault, Annapolis, Trials, Courts-Martial
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Police say man created an elaborate ruse about a military career
Fort Worth Star-TelegramFORT WORTH, Texas When Brig. Gen. G.B. McDowell passed away on Veterans Day 2011 near Seattle, condolences in an online guest book lifted up his son, Col. Michael Douglas McDowell. Top military officers, like now-retired Maj. Gen. J.T. Furlow, wrote that...Tags: Medical Research, Police Arrests, Fort Hood (military base), Politics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Former academy instructor acquitted of rape of midshipman
A former instructor at the Naval Academy has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault in an alleged attack on a female midshipman two years ago, an academy spokeswoman said Sunday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark Thompson, 43, was found guilty of...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Courts-Martial, Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Department of Defense
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Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman
The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Justice, Prosecution, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense
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Cruise Port Spotlight: Boston
Special CorrespondentA frequent stop and embarkation port on New England/Canada and Bermuda voyages as well as starting point of some seasonal Caribbean cruises and an occasional stop on trans-Atlantic voyages, Boston has seen a dramatic increase in cruise business in...Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Copley Square
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Side Dish: Spinny Beer Days, Philly Beer Fest
SPINNY BEER DAYS FEATURES RARE BEERS Fourteen rotating taps and 350 bottled brews make Spinnerstown Hotel a magnet for beer geeks. At Spinny Beer Days, May 31-June 1, owner John Dale has planned eight days of exceptional beer experiences, and Chef...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Lifestyle and Leisure, Animal, Alcoholic Beverages
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The Philadelphia Inquirer PhillyInc column
The Philadelphia InquirerDoes Philadelphia have room for one more specialized business incubator? It may, indeed, if enough education- technology entrepreneurs choose to take the plunge into what the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education calls its new...Tags: New Products, University of Pennsylvania, Marketing, Autism, Business Incubators
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Mays Landing veteran recalls his days as a radioman in D-Day attack
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Mays Landing's Peter Fantacone was an 18-year-old Navy radioman who trained for months to help the Allies communicate during the D-Day attack on June 6, 1944. He crossed the English Channel that morning on Landing Craft Infantry 492, a 150-foot vessel...Tags: Radio Industry, France, U.S. Coast Guard, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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A battle he'll never forget
South Bend TribuneEven after almost 70 years, Ray Micin-ski, of South Bend, wonders if he was shaking because he was cold or because he was scared. It was the morning of April 16, 1944, and he was a 19-year-old gunner’s mate on the USS Gandy, a destroyer escort....Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Tampa, New York City
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