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Armor Metal closing southern Indiana factory
About 90 people are losing their jobs as Armor Metal Group plans to close a southern Indiana plant and move at least some of that work to an Ohio factory. Cincinnati-based Armor Metal plans to close the Madison plant over the next six months. The...Tags: Ohio, Ohio River, Metal and Mineral
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34 arrested in BSO drug enforcement wave
SunSentinel.comThe Broward Sheriff's Office today announced 34 men have been arrested in a crime crackdown called "Operation Dirty South," which focused on the southern part of the county. What had started as an anti-drug sweep quickly expanded to include getting...Tags: Vehicles, Law Enforcement, Dania Beach, Police, Hollywood Police Department
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Panel says Pentagon has 'distressing degree of inattention' on nuclear weapons
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — After firing the two top Air Force leaders last year for a series of embarrassing nuclear weapons mishaps, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was told Thursday that the same problems of inexperience, poor training and splintered authority...Tags: Defense, Air and Space Accidents, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, Armed Forces
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2 top Al Qaeda leaders slain in Pakistan by U.S. missiles
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Two senior Al Qaeda operatives were killed in a CIA missile strike on New Year's Day in Pakistan, including a suspect in the suicide bombing of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel in September, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Bombings, New Year's Day, Police, Armed Conflicts
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2 top al-Qaida operatives killed by US strike inside Pakistan, an official says
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. strike inside Pakistan's tribal region has killed two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, a U.S. counterterrorism official said. The deaths of the men would appear...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Osama bin Laden, Bombings, Benazir Bhutto, David Petraeus
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Two Al Qaeda suspects believed killed in Pakistan
Two senior Al Qaeda operatives were killed in a CIA missile strike on New Year's Day in Pakistan, including a suspect in the bombing of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel in September, a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official said Thursday. The two operatives...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Guerrilla Activity, Bombings, New Year's Day, Michael V. Hayden
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Dave's here, man -- Cheech and Chong coming to Hard Rock Live April 5
Sentinel Staff WriterFor a while there, it seemed like marijuana's greatest supporters had turned into a cautionary tale. "Do you want to ruin your life like Cheech & Chong?" moms would scold if they found a joint in the bottom of the sock drawer. "You could end up in jail!...Tags: Universal CityWalk, Cheech Marin, Olivia Newton-John, Arts, Robert Rodriguez
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Videos of fatal police shooting in Oakland, Calif., spark violent protests, homicide probe
Associated Press WritersOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In grainy cell-phone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and...Tags: Law Enforcement, Lawyers, Florida State University, Crimes, Riots
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Call for cease fire needs to be balanced
It is easy to call for a cease-fire, as in a Jan. 7 letter, but where was the indignation while 3,200-plus missiles were fired in 2008 from Gaza into Israel? Or the 6,500 missiles fired from Gaza subsequent to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005? To...Tags: Charlie Dent, Gaza Crisis, George Bush, Allentown, Armed Conflicts
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January Could Be A Hotter Month For TV Than September
The Hartford CourantJanuary isn't only a month of new beginnings for the nation; it is also one for the TV world. The No. 1 show makes its annual return, with a new judge added to "American Idol" starting Tuesday. It also marks the return of "24" after an 18-month absence,...Tags: Donald Trump, Kyra Sedgwick, Dollhouse (tv program), Celebrity Mothers, Theater
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Shooting Sparks Protests
Associated PressIn grainy cellphone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and fatally shoots the man in the back...Tags: Law Enforcement, Lawyers, Florida State University, Crimes, Riots
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Problems still plague Pentagon's nuclear mission
After firing the two top Air Force leaders last year for a series of embarrassing nuclear weapons mishaps, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was told yesterday that the same problems of inexperience, poor training and splintered authority over the nuclear...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Air and Space Accidents, Louisiana, Terrorism
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