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President Obama will attend Carrier Classic
Daily PressSAN DIEGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama will attend the Carrier Classic basketball game on Veterans Day on the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea. The White House confirmed Thursday that the nation's basketball-...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Magic Johnson, Veterans Affairs, College Sports
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Shuttle program opened doors for minorities, women
In 1972, President Nixon gave his blessing to ramp up Apollo's successor, the Space Transportation System (STS). Two years later, work began on the first space shuttle, a test vehicle that NASA planned to christen Constitution.
Those plans changed...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science, Richard Nixon, Science and Technology, Elections
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Shuttle blasts off while NASA Langley watches
George Ware’s cigar stayed in its wrapper — just as it did more than 30 years ago when the space shuttle program took flight.
A retired aerospace engineer, Ware wasn’t ready to celebrate Friday as Atlantis rocketed away from Earth on...Tags: Richard Nixon, Satellite Technology, Science and Technology, Atlantic Ocean, Elections
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1944: An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb failed as the explosion at Hitler's Rastenburg headquarters only wounded the Nazi leader. 1958: Margaret Briscoe Hall, a new women's residence hall on the campus...Tags: Adolf Hitler
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5 Things It's Good To Know: Shuttle Farewell, Killer Heatwave, Lion Roars...
FOX 17 Web ProducerApple Launches Lion, And It Roars Today, Apple hopes to continue that roaring pace by trotting out OS X Lion, the eighth major release (in 10 years) of the Mac's OS X operating system. Lion is the successor to Snow Leopard and before that, Leopard. Apple...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Kennedy Space Center, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Teel Time: Carrier Classic organizers want Newport News shipyard to design, build trophy for game
Organizers of the Carrier Classic college basketball game scheduled for the deck of the Newport News-built USS Carl Vinson want the local shipyard to design and build the event's championship trophy.
The Morale Entertainment Foundation is negotiating...Tags: Mario Andretti, Colleges and Universities, Shipbuilding, College Sports, College Basketball
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Transform your weekend
OPENED TUESDAY
Transformers: Dark of the
Moon
To his credit, director Michael Bay does try to put more human touch into ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon,'' aiming to make up for the clattering mess of overgrown kitchen appliances that duked it out...Tags: Justin Timberlake, Richard Nixon, Julia Roberts, Television, Leighton Meester
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Has NASA gone loony? Moon rocks or bust
Opinion L.A.Really, NASA? You're hard up for funds, yet you've got the manpower to go after a septuagenarian California woman trying to sell a flyspeck of moon rock -- a supposed gift to her late husband from Neil Armstrong? Joann Davis...... -
A haunting `what if?'
Change of SubjectAmong the more memorable audio pieces played Sunday at the Third Coast Filmless Festival (my wife is the executive director of the sponsoring organization) was this one: Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong came within inches of tragedy when they landed...... -
Apollo astronauts take aim at White House
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — NASA’s decision this month to move forward with a big new rocket hasn’t stopped criticism of the White House from some corners of the space community, including Apollo luminaries Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan who spoke... -
Legendary astronauts awarded Congressional Gold Medals
Nation NowSpace legends John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were awarded Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday.... -
NASA's shuttle program: An end of an era, or a promising new beginning?
Opinion L.A.Space shuttle Atlantis' final liftoff triggers both political and emotional reactions as Americans wonder: Is this end of a bold and daring era?...
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