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Search called off for man lost after Carnival Triumph hit pier
Rescuers called off the search for a missing shipyard worker who fell into the Mobile River after strong winds blew the beleaguered Carnival cruise ship Triumph off its moorings and into a pier. The Triumph had been at the BAE Systems shipyard in...
Tags: Shipbuilding, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Coast Guard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Hypothermia
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Carnival Triumph breaks free of moorings; shipyard worker missing
Carnival's cursed cruise ship Triumph broke loose from its moorings Wednesday when strong winds hit Mobile, Ala., and two shipyard workers fell into the Mobile River. One was still missing by evening. Helicopters and search teams scoured the river...
Tags: Shipbuilding, National Weather Service, Manufacturing and Engineering, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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White House, defense industry officials meet to discuss cuts
With automatic federal spending cuts set to hit the defense industry on March 1, senior White House officials met with chief executives from contractors to discuss the potential impact. White House spokesman Jay Carney made the disclosure Wednesday...
Tags: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Jay Carney, White House, Defense Equipment, U.S. Congress
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Medal of Honor recipient sues defense firm, alleges retaliation
Nation NowMedal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has sued defense contractor BAE Systems, saying its allegations about his mental condition made it impossible for him to find a job in the defense industry.... -
Flying into the flu season
California ConsumerA woman sleeps on a nearly vacant American Airlines flight from Miami to Mexico City during an outbreak of the H1N1 flu in April. Credit: Brennan Linsley/Associated Press.Television news shows and newspaper headlines scream about the potential dangers... -
Flight crash-lands in London; 1 taken to hospital
A British Airways passenger jet carrying 71 people crash-landed at London City Airport on Friday evening, scraping across the tarmac after part of its landing gear failed, officials and witnesses said. One person was taken to a hospital with a minor...Tags: Air Transportation, British Airways Plc, Health, Injuries and Wounds, Transportation
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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: Military Equipment, Missile Systems, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology, Defense
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Seth Stainback and Roosterfoot hung with the big boys at Scope on Tuesday
Seth Stainback, a 29-year-old rock singer from Virginia Beach, stood in front of a crowd of thousands Tuesday night, opening for Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. He and his band, Roosterfoot, sounded tough and lean. Stainback's powerful, soulful...
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Advanced weapons systems on the way from Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth Star-TelegramLockheed Martin hopes to win a contract from the Marine Corps that would make superheroes like Aquaman proud. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in recent years have diverted the Marine Corps from its expeditionary roots. But the Lockheed Martin Missiles...Tags: U.S. Army, Military Equipment, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology
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Tiny high-tech maker of infrared-camera chips in Nashua gets big attention
The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.Infrared cameras are in the news at the moment, since they were used to spot Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a sailboat. But they're old hat at Nashua firm QmagiQ, which has been designing and making the innards of high-end...Tags: Raytheon Company, Invention and Innovation, Science and Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, Obesity, Heart Problems, Laws
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BAE Systems in York County to work on M88 recovery vehicle upgrades
York Daily Record, Pa.BAE Systems received a $28.7 million contract to upgrade 11 M88A1 Medium Recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) configuration. HERCULES -- essentially a military tow truck -- is an...Tags: U.S. Army, Military Equipment, York County (Pennsylvania), Politics, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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