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Syria's Assad: Victory will come with time
World NowSyrian President Bashar Assad says the tide of battle in his war-ravaged nation is turning in the government’s favor, even as violence continues to rage and the uprising against his rule enters its 18th month.... -
Shuttle Endeavour makes dramatic final flight around California
L.A. NOWFlying as low as 1,500 feet around some of California's most distinctive landmarks, the space shuttle Endeavour completed its final voyage Friday to cheers and many photos. After taking off from Edwards Air Force Base on Friday morning, Endeavour headed..... -
Space shuttle Endeavour wows spectators: ‘Marvelous!’
L.A. NOWSpace shuttle Endeavour: The Space Shuttle Endeavour took off from Edwards Air Force Base and began its California tour, delighting crowds in the Antelope Valley.... -
Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon
When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." The grainy black-and-white...
Tags: Stanley Kubrick, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Heart Surgery, Buzz Aldrin
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Shuttle Endeavour's final journey is carefully choreographed
A diva requires special handling and an entourage. Whatever the stage, the space shuttle Endeavour gets both. A constellation of engineers and assembly line workers designed and built the shuttle in Southern California. A universe of scientists hurled it...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Air Transportation Industry, Kennedy Space Center, Hudson River, Rocketry
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It's worth stopping along California 99
Call it the accidental road trip. Looking for a less monotonous route home from Northern California last summer, my family and I took California 99 south from Sacramento to Bakersfield and picked up Interstate 5 from there. It took a little longer, but...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Whole Foods Market, Human Interest, Restaurants, Road Transportation
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Clinton accuses Russia of supplying Syria with attack helicopters
World NowSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Tuesday that Russia is sending military attack helicopters to Syria, and warned that the move could escalate the 15-month-old conflict “quite dramatically.”... -
Russian foreign minister denies selling helicopters to Syria
World NowRussia's foreign minister on Wednesday denied allegations by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Moscow was sending attack helicopters to the Syrian military.... -
Britain: Russian ship reportedly carrying arms to Syria turns back
World NowThe British foreign secretary said Tuesday that a Russian ship carrying refurbished attack helicopters had turned back from Syria, after a British company stripped the ship of its insurance.... -
No threat seen after three planes violate Obama's airspace
L.A. NOWAuthorities are investigating three private planes that violated airspace restrictions set up for President Obama's visit to Southern California, but there is no indication that the flights presented a threat to the president. A spokesman for the Secret... -
Robert A. Citron dies at 79; space visionary
Robert A. Citron, an aerospace engineer and intrepid entrepreneur, whose boyhood fantasy of traveling beyond Earth inspired pioneering ventures to commercialize space, died Jan. 31 at his home in Bellevue, Wash. He was 79.
The cause was complications...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Rocketry, Natural Resources, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Conservation
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J. Lynn Helms dies at 86; FAA chief fired striking air controllers
J. Lynn Helms, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration who carried out President Reagan's order to fire more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers and oversaw efforts to keep airlines flying during the crisis, has died. He was 86.
He...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Fraud, Georgetown, Federal Aviation Administration, Korean War (1950-1953)
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