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Looking for a little breathing room?
Special to The TimesPalmdale was depicted as a short strip of houses with a bus stop in the 2001 comedy "Bubble Boy," but that's far from reality. The city, nicknamed "The Aerospace Capital of the World," is a fast-growing bedroom community with about 136,000 residents, many...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Dillard's Incorporated, Boeing Co., Office Depot Inc., Transportation
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Newest U.S. Weapons Built to Swiftly Find and Destroy
Times Staff WriterEven before terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, the Pentagon and the defense industry were gearing up for a new kind of warfare taking shape in Afghanistan and elsewhere, designing spy equipment and weapons that could pinpoint moving targets and knock them...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Boeing Co., Gaming, Vehicles, U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. Army Delay On New Armed Helicopter Could Be Good News For Sikorsky
WASHINGTON — U.S. Army officials this week said they do not expect to decide until later this year whether to start a multibillion-dollar program to develop a new armed scout helicopter, or extend the life of the current Vietnam-era OH-58 Kiowa...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Boeing Co., U.S. Army, United Technologies Corporation, Personal Service
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Caltech leader looks to the future
When David Lee first arrived at Caltech, he was seeking his doctorate in physics, and calculators were the hot new data-crunchung tool. Today, supercomputers interpret mountains of numbers at lightning speeds, students can track it all on their iPads,...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, NASA, Schools, High Schools, Barbara Lee
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Labor Dept.: Md. employers cut 7,500 jobs in May
Maryland shed 7,500 jobs in May, as the state posted one of the largest losses in the country for the second month in a row, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.
Only North Carolina and Pennsylvania saw bigger cuts in May, according to the new...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Financially Distressed Companies, Anirban Basu
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Schiff, community remember Sally Ride
Astronaut Sally Ride is remembered locally not only as the first American woman to travel in space, but also as a pioneering educator who encouraged girls to pursue careers in science. Ride, who became famous for her presence aboard the space shuttle...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Adam Schiff, Arts and Culture
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Head of the Class: Local students earn honors and accolades
The following students have earned accolades, degrees and honors at colleges and universities: Alex Vanko, of Towson, graduated magnum cum laude from the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and a minor in philosophy....Tags: Towson, Philosophy, Colchester, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Religion and Belief
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College Park gets cybersecurity program backed by Northrop Grumman
The University of Maryland, College Park will use a $1.1 million grant from defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. to establish a new honors concentration in cybersecurity, school officials announced Monday. With the program, which will accept its...Tags: National Government, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, Fort Meade (military base), United States Naval Academy
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Northrop Grumman to lay off at Fort Meade, elsewhere
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. warned state regulators Friday that it will be laying off 224 employees across the country, including dozens based at Fort Meade, after losing a contract to provide security for a government agency. But a...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Fort Meade (military base), National Security, National Security Agency, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Northrop Grumman to lay off 90 in Maryland
Northrop Grumman Corp. will lay off 90 workers in Maryland as part of a nationwide cutback of 400 workers in the company's Electronic Systems sector, the company reported Tuesday. Plans to eliminate as many as 800 jobs nationwide were announced in...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees
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Northrop Grumman to cut 800 jobs, most in Md.
Northrop Grumman Corp.'s plan to eliminate as many as 800 jobs — the second steep reduction for the Linthicum-based Electronic Systems division this year — could presage cutbacks by other federal contractors and further blows to the state's...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Economy, Business and Finance
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Turnover at the workplace is on the rise
A year ago, Washington marketing associate Tara Miller felt lucky just to have a job in her field.
So while she wanted to work in Baltimore — where she could be closer to her boyfriend — Miller stayed put at her job in D.C.
But by March of...Tags: Chicago Jobs, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Employment, Howard County
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