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On Campus at GCC: Fire Academy accepting applications
Applications are currently being accepted for the Verdugo Fire Academy Class XVI that begins in January 2013. The application deadline is Oct. 26, 2012. Programs offered by the VFA include fire technology courses, certificate of completion in fire...Tags: Fires, Trips and Vacations, Benihana Incorporated, Travel, Science
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Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr talks leadership in Bay Harbor
BAY HARBOR — It takes a lot to become a good leader. Staying true to your word, learning from mistakes, showing genuine care and surrounding yourself with good people all helps. Former University of Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr spoke of...
Tags: Sports, College Football, U.S. Army, Aaron Shea, George Washington
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Sinkhole Opens up near Beale Air Force Base
FOX40 NewsThe California Highway Patrol says a sinkhole opened up Monday evening near Beale Air Force Base. The hole is between 8 and 12 feet wise and around 20 feet deep. Hammonton Smartville Road is closed between Chuck Yeager Road and Brophy Road, and is...Tags: Sinkholes
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Levon Helm, drummer and singer for The Band, dies of cancer
Levon Helm was the rarest of musical multi-taskers: an unflappable drummer and a singer who wrung soul out of every note. He also was a terrific team player and bandmate; he made the people around him sound good. Helm was "the only drummer who could make...
Tags: Entertainment, Loretta Lynn, Throat Cancer, Van Morrison, Heart Attack
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Plenty of land for sale in Howard County at the start of 1912
100 Years Ago Never-failing change In the new year of 1912 changes in ownership of the land continued with hundreds of acreage for sale in Howard County, as advertised in the Ellicott City Times: "FOR SALE; SANTA FE FARM the home of the late Mrs....Tags: New Year's Day, Ellicott City, Christmas, Holidays, U.S. Army
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Jet service pioneer at Van Nuys Airport gets Howard Hughes honor
Clay Lacy, a veteran pilot, air race champion and aviation entrepreneur who introduced the first corporate jet service in the western United States, received the Howard HughesMemorial Award Wednesday night from the Aero Club of Southern California.
Lacy,...Tags: Human Interest, United Air Lines, Howard Hughes, Burt Rutan, Los Angeles Times
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Inductees in California's Hall of Fame
!["I think what made it special tonight was the kids," Ervin "Magic" Johnson said. "This is just going to be icing on the cake. When those kids are hollering your name, they never saw me play basketball."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/142989480-08234619.jpg ""I think what made it special tonight was the kids,\" Ervin \"Magic\" Johnson said. \"This is just going to be icing on the cake. When those kids are hollering your name, they never saw me play basketball.\"")
FOX40 News"I think what made it special tonight was the kids," Ervin "Magic" Johnson said. "This is just going to be icing on the cake. When those kids are hollering your name, they never saw me play basketball." Johnson is talking about kids outside the Memorial...Tags: Sacramento Kings, The Beach Boys, Buzz Aldrin, Local Government, Magic Johnson
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Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport: a woman finally gets a (half) airport name
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel(Reluctantly updated, 4 p.m. 3/21/12 with reference to the Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison Kansas.) So Little Rock has voted to rename its airport Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, after the former president and current U.S. secretary of... -
3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during a popular air race, killing three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific...Tags: Management Change, Air Transportation Industry, Armed Conflicts, Air Transportation, Injuries and Wounds
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Death Toll Rises to 9 After Plane Crash at Nev. Air Race
Associated PressThe death toll in the terrifying crash of a World War II-era plane during a Reno air race has risen to at least nine people, including the pilot and eight spectators, authorities said Saturday. The deaths include seven who were killed on the tarmac and...Tags: Management Change, Event Planning, Air Transportation Industry, Armed Conflicts, Air Transportation
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Eisenhower film playing at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
ABILENE, Kan. - The first film in the “Eisenhower: Agent of Change” Film Series will be shown in the Visitors Center Auditorium at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. “The Right Stuff” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Elections
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Arthur 'Kit' Murray dies at 92; pilot set Bell X-1A altitude record
![Retired Col. Arthur "Kit" Murray, an experimental test pilot who set an altitude record in 1954 when he piloted a Bell X-1A at 90,000 feet at nearly twice the speed of sound, has died. He was 92.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63700168-02181403-187105.jpg "Retired Col. Arthur "Kit\" Murray, an experimental test pilot who set an altitude record in 1954 when he piloted a Bell X-1A at 90,000 feet at nearly twice the speed of sound, has died. He was 92.")
Retired Col. Arthur "Kit" Murray, an experimental test pilot who set an altitude record in 1954 when he piloted a Bell X-1A at 90,000 feet at nearly twice the speed of sound, has died. He was 92.
Murray died July 25 of complications from Alzheimer's...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Army, Texas, Ohio
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