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  • Around Tech Valley Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:39PMThe produce van makes fruits and vegetables available to Capital Region neighborhoods that lack access and transportation to area grocery stores. Dr. Nazir Memon, associate professor of medicine at Albany Medical College, will receive the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians Laureate Award at this year's annual Scientific Meeting in Rochester on Nov. 3. Robert H. Iseman, a ...
  • Apache helicopter to land at Edinboro University today Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:30AMEDINBORO -- An AH64 Apache helicopter will land on the Edinboro University campus today at 11 a.m. as part of Welcome Week marking the start of the fall semester.
  • Monster trucks thrill crowd Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:11PMCheckered Flag Productions shook the ground and rocked the packed house with an amazing display of ground pounding thunder at the Red Neck Nationals Saturday night.
  • Mexico violence claims lives of young boys Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:03AMMEXICO CITY - It was Easter weekend, and the Almanza family was heading to the beach the day little Martin and Brayan died in a hail of gunfire and grenade explosions.
  • What our Facebook Friends had to say Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:39AM    Here is a sampling of the responses our Facebook friends — at facebook.com/meridianstar — shared about their memories of Hurricane Katrina. 
  • Mexico violence claims lives of young boys; soldiers accused of abuses Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 4:17AMOn a lonely highway, an explosion of violence raises questions about Mexico's anti-drug fight.
  • LaCie XtremKey Review Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:36PMIntroduction If your typical USB thumb drive amounts to a padlocked warehouse for data, LaCie’s XtremKey USB is the Fort Knox. Fortified to the hilt with protection that only a fraction of users will ever take advantage of, the XtremKey combines unrivalled protection for data with bleeding-edge transfer speeds, making it one of the most appealing [...]
  • U.S. Military Aid to Yemen Aims to Boost Fight Against Al-Qaeda Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:03PMThe U.S. Defense Department said it will finish spending $155 million by the end of September on equipment to help Yemen’s army commandos fight al-Qaeda, more than double last year’s military aid to that country.
  • Afghans Upgrade Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:24AMAugust 19, 2010: The United States is buying 2,526 M1152 hummers for the Afghan police, at a cost of $245,000 each.
  • Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by living Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:17PMA year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.
  • Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:44PMA year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.
  • Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:35PMA year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. Loved ones of those killed in the 1988 jetliner bombing, who were told he would likely die within... Scotland - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - United States - Abdel Baset al-Megrahi - Lockerbie
  • Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:29PMA year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Scotland - United States - Abdel Baset al-Megrahi - Lockerbie
  • World › Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:27PMA year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. Loved…
  • The Elaine Benes Look Re-appears as New York Style Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 3:46PMHas Elaine Benes of “Seinfeld,” with her long floral skirts, blazers with padded shoulders and granny shoes with socks, become. the summer’s downtown fashion muse?
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 1:48PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Building The Battlefield Internet Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:38AMAugust 12, 2010: The Internet is coming to the battlefield, year by year, piece by piece. The U.S. Army is spending several hundred million dollars a year building its GIG (Global Information Grid) and Win-T (Warfighter Information Network-Tactical).
  • Mother deploys; son to follow soon Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 3:11PMA few years ago, Angie White was looking up information for her teenage son. He was interested in joining the Army reserves after high school, so she helped him check into it.
  • Full Motion Training For Armored Truck Drivers Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 4:39AMAugust 9, 2010: The U.S. Army is seeking a full motion vehicle simulator for its armored vehicles (M1, M2, Stryker and MRAP). Such full motion systems have long been used for aircraft simulators, to give pilots the “feel” of aircraft turning and twisting in the air while undergoing simulated flight.
  • Red Cross prepares for hurricanes with hypothetical scenarios Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 9:27PMEven though this year's hurricane season has been a quiet one so far, the Red Cross is still making preparations just in case.
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 5:48PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Mother deploys; son to follow soon Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 3:41PMA few years ago, Angie White was looking up information for her teenage son. He was interested in joining the Army reserves after high school, so she helped him check into it.
  • The ultimate ATV Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 2:37AMCourtesy Photo The ATAV demonstrates its amphibious capability in naval tests in western Washington.
  • UN — checked by China — offers only words of concern as Darfur crisis worsens Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 1:29PMUNITED NATIONS — The Security Council has unanimously renewed the peacekeeping mandate for Sudan’s embattled Darfur region. In the meantime, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has slapped charges of genocide on Sudan’s ruler.
  • Injuries from tornado likely killed Millbury man Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 2:16PMLake Township Police Chief Mark Hummer says he believes the man died from complications he sustained during the tornadoes on June 5 and 6.
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:48PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Hummer recognized as Grand Marshal of Bogota's Freedom Parade. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:45AMThe Fourth of July means celebrating America and it is also a time to recognize veterans for their service to America, which is why Harry Hummer was chosen as this year's Grand Marshal of Bogota's...
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:33PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 4:17PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Wounds still raw Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 2:04AMFinding ways to deal with the past in Srebrenica
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 3:47PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • North Korea's Uncomfortable Moment in the Spotlight Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 8:21AMAt the U.N., where it must answer for the sinking of a South Korean warship, and at the World Cup, where rumors of odd behavior are rife, North Korea has been dragged uncomfortably into the spotlight.
  • Despicable Me Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:17PMIt’s not a Pixar movie, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that it is: This debut feature from Illumination Entertainment certainly works hard enough to mine that style, and doesn’t mind admitting it. The film even opens with a parody of Pixar’s hopping-desklight logo.
  • George Kerevan: Private jets and floating gin palaces a sign of recovery Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 6:37PMWHAT is the best indicator that the recession is behind us? A rising stock market? Falling bond yields? Increased M&A activity?
  • ARMY, UNIFIL thwart Israeli bid to steal water Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 4:57PMWAZZANI: Units from the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL thwarted Monday an Israeli attempt to steal water from the Al-Wazzani well near the occupied border village of Ghajar. A number of workers coming from the occupied Syrian part of Ghajar tried to cross the technical fence between Lebanon and Israel along the Blue Line to the Lebanese side.
  • Patriotic kids show their colors in H-E-B parade Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 10:09PMDiana Vianes believes you can't start teaching children about patriotism too soon.
  • Lititz launches Independence Day hoopla Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 10:00PMThey were proud to be Americans Friday at the Independence Day parade in Lititz.Bikers wore their Stars and Stripes bandannas. A Dixieland band struck up a tune. Queen of the Candles contestants polished their pageant waves from the backs of convertibles.Even a stretch Hummer limousine cruised by."P...
  • Hartford kids raise big bucks for a good cause Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 5:32PMMOUNT LAUREL— Hartford School students took a long walk around their school, six times to be exact, in order to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). But they didn’t just raise some funds, they became the biggest Kids Walk in the state to date this year, bringing in $11,390.
  • Lifesaving Robotics Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 4:25AMJune 29, 2010: One of the most important (in terms of saving lives) new weapon to appear in the last decade is the RWS (Remote Weapon Stations). This is the ubiquitous remote control weapon (usually a machine-gun) seen on so many vehicles (from hummers to MRAPs and tanks).
  • North Korea's Uncomfortable Moment in the Spotlight Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 9:35AMAt the U.N., where it must answer for the sinking of a South Korean warship, and at the World Cup, where rumors of odd behavior are rife, North Korea has been dragged uncomfortably into the spotlight.
  • Canzano: Firing Kevin Pritchard proves Trail Blazers are their own worst enemy Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 9:06PMWith the 22nd pick of the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft the Portland Trail Blazers selected Sam Presti, general manager, Oklahoma City. Hold up. They didn't?
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:17PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 2:48PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • Kids Walk at Hartford School Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 10:10AMStudents at Hartford School in Mount Laurel spent the morning strolling the grounds for a Kids Walk to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).Students and staff were looking raise more than $8,000, last year’s total amount of money raised during Hartford’s first Kid Walk. In 2009, Harftord was named South Jersey’s top-earning school, and the community was hoping to earn the ...
  • Highway to a danger zone Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 7:08PMImagine having to worry about how your car would handle being shot at, blown up and driven through a war zone.
  • North Plainfield's Canuckapalooza slated for Friday Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 4:28PMNORTH PLAINFIELD — A year after raising $17,000 for the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the organizers of Canuckapalooza are hoping for a repeat performance to benefit another cause.
  • Jobs Corps Hosts Military Career Day In Imperial Beach Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 3:02PMSan Diego Job Corps' Career Transition Services Department hosted Military Career Day on May 12 at the Imperial Beach Center. “Each year several of our graduates enroll in the various branches of the military,” said Career Transition Services Manager Ruby Brown.
  • After tornadoes, hope amid rubble Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 6:36AMMILLBURY -- Nathaniel Lender scampered in flip-flops across a plywood floor that was the only part of his house not ripped away by a tornado.
  • A Place to Kick Back Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 8:59PMThe Swedish soccer star formerly of London’s Arsenal Football Club now with the Seattle Sounders, lives alone in a rented 8,500-square-foot lakeside house near Seattle.
  • Soldier gets hero’s welcome, chance to tell his story Sunday, June 6, 2010 @ 12:03AMA hero’s welcome, a dinner held in his honor and a great story to tell. Army Cpl. Heath Kirk of Lorain, who lost a leg in Afghanistan in the fall of 2009, never wanted any of that when he enlisted in the Army and was sent to a war overseas. Like the thousands of soldiers who [...]