12/03/2008 -
Japan's Missile Test-fire Blasted
Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) -- The Japanese reactionaries have recently test-fired "SM-3" aboard Aegis ship Choukai belonging to the Maritime "Self-Defense Force." This was the second of its kind since the first one conducted in the waters off Hawaii in December last year.
Source:
Korean Central News Agency
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200812/news03/20081202-12ee.html
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12/03/2008 -
Three charged with poaching deer in York County
Three men have been charged with poaching a deer in York County, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Source:
York Daily Record
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11122180?source=rss
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12/03/2008 -
Explosives in museum removed
After coming across some old medicine bottles on Nov. 26, two Elbert County Museum volunteers followed their instincts and made a very important call. Over the years the chemicals left in seven bottles had become highly volatile and explosive ? so much so, if initiated they could explode and destroy the building.
Source:
Elbert County News
http://coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2008/12/03/elbert_county_news/ne ws/04_ad_web_chemicals.txt
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12/03/2008 -
LockMart System Directs Laser Beam For MDA's Airborne Laser
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 - Lockheed Martin has announced that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) team has successfully fired the High Energy Laser through the Lockheed Martin-developed Beam Control/Fire Control system.
Source:
Space War
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_System_Directs_Laser_Beam_For_MDA_Airbo rne_Laser_999.html
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12/02/2008 -
Convenience Draws Holiday Shoppers Online
Consumers are more engaged this holiday season partly due to online promotions over Thanksgiving week, which offered discounts from 30 to 70 percent off products along with free shipping. What's different is how early the season started, and the level of promotional activity driven by social marketing. read more
Source:
WebProNews
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/02/convenience-draws-holiday-shoppers- online
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12/02/2008 -
Obama's national-security team centrist but not visionary
WASHINGTON ? The members of the national security team that President-elect Barack Obama named Monday are all strong-willed public servants who at times have vehemently disagreed with changes he proposes to U.S. national-security policy.
Source:
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081201/pl_mcclatchy/3113305_1
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12/02/2008 -
Streamlight Makes Sales Team Appointments
EAGLEVILLE, PA -- Streamlight Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance lighting equipment for professional and consumer applications, announces a series of personnel moves in its military, law enforcement, and industrial sales teams, designed to further strengthen its growing presence in these markets.
Source:
Aircraft Maintenance Technology
http://www.amtonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=6897
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12/01/2008 -
Russia to upgrade missiles to evade US space arms
Russia's military is planning to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian general said Monday.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_missiles_6
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12/03/2008 -
Strong-willed advisers tapped for President-elect Obama's security team
By Nancy A. Youssef -- WASHINGTON ? The members of the national security team that President-elect Barack Obama named Monday are all strong-willed public servants who at times have vehemently disagreed with changes he proposes to U.S. national-security policy. His future national security adviser quite possibly voted for his opponent in the presidential election. His future secretary of state ...
Source:
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/545747.html
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12/03/2008 -
Congressional delegation, Hoeven update missions for AFB
Minot Air Force Base is in the running for the home of a new nuclear command called Global Strike Command. In several months the Air Force is expected to pick its location for the new command, said North Dakota's congressional delegation.
Source:
Minot Daily News
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/521677.html?nav=5010
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12/03/2008 -
Choi attackers just backseat drivers in township's progress
The latest barrage of attacks against Edison Mayor Jun Choi are people making claims only because they find themselves in the backseat on the way to the new, and I might add great, places Edison is headed.
Source:
Edison-Metuchen Sentinel
http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2008/1203/letters/011.html
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12/01/2008 -
Back Channels Keep Nuke Superpowers Talking
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 - Almost two months before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, U.S. and Russian diplomats already have been meeting quietly in Moscow to explore the possibility of a new negotiating process to defuse tensions between the two thermonuclear superpowers over U.S. plans to deploy ballistic missile defense systems in Central Europe.
Source:
Space War
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Back_Channels_Keep_Nuke_Superpowers_Talking_999. html
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12/02/2008 -
World news briefs
World news briefs
Source:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08337/932110-82.stm?cmpid=nationworld.xml
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12/02/2008 -
A Treasury of Page Six Corrections
Gossip is a cutthroat business. It?s also an error-prone one. Mistakes are inevitable when you trade in rumors and rely on ?spies? and self-interested publicists to feed you product. Or, yes, when you simply make things up in order to sell magazines or newspapers.
Source:
Columbia Journalism Review
http://www.cjr.org/regret_the_error/regret_the_error_102408.php
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12/02/2008 -
2 men shot on Yonkers street in stable condition
YONKERS - Yonkers detectives are trying to determine today who shot two city men as they stood in front of the Palisade Food Market last night.
Source:
The Journal News
http://www.lohud.com/article/20081202/NEWS02/812020437/1018
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