Pentagon to name finalists in Joint Strike Fighter bid
The Pentagon will announce which of Boeing McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Martin are eliminated from the Joint Strike Fighter contest at a noon briefing. The two remaining teams will face a fly-off with a decision expected in about three years. First deliveries could begin in 2008 as the three firms vie for a potential trillion dollar program.
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Stone of Scone returns to Scotland from England after 700 years
Crowds in Coldstream celebrate the Stone of Scone’s return from Westminster Abbey delayed an hour by a bomb scare. The 458 pound granite slab, crowned in Scotland for centuries, will go on public view in Edinburgh Castle on November 30. Prime Minister John Major ordered the return on the 700th anniversary of its removal.
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Mormon radio show dropped after host charged with sodomy
Three Salt Lake City stations canceled the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints program after Lloyd Pond, 51, the show host and director of the church's radio news service, was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy involving a 14 year old girl. Police say Pond coerced the girl into lewd acts at the station where he worked part time. Station owner Regent Communications cited his central association with the program as the reason for cancellation.
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