Elite U.S. forces depart for higher paying civilian jobs
Senior Green Berets Navy SEALs and other elite troops are leaving the U S military as contractors offer much higher pay up to 200000 annually. Defense officials and lawmakers discuss incentives to retain crucial personnel amid a steady exodus since 2001.
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U.S
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Air Force
Jim Saxton
R-N.j
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Armed Services Committee
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Fla
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Navy
Clell Breining
Naval Special Warfare Command
Martens
Duke to provide freshmen with iPods for learning pilot
Duke University will distribute 1650 iPods to freshmen in a first of its kind deal with Apple. The program seeks to double as a learning tool with school information, calendars, tours and the fight song loaded on devices. Courses will use iPods for exercises, field interviews and lectures while a branded iTunes style site will offer downloads. The project costs 500000 and includes faculty grants and an extra technology specialist.
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Durham
N.C
Duke University
Apple Computer
Tracy Futhey
Duke
University
Lisa Merschel
Sally Schauman
Missing jogger case spurs massive Salt Lake search
More than 1,200 volunteers scoured City Creek Canyon and Memory Grove Park near the Utah Capitol for Lori Hacking, 27, pregnant and reported missing after a Monday morning run. Her husband, Mark Hacking, and relatives of Elizabeth Smart joined in the wide eight mile grid search.
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Lori Kay Hacking
Salt Lake
Memory Grove Park
City Creek Canyon
Dwayne Baird
Mark Hacking
Baird
Thelma Soares
Utah Capitol
Elizabeth Smart
Lori Hacking
SWAT
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