Air Force renames F-22 to F A 22 with enhanced ground attack
The Air Force unveils a redesigned Raptor with a new radar system and air to ground capability, renaming it F A 22 to reflect improved attack power. Secretary James Roche and General John Jumper emphasized the move aims to revive a decades old program and sway Pentagon production plans beyond 180 units.
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Air Force
Washington
James Roche
John Jumper
Air Force Association
Pentagon
New mid sized black holes found in star clusters
NASA observers using the Hubble Space Telescope report a new class of mid sized black holes in globular clusters. In M15 the 4,000 solar mass object and in G1 the 20,000 solar mass hole sit within small star swarms in Andromeda and the Milky Way halo. The finding fills a gap between stellar and supermassive black holes and mirrors mass ratios seen in galaxies.
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Washington
Hubble Space Telescope
Roeland van Marel
Space Science Institute
Baltimore
Pegasus
van der Marel
Michael Rich
University of California
Los Angeles
Andromeda
Steinn Sigurdsson
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Texas toffee aims for Guinness World Record status
Fowler described a two foot deep Texas shaped toffee mold weighing about 1100 pounds of butter sugar pecans and chocolate. Hitchcock Hall estimates a $49833 sale value and $10000 to $15000 cost with witnesses needed for Guinness entry.
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Texas
Hitchcock
Hitchcock-Hall
Hichcock-Hall
Bush urges united front in war on terror speech
Former President George Bush appeals for broad backing in the fight against terrorism. He says the nation did not choose this conflict and stresses focus on security, while addressing a veterans services group and allied agencies assisting U.S. soldiers.
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Iraq
United Services Tion
U.S. Sol
Parents warned that marijuana risks are overstated by teens
The nation’s drug policy director John Walters urged parents to stop downplaying marijuana bans. He cited rising teen addiction rates and announced a broad advertising push with 17 groups across TV radio print and NFL venues to correct perceptions and curb youth misuse.
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Washington
John Walters
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Walters
Richard Carmona
Senate fails to speed drought debate amid fire funding clash
Democrats pressed to quicken Senate debate on a drought and wildfire funding bill worth 19.3 billion dollars for the Interior Department next year. Republicans denied stalling and urged votes on timber removal amendments. A near party line 50 to 49 vote let unlimited debate continue as headlines focus on western constituencies ahead of elections.
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Senate
Interior Department
West
Congress
Tom Daschle
S.D
Larry Craig
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