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The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. edged closer to a decision to challenge Boeing Co. for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, saying in a statement this morning that it was "assessing this new situation" to determine if a bid makes sense. Full story »

The Department of Defense said Thursday it may be willing to extend the May 10 deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, potentially allowing the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. to compete against rival Boeing Co.  Full story »

"We were like little kids huddling around, just oohing and aahing"  Full story »

The Pentagon is willing to consider a request to extend the May 10 deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, a spokesman said today. Full story »

Capsule hits snowy field at 7:24 a.m. EDT; both crew members said to be fine Full story »

Tensions over the contract -- one of the biggest ever awarded by the Pentagon -- have been rising in Europe ever since Northrop's March 8 announcement that it was quitting the competition.  Full story »

Kansas lawmakers are urging the Pentagon to move forward with a tanker contract with Boeing Co. Full story »

Funny video game news about PlayStation and Frogger. Full story »

Internet sites to help out, educate or have fun with. POPULAR SCIENCE ARCHIVES As a kid, I used to love to read my dad's Popular Science magazine. Yeah, I never said I was a world-class athlete in high school. Moving on: My favorite part was reading the What's Next section to see all the cool gadgets that people smarter than... Full story »

Is the cold weather finally gone? Well, if the calendar is any indicator, then it should be. Yep, spring is finally springing up this week. Hopefully, we Alabamians will actually experience one since we usually go from winter to summer back to winter these days. Let's celebrate the spring equinox by surfing the Web for spring-y sites. EQUINOX The... Full story »

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Pentagon may extend the deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract to allow the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. time to prepare an offer, according to reports Friday. Full story »

In EA's Battlefield: Bad Company 2, you march again in the boots of Preston Marlowe of the four-man Bad Company squad. Marlowe, Sarge, Sweetwater and Haggard are a wise-cracking group of characters, but when the bullets start flying and it's time to save the world, they get down to business. With Bad Company 2, EA challenges Activision's Call of... Full story »

SPANISH FORT, Ala. -- The region already exists. The nine Gulf Coast counties spanning from Pensacola to western Mississippi already are economically intertwined, drawing on each other's workers, researchers, capital and more. The question is how the various governments, industrial leaders and others in that three-state area can work together in a deliberate way to make the region better.  Full story »

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he was disappointed that Northrop Grumman Corp. chose not to bid for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, but said a sole-source deal with Boeing Co. should stand up to congressional scrutiny. Full story »

PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he visits President Barack Obama later this month, a spokesman said Wednesday. Full story »