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    EADS wants time to prepare Air Force tanker bid

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    By George Talbot

    March 19, 2010, 8:22AM
    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 »

    EADS could return to air tanker contest with deadline extension

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    By George Talbot

    March 19, 2010, 6:31AM
    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 »

    Check out this surprising shrimp NASA scientists found below Antarctic ice

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    By Lee Roop

    March 18, 2010, 2:05PM
    "We were like little kids huddling around, just oohing and aahing"  Full story »

    Pentagon open to extending Air Force tanker deadline

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    By George Talbot

    March 18, 2010, 11:29AM
    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 »
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    Soyuz lands safely in with space station crew in Kazakhstan

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    By Lee Roop

    March 18, 2010, 10:05AM
    Capsule hits snowy field at 7:24 a.m. EDT; both crew members said to be fine Full story »

    Air tanker selection criteria sharply criticized by European leaders

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    By George Talbot

    March 18, 2010, 5:01AM
    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 urge Air Force to go with Boeing and not extend tanker deadline

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    By George Talbot

    March 16, 2010, 11:47AM
    Kansas lawmakers are urging the Pentagon to move forward with a tanker contract with Boeing Co. Full story »

    Gamebits : PlayStation Move, Frogger

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    By Joe C. Crowe -- The Birmingham News

    March 15, 2010, 9:00AM
    Funny video game news about PlayStation and Frogger. Full story »

    Web Surfing -- Random Access: Project Funding, Find a Better Bank, Glory Days, Popular Science

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    By Kenneth Carter -- The Birmingham News

    March 15, 2010, 12:00AM
    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 »

    Web Surfing -- Sites of Spring

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    By Kenneth Carter -- The Birmingham News

    March 14, 2010, 12:00AM
    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 »

    Reports: EADS may get time to submit tanker bid

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    By George Talbot

    March 13, 2010, 6:00AM
    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 »

    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review

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    By Bryan Crowson -- Birmingham News

    March 12, 2010, 12:10PM
    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 »

    Conference brings together leaders of nine-county Gulf Coast region

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    By Russ Henderson

    March 12, 2010, 9:05AM
    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 disappointed in Northrop Grumman's withdrawal from air tanker contest

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    By George Talbot

    March 12, 2010, 8:31AM
    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 »

    French President Sarkozy to take tanker fight to U.S. President Obama

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    By The Associated Press

    March 10, 2010, 9:46AM
    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 »
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