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...uncovered by the investigating officer, his commander decided that none of the Peterson's officers should be found negligent. "The price of national security is that our young men and women are occasionally sent on dangerous missions from which they do not return," the Navy investigation concluded. --By Mark Thompson...
Also among the auctioned items was a Swimming Barbie doll, whose packaging was autographed by 1998 Fall of Hame inductee Jenny Thompson, the 10-time Olympic swimming medalist from New Hampshire...
...what did you do with all that money?" One big gubernatorial trend with national implications is the decline of the so-called Frostbelt Republican Governor. In the 1990s some of the biggest names in the G.O.P. came from this tier: John Engler of Michigan, William Weld of Massachusetts, Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin, Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, Christie Todd Whitman of New Jersey, to name a few. These Governors aided the G.O.P. in two fundamental ways: they helped control redistricting to make it more favorable for Republicans, and they helped moderate the national G.O.P., setting the stage for the "compassionate conservatism...
...formidable opponent, as they were ranked second in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) pre-season coaches poll. The Stags have advanced to the MAAC championship game in five of the last six years. Four Stags earned spots on the All-MAAC pre-season team, including striker Justin Thompson and midfielder Danny Attwell who tied for the team lead in scoring last season. Fairfield will also be looking to rebound after giving up the game-winning goal in the 88th minute in a 2-1 loss to Boston University in itsseason opener...
DIED. J. LEE-THOMPSON, 88, versatile English film director of The Guns of Navarone (1961), an adventure epic that landed him in Hollywood, where he directed the suspense thriller Cape Fear (1962) and a score of films over the next 25 years; in Sooke...