The Joint Strike Fighter was supposed to be the program that broke the mold, proof that the Pentagon could build something affordable, dependable and without much drama.
But rather than being the Chevrolet of the skies, as it was once billed, the fighter plane, also called the F-35, has turned into the Pentagon’s biggest budget-buster. And with worries growing that the rise in costs could overwh
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Tired of reading about how rotten the real estate market is? Here's some good news that shows that even during the worst of the recession plenty of American cities, towns, and suburbs continue to grow.
One such place is Atascocita, Tex. A mostly residential community 20 miles from Houston, it gained more than 1,800 households in 2009, an 8% year-over-year increase, according to new data from Littl
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PLANT CITY, Fla. - Winning $30 million in the Florida Lottery should have been the best thing that ever happened to Abraham Shakespeare.
But with his newfound wealth came a string of bad choices and hangers-on who constantly hit him up for money. Nine months ago, he vanished. Friends and family hoped he was on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean.
On Friday, detectives confirmed that a body buried u
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the... ...
BEIJING - China moved swiftly on Saturday to suspend military exchanges with the United States after Washington's... ...