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UCLA recruit Cook gets another chance to represent Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) 4 Jul 2009
Before Lauren Cook starts wearing a volleyball jersey with UCLA on the front, the Lincoln Pius X graduate has one more tournament in a uniform with Nebraska on the back.
Lady ‘Cats working for return to Elite Eight (The Sand Mountain Reporter) 3 Jul 2009
The Guntersville varsity volleyball team won a school-record 64 matches in 2008, finishing with a 64-8 record and as the Class 4A state tournament runner-up.
Vertical landfill expansion proposed (Squamish Chief) 3 Jul 2009
Squamish – Squamish’s landfill may start reaching further to the sky if council accepts an extension plan to build surrounding walls to increase its vertical capacity.
Seafront set for £30m renovation (BBC News) 3 Jul 2009
A vertical pier is part of ambitious £30m plans to breathe new life into a Teesside seafront.
Contest narrows at BC Bike Race (Velo News) 3 Jul 2009
The fifth day of the 2009 BC Bike Race saw riders tackle a 47-kilometer trek along British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast from the town of Sechelt to the ferry landing at Langdale. The day’s primary feature was a 45-minute descent on the famed Highway 102 South trail, which plunged down nearly 2000 vertical feet, and took most riders the better part of an hour to navigate. The Kona duo of Barry Wicks …
Brazil: Senegal took control of Air France flight (USA Today) 3 Jul 2009
Lead French investigator Alain Bouillard made the accusation during the first public report on the June 1 crash in the Atlantic Ocean that killed 228 people.
Ft. Bragg Soldier Injured In Accident (NBC 17 Raleigh) 3 Jul 2009
A Fort Bragg soldier was transported to WakeMed with serious injuries after being involved in a one-vehicle wreck in the overnight hours Friday. According to the police report, 19-year-old John Michael Dean was travelling west on New Bern Ave. at a high rate of speed when he lost control while approaching a curve. The car collided with a stone wall and “ended in a vertical resting place between …
iPhone 3.0, holograms and the shed birthplace of Silicon Valley (Silicon.com) 3 Jul 2009
June saw plenty of activity on the hardware and software fronts - including a peek at prototypes of a new kind of mobile gadget that’s a cross between a smartphone and a netbook, from Freescale. The chipmaker was showing off so-called ’smartbook’ prototypes at the Computex show in Taiwan. The design pictured above is intended for vertical displays. Click here to see more smartbook prototypes.
Interactive Veteran Bill Jennings Joins Vertical Ad Network Good Health Advertising as Chief Executive Officer, … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) 3 Jul 2009
Good Health Advertising announced that interactive advertising sales veteran Bill Jennings has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Good Health Advertising is a leading interactive ad sales network focused on high quality health, wellness and “condition specific” sites.
First Flight Of Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout (Space War) 2 Jul 2009
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - A Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, has successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Unlike current Navy configured Fire Scouts, P7 was built in an operational land-based configuration.
Camps form of recruitment (The Cincinnati Enquirer) 2 Jul 2009
After starting as a way for college coaches to supplement their income, camps have evolved into an ultra-competitive testing ground for the country’s best high school football players. They’re places to separate myth from reality, discover talent, woo recruits and close deals.
RAPID ASCENSION: Thach quickly making a name for himself (Kent Reporter) 2 Jul 2009
Kent’s Visa Thach is only 15 years old and hasn’t yet entered his sophomore year in high school, but that hasn’t stopped him from quickly becoming one of the area’s most talked about football players.
Returns to Normandy for D-Day memorial (Eastern Arizona Courier) 2 Jul 2009
The French town of St. Mere Eglise was the first to be liberated June 6, 1944, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. Years later, Philippe Esvelin, whose parents grew up in Le Muy, decided to write a book detailing some of the lesser-known heroes of World War II: the glider pilots. His book, “Forgotten Wings,” details the history and use of gliders in the war, and Melvin Pliner of …
Air France Flight 447 fell intact into sea (CTV Toronto) 2 Jul 2009
Officials say the Air France jet that crashed one month ago did not break up in the air but rather plunged vertically at a very high speed into the Atlantic Ocean.
Peak 6: What possible impacts? (Summit Daily News) 2 Jul 2009
Breck expansion task force captures dissenting voices