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Guy Bluford Guion Stewart Bluford Jr., Ph.D.,, is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who was the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he remained while assigned to NASA, rising to the rank of Colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the
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- North Carolina Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr applaud the Senate for passage of this critical legislation that will support our wounded warriors, servicemembers, and their families, ...
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Retired Colonel Faces Third Murder Trial Retired Colonel Faces Third Murder Trial. WILMINGTON — A retired Army colonel starts the battle of his life in a North Carolina courtroom Monday. Col. George Marecek is accused of murdering his wife nine years ago. His first trial ended in a hung jury in 1995. In 1997, Marecek was convicted, and spent 18 months in prison.
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Board of Directors Dr. Pignatelli is currently the President and CEO of Millennium Energy Holdings, Inc. and the Vice President of MDA National. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Evergreen Energy, Unisource Energy Company, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Arizona and ElectroRent.
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Blumenthal Apologizes for Inaccurate Claims About Vietnam Service Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has issued a formal apology for inaccurately portraying his military service during the Vietnam War -- nearly a week after the Democratic candidate for Senate was first confronted with allegations of misleading voters.
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Black, Blind, and Successful: The Story of a Fighter Black, Blind, and Successful: The Story of a Fighter. by Ever Lee Hairston. Ever Lee Hairston. From the Editor: Ever Lee Hairston is First Vice President of the NFB of New Jersey and a longtime Federation leader.
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Guion Bluford Dr. Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992...
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Brig. Gen. Rufus Barringer Gen. Rufus Barringer. Time for another in my infrequent series of forgotten cavalrymen. Today, we have a guest biographer, Sheridan “Butch” Barringer, who is a cousin of our featured horseman, Brig. Gen. Rufus Barringer, the final commander of the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade.
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- Brigadier General Alfred F. Abramson III became Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition and Senior Commander Picatinny Arsenal on Nov. 14, 2016, leading the mission to develop and procure conventional and leap-ahead munitions to increase the Warfighter's combat power.
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Booth Tarkington Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.He is, with William Faulkner and John Updike, one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.ewton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
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"The Life of Guion ""Guy"" Bluford: NASA Astronaut" Guion Bluford's Experience as an Astronaut. Guy's first mission was STS-8 aboard the space shuttle Challenger, which launched from Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30, 1983. This was Challenger’s third flight but the first mission with a night launch and night landing. It also marked the occasion of the first African-American astronaut, Guy Bluford.
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Guion Bluford: First African-American in Space Bluford's class of astronauts from 1978 included two other African-Americans: Ron McNair (who later died on the space shuttle Challenger in 1986) and Fred Gregory (who after flying in space, went on to become a NASA deputy administrator.).
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Chris Ivory Chris Ivory. Christopher Lee Ivory (born March 22, 1988) is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and has also played on the New York Jets. He played college football at Washington State and Tiffin.
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William F. Buckley Jr.: Conservative Icon William F. Buckley Jr.: Conservative Icon. William F. Buckley Jr.: Conservative Icon. Lee Edwards is a leading historian of American conservatism and the author or editor of 25 books. William F. Buckley Jr. was the renaissance man of modern American conservatism. He was the founder and editor in chief of National Review, a syndicated columnist, the host of Firing Line (TV’s longest-running weekly public-affairs program), the author of more than 50 books, and a college lecturer for nearly five decades.
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Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Biography Many sources note that the first black man in space was Arnaldo Mendez, a Cuban who flew in the Russian flight Soyuz 38 in 1980... Bluford is married to the former Linda Tull. They have two children: Guion III (b. 1964) and James (b. 1965)... The first African-American woman in space was Mae Jemison (in 1992).
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- Guion Bluford. Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., Ph.D. (born November 22, 1942), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who was the first African American in space.
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âOrange Is The New Blackâ Star Lorraine Toussaint Is Leaving Life Behind Bars 'Orange Is The New Black' Star Lorraine Toussaint Is Leaving Life Behind Bars. It looks like one of the Litchfield ladies just staged a prison break. Lorraine Toussaint, who played resident sociopath Yvonne Vee Parker on Orange Is the New Black, is ditching her orange jumpsuit and putting on a badge for her next TV gig. The show also stars Ioan Gruffudd as Dr. Henry Morgan, a medical examiner who just happens to be immortal.
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"""Game Warden"" Name Changing to ""Conservation Police Officer""" To the home page of the Virginia Game Warden Association. Manslaughter Charge Dismissed Against Conservation Police Officer. Stanardsville, VA -- The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) would like to announce that the charge of voluntary manslaughter against Conservation Police Officer Robert O. Ham, III, has been dismissed.
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Not just the 'Black Hawk Down' guy: Huntsville businessman Mike Durant named Vetrepreneur of the Year Not just the 'Black Hawk Down' guy: Huntsville businessman Mike Durant named Vetrepreneur of the Year. Mike Durant, co-founder of Pinnacle Solutions in Huntsville, shown on the cover of the June 2013 edition of Vetrepreneur Magazine by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association.
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Carl's Jr. and Hardee's dial back the raunch: Sex no longer sells fast food Their newest ad, a 3-minute spot scheduled to air Sunday on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on Sunday, attempts to dial back the raunchiness. In it, the fictional Carl Hardee Sr. -- played by Nashville actor Charles Esten -- shows up to reclaim the company from his son, Carl Hardee Jr. (also fictional, played by the comedian Drew Tarver).
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- Major Franklin Delano Marion Ferret Face Burns is a surgeon at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital who is acting commander of the hospital in the absence of Lt. Col. Henry Blake or Col. Potter. His romance with Major Margaret Houlihan is well-known throughout the camp, though the two act as if it is a secret.
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- William G. “Jerry” Boykin, LTG, USA (Ret), Special Forces. LTG (Ret.) William G. “Jerry” Boykin was one of the original members of the US Army's Delta Force. He was privileged to ultimately command these elite warriors in combat operations. Later, Jerry Boykin commanded all the Army's Green Berets as well as the Special Warfare Center and School.
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MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL T. BREWER MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL T. BREWER. Maj. Gen. Michael T. Brewer is the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analyses, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for command-wide strategic planning, programming, analyses, wargaming, and requirements.
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- RUMFORD — Rene Walter Bernard, 82, a resident of Harlow Hill in Mexico, died Friday, Oct. 9, at the Rumford Hospital. He was born in Mexico on June 22, 1933, a son of Edmund and Mae (Fitzmorris) Bernard. He attended Mexico schools and served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1954.
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Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal. Richard Dick Blumenthal /ˈbluːmənˌθɑːl/ (born February 13, 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut, in office since 2011. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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- 1955 Monument. (Buford’s Battleground) On May 28, 1780, Colonel Abraham Buford, in command of a regiment of 350 Virginians, was overtaken by Colonel Banastre Tarleton of the British Army who commanded 700 cavalry and infantrymen under Lieutenant General Charles Lord Cornwallis.