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In brief
Westfair Online - Aug 19, 2011
In briefSeparately, Stamford-based Harman disclosed it spent $80 million to acquire MWM Acoustics LLC, an Indianapolis company that makes microphones and loudspeakers embedded in computers, telephones, headsets, mobile devices and autos.

NTSB Recommends Rollover/Stability Protection For Tank Trailers
Truckinginfo - Jul 27, 2011
On October 22, 2009, at about 10:38 am EDT, a 2006 Navistar International tractor pulling a 1994 Mississippi Tank Company cargo tank semitrailer operated by AmeriGas Propane, LP, rolled over about 10 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis.

Friday State News Briefs: Feingold will to stay out of politics in 2012
Pierce County Herald - Aug 19, 2011
Meanwhile, town of Menasha Police are working with authorities in Indianapolis and other police agencies with cases of women being missing or murdered. Hall said earlier this year he had picked up 39 females between 1980-and-'94, and an undetermined

XL Insurance's North America Construction Team Grows with New Hires
PR Newswire (press release) - Aug 16, 2011
Mr. Lejfer joins XL from Zurich North America where as an underwriting manager he directed the company's Construction Professional Liability and Builders Risk books of business for the Northeast Region. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University

Kyle Busch Continues Hot July With Weekend Sweep At Oxford Plains
PaddockTalk - Jul 27, 2011
While many NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers spent their off weekend taking vacations or relaxing at home, Busch spent his weekend sweeping a pair of weekend races against the best drivers in the Northeast at Oxford (Maine) Plains Speedway.

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Easter Island Rapa http://www.jetsette.com/391-Easter-Island-Rapa.html Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:37:20 +0100
Rano Raraku Quarry on Easter Island
About - News & Issues - Aug 19, 2011
One of the puzzles of Easter Island--Rapa Nui to its residents--is how the enormous statues called moai were made and dragged to their locations without the benefit of draft animals.

Métis Lend Support to Chile's Besieged Rapa Nui Nation
Indian Country Today Media Network.com - Aug 14, 2011
Métis Lend Support to Chile's Besieged Rapa Nui NationBy ICTMN Staff August 14, 2011 Conflict between the Rapa Nui Nation, on what is known as Easter Island, and the Chilean government has escalated over the past year, and earlier this month Métis leader Clement Chartier was part of a four-person observer

Don't Blame the Natives
Wall Street Journal - Jul 29, 2011
Rapa Nui, as the island is called by its residents, was small—just 63 square miles—and almost devoid of natural resources. Its people had no wheels, metal or draft animals. The situation has baffled Easter Island researchers, among them famous names

National Metis leader helps Easter Island indigenous group fight for rights
mysask.com (press release) - Aug 09, 2011
A national Metis leader has returned from a trip to Easter Island where he is trying to help indigenous people fight for self-determination. Clem Chartier, president of the Metis National Council, says the Rapa Nui Nation is trying to keep its culture

Easter Everywhere?
What They Think (blog) - Aug 01, 2011
In Jared Diamond's bestselling book Collapse, about the decline and fall of several civilizations, he holds up Eastern Island (or Rapa Nui, as it's called by the natives) as the emblematic example of a ecologically reckless culture that destroyed its

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Two civilian planes intercepted near Camp David
msnbc.com - Jul 10, 2011
Two civilian planes intercepted near Camp DavidLast Saturday, a small plane got within six miles of the presidential retreat before it was intercepted by an F-15 fighter jet. And on June 11, fighter jets scrambled to guide another small plane away from the area without incident.

Tony Parker flies a jet pack while killing time during NBA lockout
Washington Post (blog) - Jul 08, 2011
Tony Parker flies a jet pack while killing time during NBA lockoutAnd yes, that's a jet pack strapped to his back. (TMZ.com) On Thursday New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams explored one option for killing time during the NBA lockout when he announced his intention to play professionally in Turkey in the fall.

Brazil to Delay Fighter Jet Decision to 2012, Minister Says
Bloomberg - Jul 09, 2011
Brazil to Delay Fighter Jet Decision to 2012, Minister SaysBrazil will delay a decision on a $5 billion order for new fighter jets to early next year, Defense Minister Nelson Azevedo Jobim said. “Wait until next year,” Azevedo Jobim told

Industry Set for Fight to Keep Corporate Jet Tax Breaks
New York Times - Jul 08, 2011
Industry Set for Fight to Keep Corporate Jet Tax BreaksWASHINGTON — President Obama used to like corporate jets. As a senator in 2005, he crisscrossed the country in them nine times to attend fund-raisers and other events, reimbursing the corporate jet owners at first-class rates.

California budget cuts force cancellation of firefighting jumbo jet
89.3 KPCC - Jul 08, 2011
California budget cuts force cancellation of firefighting jumbo jetA 10 Tanker, DC-10 firefighting jet, flies through a smoky sky while dropping Phos-Check fire retardant as firefighters try to prevent the 3500-acre Sheep fire from reaching the mountain town of Wrightwood, a half-mile away, on October 4,

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