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U.S. Service Members Killed in Iraq Violence

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An American soldier was killed Monday in a roadside bombing southeast of Baghdad and another U.S. trooper died the day before in a clash in northern Iraq, the U.S. command said. The soldier from Multinational Division-Baghdad died about 11:10 a.m. in the blast but his name was …

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Louisiana Hurricane Drills Uncover Communication Flaws

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana emergency crews discovered they still had trouble communicating with various agencies during a two-day mock hurricane evacuation, officials said Wednesday. But the drill also suggested that distribution of food, water and ice would go more smoothly if disaster strikes again. As the state prepares for the …

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Microsoft Developing Alternative to JPEG Image Standard

SEATTLE – Not content to take on PDF and PostScript with Windows, Microsoft (MSFT) now also is setting its sights on going head-to-head with the JPEG imaging standard. Microsoft introduced on May 24 at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here its proposed image-compression file-format specification, which it is calling …

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