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Top military scientist: building a cyber army with few qualified recruits
The Air Force has a message for computer geeks: send us your resumes. At least that is the word from Mark Maybury, a computer scientist at the government-funded MITRE corporation in Bedford who was tapped in 2010 to serve as the chief scientist for the US Air Force. The Lowell native and Chelmsford resident, who will return from Washington to his old job this summer, says the Pentagon is struggling to maintain its technological edge in the realm of cyberspace. And a primary reason is a lack of new talent. "If you told me I want you to hire 1,000 cyber guys tomorrow, I'd count up all my friends and might have 60 or if really lucky might find 100," he explained. "But 1,000?"

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Religious leaders working on interfaith service
Religious leaders are working with the governor's office to develop Thursday morning's interfaith service in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.
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With vote to lift ban on gay youth, change in Boy Scouts is coming from inside
By Michelle D. Holmes GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America’s lifting the ban on openly gay youth Thursday came 12 years after I...

US won't mirror Mass. on health exchanges

When the national health care law goes into effect in October, it will lack some protections found in the Massachusetts plan that advocates say help consumers make cost-effective choices.

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  • Heavy rain washes out Vt. bridge; roads closed

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police say a bridge in Westford has been washed out and numerous roads have been closed or partially closed due to flash flooding caused by heavy rains. ( AP 05/24/2013 1:58 AM )

  • No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital. ( AP 05/24/2013 1:15 AM )

  • 6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction. ( AP 05/24/2013 1:06 AM )

  • I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:56 AM )

  • AP NewsAlert

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Washington state authorities say no fatalities in Interstate 5 bridge collapse. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:33 AM )

  • 5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

    GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- An earthquake has struck Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:25 AM )

  • I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:19 AM )

  • Stubbs, Reynolds lead Indians to 12-3 win over Sox

    BOSTON (AP) -- Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park and found some more pleasant memories. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:10 AM )

  • Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Schools in Newtown, Conn., will receive $1.3 million in federal aid to recover after the shootings that left 26 students and educators dead last year. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:03 AM )

  • Today in History

    Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:01 AM )

  • Kids, teachers from devastated school reunite

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins. ( AP 05/24/2013 12:00 AM )

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