Loudoun Times – NASA has awarded a long-term contract worth up to $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles. Under the contract, Orbital will transport about 20 metric tons of cargo in eight separate missions, from 2011 to 2015, to and from the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth.
Examiner – Maryland State Police say they’ve charged a Frederick man with passing counterfeit money at a convenience store. Police say 26-year-old Jose Enrique Guandique Torres bought items from the Sheetz convenience store on Buckeystown Pike using four counterfeit $10 bills.
Examiner – Frederick police say an oil painting was stolen from an exhibit at the Frederick Arts Council. Local artist Carol Hutson says her painting of a red covered bridge over a stream in a rural setting was priced at $2,000.
Leesburg Today – While much of the news in Loudoun recently has been of potential budget cuts and economic worries, at least one small piece of the county is continuing to tell a positive story. It has been more than a year since the ground was broken on the One Loudoun mixed-use community at the [...]
Winchester Star – Local developer Alton Echols Jr. again plans to offer his vision for senior apartments to town officials. Although some community leaders have said they see a need for senior housing in the town, Echols has been unsuccessful in several attempts to launch his projects.
HealthDay – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled an updated Web site Thursday intended to make choosing a nursing home easier for elderly Americans and their families. The updated Nursing Home Compare site uses a five-star rating system, similar to that used for hotels and motels, to rank institutions nationwide. Reduce Fine Lines [...]
Business Journal of Milwaukee – Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday that the state will receive $150,000 as part of a $7 million settlement Wisconsin and 31 other states reached with Airborne Health Inc. to settle allegations that the company made unsubstantiated and unlawful marketing claims concerning its products. -
HealthDay – Science is verifying what many overeaters have suspected for a long time: sugar can be addictive. In fact, the sweetener seems to prompt the same chemical changes in the brain seen in people who abuse drugs such as cocaine and heroin. The findings were to be presented Wednesday at the American College of [...]