Articles tagged with corps

Thu, May 17, 2012

Ex-U.S. Army Corps manager and son plead guilty to bribery scheme

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and his son pleaded guilty on Thursday ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Report: Army Corps to announce faster fighting process against Asian Carp

CHICAGO (WTAQ) - The Army Corps of Engineers will announce Tuesday that it will speed up the process for keeping the invasive Asian carp out ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Memorial crosses at California Marine Corps base ignite debate

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Two crosses on a mountaintop in a California military base have touched off a fight between U.S ...

Sun, April 08, 2012

Peace Corps leaves Mali, new U.S. travel warning issued

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Peace Corps volunteers have been evacuated from Mali and non-essential U.S. diplomatic personnel have been offered flights out due to ongoing ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Ex-Army Corps manager pleads guilty to bribery ploy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty on Monday to charges he participated in an ...

Fri, November 11, 2011

OBIT: Capitol press corps dean Dick Wheeler dies

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The dean of the State Capitol press corps – and the man who founded the state wire service that provides Wisconsin news ...

Fri, November 11, 2011

Miller honoured by International Medical Corps

The British actress took home the Global Activist Award for her work with the International Medical Corps (IMC) at the organisation's annual prizegiving ...

Thu, November 10, 2011

Miller honoured by International Medical Corps

The British actress took home the Global Activist Award for her work with the International Medical Corps (IMC) at the organisation's annual prizegiving ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Update: Scarlett Johansson Asked to Marine Corps Ball

Update: We can now add Ms. Johansson to the Betty White club of Marine Corps Ball rejections. The beauty was grateful for the invite ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Emma Stone, Jennifer Aniston, and Taylor Swift Also Invited to Marine Corps Balls

With the news that Scarlett Johansson politely declined Sgt. Dustin L. Williams' invitation to be his date to his Marine Corps Ball, we discovered ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

Update: Scarlett Johansson Asked to Marine Corps Ball

Update: We can now add Ms. Johansson to the Betty White club of Marine Corps Ball rejections. The beauty was grateful for the invite ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

Emma Stone, Jennifer Aniston, and Taylor Swift Also Invited to Marine Corps Balls

With the news that Scarlett Johansson politely declined Sgt. Dustin L. Williams' invitation to be his date to his Marine Corps Ball, we discovered ...

Fri, July 29, 2011

Update: Scarlett Johansson Asked to Marine Corps Ball

Update: We can now add Ms. Johansson to the Betty White club of Marine Corps Ball rejections. The beauty was grateful for the invite ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Scarlett Johansson Asked to Marine Corps Ball

So apparently we're still not done beating this dead horse quite yet. Now Scarlett Johansson can be added to the ever-growing list of ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Future of levee blown to save Illinois town unclear, Corps says

SIKESTON, Mo (Reuters) - The federal government has not decided whether it will rebuild the Mississippi River levee intentionally destroyed last month to relieve flooding ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Lockheed, Pentagon upbeat on Marine Corps F-35 jet

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> remain upbeat about the future of the short takeoff version of ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Taming floods a familiar, contentious job for Army Corps

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As floodwaters have surged across the central United States over the past month, the names of the towns ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Missouri county starts evacuations as Corps decides levee fate

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A rural Missouri county was evacuating residents on Wednesday from a 130,000-acre area that will be flooded if the U.S ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

UW continues to produce Peace Corps volunteers

MADISON (WSAU) U-W Madison continues to produce some of the largest numbers of Peace Corps volunteers.

The school says it has 91 under-graduate alumni ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

Peace Corps pulls workers from Niger over security

NIAMEY (Reuters) - The Peace Corps has halted its aid program in Niger and evacuated its volunteers over security concerns after two French nationals were ...

Mon, June 07, 2010

Pentagon nixes plan to boost Marine Corps billing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department said it opposed as potentially divisive a push in Congress to give the Marine Corps equal billing in the ...

Wed, May 12, 2010

Army Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes Water Levels Lower

DETROIT, Mich. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin went back to having a mild winter this year – and the water levels in the Great Lakes are lower because ...

Fri, April 02, 2010

Lawmaker Proposes New Wisconsin Conservation Corps

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new Wisconsin Conservation Corps is proposed by state Representative Fred Clark. The Baraboo Democrat says funding for the reborn WCC ...

Wed, March 10, 2010

Ravens boost receiving corps with two-year Mason deal

BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens have reinforced their commitment to a strong passing game for next season by agreeing a new two-year deal ...