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Bankruptcy court seizes Mich. resort's operations
A judge in Grand Rapids has ordered a receiver appointed to run the Double JJ Resort, which remains open under Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection. Majority owners Bob and Joan Lipsitz told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Hughes in papers filed...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Ohio, Bankruptcy
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Local pilots switched to Afghanistan combat
Local Navy fighter pilots have switched from routine surveillance missions over Iraq to stepped-up combat in Afghanistan, a response to growing violence in the country. The Blue Blasters, an F/A-18 Hornet squadron based at Oceana Naval Air Station,...Tags: Defense, Abraham Lincoln, Armed Forces
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Manhunt Over In Oceana County, Murder Suspect Found Dead
A manhunt is over in Oceana County, with the murder suspect found dead.
It all started Thursday night in Ferry Township, just outside of Hesperia.
Police say Danlee Mead, 41, let himself into his in-laws home, kidnapped his estranged wife, Jessica Mead,...Tags: Injuries, Murder, Crimes, Assault
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Double JJ Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The Double JJ Resort Ranch and several related companies have filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection.
The filings were made Friday in Grand Rapids.
They protect the esort and other corporate defendants in an $18 million foreclosure lawsuit...Tags: Defendants, Financially Distressed Companies, Prosecution, Bankruptcy
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Peninsula firm wins $95M building bid
Two Peninsula companies were awarded large Defense Department contracts this week. Construction firm W.M. Jordan won a $95 million contract to design and build two facilities for the U.S. Navy's Special Operations Forces, the service announced Friday....Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Defense, Armed Forces, Contracts
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What the military wants, and why it wants it
What's going on? The Navy wants to build an outlying landing field, or OLF, where pilots can practice for landings on aircraft carriers — setting down a jet going 150 mph on a less than 500-foot strip surrounded by the ocean at night. Now,...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), North Carolina, Defense, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Disasters
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Navy landing in a controversy
247-4741There are no headstones or footstones, but all the signs are there: the sunken hollows in the ground lined up in a row; the vinca minor, or cemetery ivy, flourishing in the woods nearby. The farmer who owns the property next door thinks he attended a...Tags: North Carolina, Defense, Virginia, Armed Forces, Southampton County
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Oceana traffic to dip temporarily
Virginia Beach residents will get a little more peace and quiet, but not for long. Since May 29, those living near Oceana Naval Air Station have endured a greater number of the notoriously noisy field carrier landing practices because of the closure of...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Defense, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Virginia, Armed Forces
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Corrections for June 26
• In Thursday's Life section, a listing incorrectly said country singer Gary Allan would perform Saturday at Norfolk Naval Air Station. The concert is 5 p.m Saturday at the Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. The listing also misspelled his last...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Verizon Communications, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Gary Allan
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CAUGHT ON FILM
Fighter jet pilot is killed in collision Two fighter jets from the Navy's elite training school at Fallon collided over northern Nevada's high desert, killing one pilot and injuring two others who were able to parachute to safety. The pilot who died was...Tags: Defense, Mark Kelly, Florida, Armed Forces, Auction Service
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Jun 14, 2008
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