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Webb County can't hire engineer (Laredo Morning Times)The Webb County Commissioners Court could not agree on an engineer from five candidates at a special called meeting Thursday.The position, with a $106,000 salary, has been vacant since Tomas Rodriguez left the county in late April to take a position with the City of Laredo.

Official withheld ties with engineer (The Palm Beach Post)Powerhouse lobbyist Hugo Unruh and consulting engineer Dan Shalloway together have invested thousands of dollars in a Costa Rica cattle ranch, a business tie that Unruh never declared when he steered a lucrative government contract to a partnership that included Shalloway and former Palm Beach County Commissioner Warren Newell.

South Dakota says goodbye to the 109th Engineer Group (Rapid City Journal)The 109th Engineer Group of Rapid City, which recently returned from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan, takes on a new name today.

'Menu engineer' thrives in Palm Springs (The Desert Sun)Restaurateurs, prepare to meet your drill instructor.

Engineer appointed to serve on McHenry Township Board (Northwest Herald)JOHNSBURG ? The McHenry Township Board unanimously appointed civil engineer Jim Condon to a trustee position.

Maine Guard's largest battalion undergoes a restructuring (Boston Globe)Three companies of the 133rd Engineer Battalion retired their colors Saturday as part of a restructuring of the largest unit of the Maine Army National Guard.

For him, losing will be winning (Boston Globe)There's another local resident to watch on the small screen: Twenty-five-year-old Neil Tejwani of Marblehead will appear on the new season of NBC's "The Biggest Loser." Tejwani, who has been obese for most of his life, is a Northeastern University graduate and works as a chemical engineer. Season 4 of "The Biggest Loser" premieres at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.