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  • *Lebanese Engineer Shot Dead, 2 Italians Kidnapped In Nigeria (Nasdaq)(RTTNews) - Lebanese engineer Shot Dead, 2 Italians Kidnapped In Nigeria.


  • Ethan Willoughby, 30; Grammy-nominated audio and mix engineer (Los Angeles Times)Ethan Willoughby, 30, a Grammy-nominated audio and mix engineer, died Sunday when the car he was driving on the 101 Freeway in Sherman Oaks was hit about 4:15 a.m. by a suspected drunk driver traveling the wrong direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.


  • Retiree is first female Vermont Engineer of the Year (The Burlington Free Press)Two weeks ago, the phone rang at Katherine Norris' Milton home while she was writing an e-mail. Seconds later, Norris learned she would be the first woman named Vermont Engineer of the Year in the award's 46-year history.


  • Fort Riley engineer unit deploying to Afghanistan (The Wichita Eagle)Members of an Army engineering unit are headed for Afghanistan, where they will clear roads -- and build more. Deployment ceremonies were Friday for the 70th Engineer Battalion, the third unit to depart from Fort Riley this month. About half of the battalion's more than 450 soldiers will be going overseas for the first time.


  • Jury acquits engineer in toy robot bomb killing (Contra Costa Times)An engineer was acquitted Friday of taking part in a plot to mail a toy robot dog with a pipe bomb hidden inside that killed an 18-year-old man, prosecutors said.


  • Indian Point acted fast to keep aberrant engineer off job (The Journal News)By the time nuclear engineer Steven Lessard vented his rage and killed his wife and daughter in their Putnam Valley home, he had been off his job for eight days at Indian Point - where that anger could have produced very different consequences.


  • Lebanese Engineer Shot Dead, 2 Italians Kidnapped In Nigeria (Nasdaq)(RTTNews) - Unidentified gunmen fired on a car killing a Lebanese engineer near the oil city of Port Harcourt in Nigeria, according to reports quoting Rivers State authorities. In a separate incident, two Italians were kidnapped from another location of Port Harcourt city.


  • Top nuclear engineer favors closing of Oyster Creek plant (Asbury Park Press)The state's top nuclear engineer, who has inspected the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant numerous times and has reviewed classified documents about its operation, says the Lacey plant should close after its operating license expires in two years.