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My first motorcycle was a Honda 305 Scrambler off-road dirt bike. Now I have a Harley Dyna Glide custom.

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It was surely one of those moments where NASA could hardly wait to tear off the shrink wrap.

The Health and Safety Executive said the death of experienced maintenance engineer Gary Whiting, 51, was an ''entirely preventable tragedy''. BAE Systems Ltd of Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, was fined A 250,000 and ordered to pay A 97,153 costs after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, at ... (more)

Covidien plc announced Tuesday that its bronchoscopy system, used to detect lung cancer, has been included in the new American College of Chest Physicians guidelines.

According to weekend newspaper reports, Sir Roger Carr -- currently chairman of Centrica -- is being lined up as the next chairman of BAE Systems plc .

Gentex Corp. announced today that Steve Dykman, its longtime chief financial officer and vice president of finance, left the company as of Friday, May 17.

The republican nominees for statewide office are making their way around the commonwealth this week.

CEO Louis Chenevert told analysts Tuesday that airline profitability looks better for 2013 than in recent years.

Burberry, Tesco, Vodafone and BAE Systems join CBI chief in lobbying PM to stop moralising on tax ahead of G8 talks Sir Roger Carr, CBI chairman, said at an earlier meeting that tax avoidance "cannot be about morality - there are no absolutes". Photograph: Will Oliver/AFP/Getty Images The bosses of some of Britain's largest multinational ... (more)

Rejecting calls for the GOP to be more "moderate" after the party's poor showing in the 2012 presidential election, Virginia Republicans nominated on Saturday in Richmond a trio of very conservative candidates.

Chesapeake minister and attorney E.W. Jackson won the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor late in the night Saturday after a long afternoon of voting to narrow the field from seven candidates.

Musicians Thomas Banglater and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk pose at the world premiere of the film "TRON: Legacy" in Hollywood, Calif., December 11, 2010 file photo.

Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

Pastor and attorney E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia on Saturday, and a YouTube video he made last year with strong words against Planned Parenthood is getting attention.

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has given final approval to the reorganization plan of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc., which was the recipient of a $249 million Department of Energy grant.

A general view shows the annual general meeting of Bayer AG in Cologne April 27, 2012.

With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment.

Don't confuse those with numerous other conference and training rooms sprinkled around the 639,000-square-foot, seven-story structure.

Roger Carr, Chairman of Centrica and outgoing president of the Confederation of British Industry, is the front runner to become the next chairman of Europe's largest defence contractor BAE Systems.