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...route. The meetings had an odd quality - aftershocks twice spilled coffee from cups. The original plan was to ship the HEU to the U.S. from the Chilean port of San Antonio, but it had been destroyed by a tsunami, so eventually the team decided to use the port of Valparaiso, 50 miles (80 km) to the north. On the evening of March 2, the officials and security teams met at the Lo Aguirre military base about 25 miles (40 km) from Santiago, which contained a military reactor built in 1977 for unspecified "defense purposes." The power was out, and moments...
...When the convoy carrying the HEU arrived at Valparaiso, two NNSA ships were anchored a short distance from the coast; the agency had decided to split up the material so that neither ship would carry enough HEU for an atom bomb. But as long as the HEU remained on land, it was vulnerable. About a dozen dockworkers moved freely among the containers. Two of the three bottles of Champagne Bieniawski had taken along for postshipment celebrations were stolen. By 9:45 a.m., the final shipping container was ready to load onto the first ship. As it hoisted the container into...
...24—Alex Sarkisian in now at quarterback for the White squad. Sarkisian is a rookie out of Valparaiso...
...Maryland Office of Financial Regulation, which collects data on some 380,000 loans from 65 servicers, found that of modifications completed last August and September, 42% kept the monthly payment the same and 18% actually raised it. An analysis of 3.5 million sub-prime and Alt-A loans by Valparaiso University's Alan White found that 68% of modified loans tacked on unpaid interest and fees, adding an average $10,800 to the balance due. A lender that caps the existing interest rate on an otherwise adjustable mortgage or reamortizes missed payments over the life of the loan might legitimately...
Colleges you’ve never heard of become instant conversation topics. Just mention Valparaiso, and any half-educated sports fan will immediately reply, “Bryce Drew.” Drew nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer in 1998 to give the no. 13 Crusaders a shocking victory over no. 4 Mississippi. Valpo made it to the Sweet 16, and Drew’s name has become virtually synonymous with an otherwise unheard-of university...