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Top military scientist: building a cyber army with few qualified recruits
The Air Force has a message for computer geeks: send us your resumes. At least that is the word from Mark Maybury, a computer scientist at the government-funded MITRE corporation in Bedford who was tapped in 2010 to serve as the chief scientist for the US Air Force. The Lowell native and Chelmsford resident, who will return from Washington to his old job this summer, says the Pentagon is struggling to maintain its technological edge in the realm of cyberspace. And a primary reason is a lack of new talent. "If you told me I want you to hire 1,000 cyber guys tomorrow, I'd count up all my friends and might have 60 or if really lucky might find 100," he explained. "But 1,000?"

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Religious leaders working on interfaith service
Religious leaders are working with the governor's office to develop Thursday morning's interfaith service in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.
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Critics quick to attack Obama administration, but its inquiry into AP was justified
By Juliette Kayyem As the controversy over the Department of Justice’s leak probe into the phone lines of Associated Press reporters grows, it’s important to...

US won't mirror Mass. on health exchanges

When the national health care law goes into effect in October, it will lack some protections found in the Massachusetts plan that advocates say help consumers make cost-effective choices.

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