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Jouster Reese Buchman of Big Buc Signs hits Bubba Feague of The Three Stooges during the final battle for first and second place at Sunday's annual Canoe Joust to benefit the Bowers Fire Company.

NASA has turned to a new lead contractor to build spacesuits for its revived lunar exploration program that aims to land astronauts on the moon again by 2020, officials said on Thursday.

CAMBRIDGE - An elderly Cambridge man and a middle-aged sexual assault suspect in Frederica, Del., died in separate house fires over the weekend.

While officers were en-route, the Kent County Emergency Dispatch Center received additional calls advising the trailer at the aforementioned address was ablaze and a male subject was still inside.

A man died Saturday when a mobile home caught fire after police received a report about a sexual assault there, officials said.

FRANKFORD -- A 20-year-old man is being sought in connection with a Shockley Town Road shooting Saturday, Delaware State Police said. via The Daily Times

A disorderly conduct complaint at a Milford motel led to the arrests of three people in connection with a burglary on May 6 at an area home, Delaware state police said. via Delaware Coast Press

NASA Venture PHOTO: AFP EXPLORING HABITAT: US-space-moon NASA, the National Science Foundation and ILC Dover unveiled an Antarctic-bound inflatable habitat at ILC's facility in Frederica, Delaware. via The Hindu

DOVER - Ten people were arrested on multiple drugs and other charges after police executed a search warrant at a house on New Street in Dover on Wednesday, police said today. via The Daily Times

Fire officials in Kent County say Friday night's fire at International Latex Company in Frederica began in a heating unit in a custom-made immersion tank. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

Authorities say a fire at a manufacturing facility that provides materials to NASA damaged two spacesuits valued at more than one million dollars each. via The Delaware Wave

Kent County public safety officials say 4 firefighters were taken to the hospital as they were trying to control a structure fire at the International Latex Company in Frederica on Friday. via WBOC-TV Salisbury

“The fire chief made the proper call”

Losses from a small but smoky laboratory blaze at an advanced technology plant near Frederica could be significant but are not expected to have a lasting effect on operations, its president said Saturday. via News Journal

“If you ran into it with your full body weight, you'd bounce off it without leaving a mark”

Gary Haber Gannett News Service FREDERICA, Del. - It looks like half of a big, blue ski parka. via Journal News

History lives Saturday at Fort Frederica fest Fort Frederica National Monument will hold its Living History Festival 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the park at 6515 Frederica Road, St. via Jacksonville.com

When NASA astronauts explore the moon starting in 2020, they'll stay for about a week to start out and then gradually lengthen their visits as an outpost takes shape. via Space Ref

The Delaware Department of Agriculture has placed six horse farms under quarantine until Feb. via DVM

“You could easily quadruple the number of houses within five miles of Route 1, probably in just five years.”

Even with additional money from last year's toll and vehicle fee increases, the state still is short a half-billion dollars in transportation funding, meaning the already slimmed-down road plan is being gutted ... via News Journal

“It slammed on its right side and all four feet went up in the air a little, like somebody had shot her”

Bonnie Keller was admiring the view of horses in her field on a recent morning when she saw one horse suddenly fall. via News Journal

State veterinarian Sara Busch said a horse at a farm in the Felton-Frederica area had to be euthanized last week after it contracted a new strain of equine herpes virus, also known as EHV-1. Busch said the new ... via NBC 10