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(Reuters) - NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. government is eyeing Israel, Canada and the United Arab Emirates as possible initial foreign buyers of the V-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft built by Boeing Co <BA.N> and Bell Helicopter, a top U.S. Marine Corps official told Reuters.

Pakistan vowed no more "business as usual" with the United States after NATO strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, but stopped short of threatening to break the troubled alliance altogether.

The US military on Monday named an Air Force general to lead an investigation into allied air strikes that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead and provoked outrage in Islamabad.

FAA halts civilian flights to Haiti for 8 hours because of overcrowding, fuel shortage. The Federal Aviation Administration halted all civilian flights to Haiti for nearly eight hours Thursday while some aircraft spent hours circling awaiting permission to land at an already crowded airport that lacked sufficient supplies for refueling.

Sheriff: Suspects trained together for a month before Fla. couple with 13 adopted kids slain. A group of men charged in the slaying of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting special needs children trained for at least a month to rob the couple's home, authorities said Wednesday.

AP IMPACT: Air Force Says Budgets Are Billions of Dollars Short of What's Needed. Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high-flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades.