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(CNN) -- Just weeks before a Continental Connection commuter plane crashed near Buffalo, another airline had reminded its pilots about safety issues with instrument approaches at the airport.

Only a few pieces of the Continental Connection Dash 8 turboprop were recognizable after the crash.

However, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it was extremely unlikely the February 12 crash and the warning were related.

Instrument approaches are those in which pilots use cockpit displays to line up their aircraft with the runway when visibility is low.

The alert, initially issued by Southwest Airlines and reissued Wednesday by the airline's pilot association, warned there was a "potentially significant hazard" concerning the instrument landing system's glide slope guidance signal for runway 23.

The airline advised, "Pilots who are preparing to configure and land have the potential to experience abrupt pitch up, slow airspeed, and approach to stall if conditions present themselves in a certain manner."

Southwest Airlines spokesperson Linda Rutherford said an earthen dam at the end of the runway was interfering with the signal being sent to inbound flights. Rutherford would not confirm if any of Southwest's recent flights into Buffalo experienced problems on approach.

"We often put out alerts on obstructions to a navigation aid," Rutherford told CNN.

She also pointed out, though landing on the same runway, Southwest Airlines flights approach runway 23 from the north, turning right, while the Colgan Air flight that crashed was approaching from the south turning left. Rutherford called that distinction important.  View a Google Earth image of runway 23 Â»

The National Transportation Safety Board told CNN the agency was "aware" of the Southwest Airlines alert, but would not comment further.

The issue is caused by a geographic feature at the airport, a valley, "something we can't do anything about," said FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. She said the "altitude reading makes it look like you're a lot higher than you are, because there is a valley there."

The feature has been noted on FAA charts for years, she said.

"As far as we can tell, there is no way this had any role in the accident," Brown told CNN. "It's not a navigation aid that would have applied to the approach."

The alert from Southwest Airlines advises pilots that the problem could cause the planes navigational system to interpret data "in such a way as to result in a nose-up pitch and loss of airspeed."

Flight data recorders obtained by the NTSB of the crashed Colgan air Flight 3407 show during its approach to runway 23, the twin turbo prop Dash-8 pitched up 31 degrees before going into a stall due to lack of airspeed.

Southwest Airlines Pilot Association told its pilots the "issue is being addressed on several levels in an attempt to address procedures, facilities, and communication regarding this matter."

The alert advises any pilots experience trouble to contact the association's safety office.

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(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo missed an early penalty as Manchester United earned a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal at Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium on Wednesday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo sent his penalty attempt wide as United failed to take an early lead at the Nou Camp.

The Portugal winger, the top scorer in this season's competition, spurned the chance to net for the 39th time overall this campaign and give United a vital away goal.

The 23-year-old hit the stanchion high outside goalkeeper Victor Valdes' left-hand post in the third minute after Gabriel Milito handled his header from a Paul Scholes corner.

It was United's best chance in a game dominated by the home side, who had the best of possession with some silky moves but failed to find the killer pass in the final third of the pitch.

United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar made a string of saves, especially in the second half, but was not often seriously tested.

Barcelona were boosted by the return of Argentina forward Lionel Messi, who started alongside Samuel Eto'o up front, with Thierry Henry on the bench after also being cleared following an illness.

Messi picked out Samuel Eto'o in the 13th minute only for midfielder Scholes -- making his 100th Champions League appearance -- to make a vital interception.

Barcelona pressed forward again in the 21st minute and Rafael Marquez got clear of his marker but his header failed to trouble Van der Sar, who was back in the side following a groin injury.

Then Yaya Toure showed good skill for the home side and sent a good cross into the area that was turned away by Van der Sar.

Ronaldo felt he should have had another penalty in the 30th minute when he was bundled over by Marquez after Xavi had carelessly lost possession, but Swiss referee Massimo Busacca allowed play to continue.

Eto'o rattled in a shot after 34 minutes but Wes Brown -- who passed a late fitness test to replace the ill Nemanja Vidic in central defense -- made a vital block.

Brown partnered Rio Ferdinand, with England midfielder Owen Hargreaves operating as a makeshift right-back.

Deco, starting his first game for Barcelona after two months out with injuries, then failed to test Van der Sar with a free-kick in the 38th minute.

Marquez was booked in the 44th minute after tripping Ronaldo as he attempted to surge forward, meaning the Mexican is suspended for next Tuesday's second leg at Old Trafford.

Ronaldo sent his effort from an acute angle wide of the post.

After the break, Messi saw his effort blocked in the 47th minute and then Van der Sar tipped over defender Gianluca Zambrotta's long-range effort.

Messi beat three United players but Ferdinand cut out his low cross from the right, then he played in a superb ball for Eto'o -- who lashed his shot against the side-netting.

Deco tested Van der Sar with a low drive, then the Dutchman easily dealt with a 20-yard effort from Xavi.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard took off Messi in the 62nd minute, replacing him with teenager Bojan Krkic, who scored the winner in the first leg of the quarterfinal against Schalke.

A foul on the Serbian-born Spaniard drew a yellow card for Hargreaves in the 73rd minute, then United boss Alex Ferguson bolstered his midfield by bringing on Nani for England forward Wayne Rooney -- who had started up front with Carlos Tevez.

Rijkaard responded by replacing Deco with Henry in the 77th minute, and the French forward forced a scrambled save by Van der Sar with a long-range shot on 83.

Ferguson brought on veteran winger Ryan Giggs for Tevez soon after, then Van der Sar denied Andres Iniesta and also dived to comfortably save Henry's free-kick from 35 yards.

Barcelona continued to press until the final whistle, but still could not create a clear-cut opportunity. E-mail to a friend

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answer: Barcelona

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question: What happens to Cristiano Ronaldo in the third minute?

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A few hundred people on Sunday marched in Brooklyn to protest last week's fatal beating of a 31-year-old Ecuadorean man -- an incident authorities say may have been a hate crime.

Jose Sucuzhanay was beaten December 7 after leaving a party at a church.

The demonstrators -- holding signs reading "No more hate crimes" -- walked a half-mile in the neighborhood where police say Jose Sucuzhanay was hit in the head with a bottle and beaten with an aluminum baseball bat on December 7.

Sucuzhanay died of his injuries Friday at Elmhurst Hospital, hours before his mother arrived in New York from Ecuador, his family said.

Police said Sucuzhanay's attackers yelled racial slurs; no arrests have been made in the case. One of his brothers, Diego Sucuzhanay, said Sunday he is convinced the attack was a hate crime.

"Nothing was taken from him," said Diego Sucuzhanay, who didn't join the demonstration, opting instead to help his mother make arrangements to return the body to Ecuador.  Watch marchers protest against hate crimes Â»

Police said Jose Sucuzhanay and his brother Romel had left a party at a church when several men approached them in a car in Brooklyn's Bushwick section, about a block from the brothers' home. The men shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino vulgarities and attacked the brothers, police said.

Romel, 34, escaped with minor scrapes and has talked with detectives. Police have released a sketch of one possible suspect in the case.

Police are offering a $22,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the attack.

In a statement, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the attack "a pointless and gutless crime." He promised authorities would find and prosecute those responsible.

Family spokesman Francisco Moya said Jose Sucuzhanay had lived in the United States for more than a decade and was a legal resident.

Diego Sucuzhanay said Jose set up a successful real estate business in a low-income area, thinking he could make a difference there.

He said his brother wanted to help everyone and hired a diverse team, including four African-Americans and two Latinos. He was raising two children: a 9-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.

"We were proud of him," Diego Sucuzhanay said.

He said the family had wanted Jose's mother to get to his bedside before he died. Doctors told them Jose was brain dead since the attack, and that machines kept him alive until his heart failed Friday.

At a press conference Sunday outside the hospital, Diego Sucuzhanay touched his chest and said: "My heart is broken, but my brother's [memory] will live on. "

Asked in an interview with CNN how his brother would be remembered, he paused several seconds and answered: "For being the victim of a hate crime."

Though he didn't participate in the demonstration, he said he was grateful to those who did, and that everyone needs to practice tolerance.

"We definitely have to speak out," he said.

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This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by CNN about economic survival in this time of financial crisis.

Leah Bird and her husband Ed Wright stand in front of their new home: a 1974 Airstream trailer.

(CNN) -- They bid farewell to their beloved trips to the opera and museum, the beach and Buddhist temples. They ate one last time at their favorite restaurants serving Indian curried chicken and warm bowls of Vietnamese pho.

Leah Bird and her husband, Ed Wright, have traded their comfortable two-bedroom apartment and jobs in Beverly Hills, California, for life in a trailer on a five-acre Oregon farm.

No longer do the couple hear roaring fire trucks in the street or chatter from patrons dining at outdoor cafes. On this farm, the dominant silence is occasionally interrupted by the sounds of frogs and crickets.

"It's not necessarily a lifestyle that has ever seemed attractive to me," says 28-year-old Bird, between tending to the farm animals: two sheep, two Nubian goats, miniature horses and geese. "I always saw myself as more of a metropolitan person, but you know, without money, this was our best option."

The couple's drastic lifestyle change -- one they chose -- came last October when Wright, 48, lost his job managing life insurance portfolios for millionaires at a private firm in Beverly Hills. His niche company, which relied heavily on capital flow, had felt the pain of the credit crunch.

Once making over $100,000 a year, Wright soon joined the growing number of Americans facing unemployment in the economic downturn. iReport.com: Tell us how you're surviving

With meager savings, Bird and Wright knew they couldn't maintain their costly Los Angeles lifestyle in an area where, they say, image is everything. Even if they had stayed in Beverly Hills, they would have needed to move into a smaller apartment and rely on Bird's modest salary as a financial manager. Exhausted from the rat race, Wright decided they needed another option.

"I've been in Los Angeles for a long time and I've had to start over before," Wright says. "You spend two or three years getting back on your feet and then what? It's a struggle if you aren't making a lot of money."

Then Wright's parents offered to let the newlywed couple live on their family farm in rural Douglas County in southern Oregon until the couple bounced back.

Wright agreed immediately. He says he wanted to move there to help his elderly parents manage the sprawling property. His wife, however, was more reluctant because she still had her job. But Bird says she soon agreed to move to the farm because it was the fastest way to cut expenses.

"I did it out of immediate necessity," says Bird, who grew up in more of a suburban setting near Tucson, Arizona. "I don't think I was ready to leave L.A."

While Wright wanted to make the move north, he wasn't ready to move in with his parents. At Christmas, the couple purchased a 1974 Airstream trailer, shaped like an oblong silver bullet, from Craigslist for a few thousand dollars. The trailer living quarters are cramped, with about 300 square feet, a major downgrade from the couple's 1,400-square-foot apartment in California. iReport.com: From Beverly Hills to Hillbillies

The couple moved to Oregon in mid-January, after a two-day drive from Los Angeles, hopeful the farm would give them the needed break from city life and a chance to focus on finding new careers.

In Los Angeles, they lived in a neighborhood with about 20,000 people. Now, the closest town has fewer than 20,000 people.

"We're not going to lie to you and say everything is hunky dory," Wright says. "It's hard being out here."

"I feel like a fish out of water," Bird added. "I'm so out of my element."

Their mornings now begin at the crack of dawn. They clean the living space for the animals, pick up manure and fix the landscaping. Afternoons are spent job hunting, a challenging feat in a region where lumber and nursing are the two dominant fields. For now, they are spending their savings until they find employment.

Their trailer's bedroom has just enough room to stuff in a queen-size bed. A narrow window by the bed looks out on the farm, where they can see deer roaming the land in the mornings. There is no dining room, a difficult adjustment for the couple, who once enjoyed entertaining guests over dinner and wine.

The living room furniture consists of colorful pillows piled against the wall on the floor facing the television and a desk for their laptops. Their new kitchen has just enough space for one person to stand and work.

There is one toilet , which is currently being remodeled, and no shower. The couple bathe at Wright's parents' house; they admit that they only shower a few times a week now.

Most of their belongings from Los Angeles, expensive furniture and art accumulated over the years, remain in storage. While the couple miss these things, they say their new lifestyle will help them survive the troubled economy. They also hope it will teach them to live simpler lives.

In many ways, Bird and Wright are enjoying the serenity of their slower-paced lifestyle. They are spending more time together, and Bird says she is getting closer to Wright's parents.

After the initial culture shock in the first month, Bird says she is slowly adapting to farm life. She learned how to build a fire pit, and she plans on growing a fruit and vegetable garden in the spring. She wants to buy more productive animals like cows. With the garden and some cows, she says, the couple won't have to purchase vegetables or milk from the grocery store.

Her husband is remodeling their trailer by adding amenities to the kitchen and bathroom. Wright, who has always been interested in philosophy and religion, says he sees his unemployment as a time for "soul searching."

The couple are still mulling their career options. Wright, who is also an amateur musician, is looking at new job opportunities for the future. He has dabbled with the idea of starting his own bar since he knows so many musicians in the industry, he says. He and his wife are thinking about joining the Peace Corps together, or maybe building a log house on the farm. The options are limitless, they say.

A few weeks ago, surrounded by giant pine trees in the cold winter air, the couple walked outside and looked up. For the first time in a long time, they could see the stars shining brightly in the dark sky.

CNN's Shirley Zilberstein contributed to this report.

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text: crack

text: of

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text: fix

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text: hunting

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text: savings

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text: find

text: employment

text: Their

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text: enough

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text: in

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text: window

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text: bed

text: looks

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text: farm

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text: deer

text: roaming

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text: mornings

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text: no

text: dining

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text: difficult

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text: and

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text: desk

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text: space

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text: person

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text: and

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text: house

text: they

text: admit

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text: they

text: only

text: shower

text: a

text: few

text: times

text: a

text: week

text: now

text: Most

text: of

text: their

text: belongings

text: from

text: Los

text: Angeles

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text: and

text: art

text: accumulated

text: over

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text: years

text: remain

text: in

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text: couple

text: miss

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text: things

text: they

text: say

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text: new

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text: will

text: help

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text: survive

text: the

text: troubled

text: economy

text: They

text: also

text: hope

text: it

text: will

text: teach

text: them

text: to

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text: simpler

text: lives

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text: many

text: ways

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text: and

text: Wright

text: are

text: enjoying

text: the

text: serenity

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text: their

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text: paced

text: lifestyle

text: They

text: are

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text: more

text: time

text: together

text: and

text: Bird

text: says

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text: is

text: getting

text: closer

text: to

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text: parents

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text: initial

text: culture

text: shock

text: in

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text: first

text: month

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text: says

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text: is

text: slowly

text: adapting

text: to

text: farm

text: life

text: She

text: learned

text: how

text: to

text: build

text: a

text: fire

text: pit

text: and

text: she

text: plans

text: on

text: growing

text: a

text: fruit

text: and

text: vegetable

text: garden

text: in

text: the

text: spring

text: She

text: wants

text: to

text: buy

text: more

text: productive

text: animals

text: like

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text: garden

text: and

text: some

text: cows

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text: says

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text: couple

text: wo

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: purchase

text: vegetables

text: or

text: milk

text: from

text: the

text: grocery

text: store

text: Her

text: husband

text: is

text: remodeling

text: their

text: trailer

text: by

text: adding

text: amenities

text: to

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text: kitchen

text: and

text: bathroom

text: Wright

text: who

text: has

text: always

text: been

text: interested

text: in

text: philosophy

text: and

text: religion

text: says

text: he

text: sees

text: his

text: unemployment

text: as

text: a

text: time

text: for

text: soul

text: searching

text: The

text: couple

text: are

text: still

text: mulling

text: their

text: career

text: options

text: Wright

text: who

text: is

text: also

text: an

text: amateur

text: musician

text: is

text: looking

text: at

text: new

text: job

text: opportunities

text: for

text: the

text: future

text: He

text: has

text: dabbled

text: with

text: the

text: idea

text: of

text: starting

text: his

text: own

text: bar

text: since

text: he

text: knows

text: so

text: many

text: musicians

text: in

text: the

text: industry

text: he

text: says

text: He

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: are

text: thinking

text: about

text: joining

text: the

text: Peace

text: Corps

text: together

text: or

text: maybe

text: building

text: a

text: log

text: house

text: on

text: the

text: farm

text: The

text: options

text: are

text: limitless

text: they

text: say

text: A

text: few

text: weeks

text: ago

text: surrounded

text: by

text: giant

text: pine

text: trees

text: in

text: the

text: cold

text: winter

text: air

text: the

text: couple

text: walked

text: outside

text: and

text: looked

text: up

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text: first

text: time

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text: long

text: time

text: they

text: could

text: see

text: the

text: stars

text: shining

text: brightly

text: in

text: the

text: dark

text: sky

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Shirley

text: Zilberstein

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who was traded their Beverly Hills life?

answer: Leah Bird and her husband, Ed Wright, have

text: Leah Bird and her husband, Ed Wright, have

question: Who is Leah Bird and Ed Wright?

answer: stand in front of their new home: a 1974 Airstream trailer.

text: stand in front of their new home: a 1974 Airstream trailer.

question: What did Bird and Wright buy?

answer: 1974 Airstream trailer.

text: 1974 Airstream trailer.

question: Where did Wright used to work?

answer: private firm in Beverly Hills.

text: private firm in Beverly Hills.

question: How much did Wright earn a year?

answer: Once making over $100,000

text: Once making over $100,000

question: What did Leah Bird and Ed Wright trade their Beverly Hills life for?

answer: 1974 Airstream trailer.

text: 1974 Airstream trailer.

question: What did Bird say?

answer: "It's not necessarily a lifestyle that has ever seemed attractive to me,"

text: "It's not necessarily a lifestyle that has ever seemed attractive to me,"


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Washington (CNN) -- The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged.

Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Air Force now says the cremated body parts of hundreds of the fallen were burned and dumped in the landfill.

Earlier, the Air Force said only a small number of body parts had been buried in a commercial landfill and claimed it would be impossible to make a final determination of how many remains were disposed of in that manner.

The Washington Post broke the story Thursday, and the Air Force now confirms that body fragments linked to at least 274 fallen military personnel sent to the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary were cremated, incinerated and buried with medical waste. That procedure was in place between November 2003 and May 1, 2008. The Air Force also said that 1,762 body parts were never identified and also were disposed of, first by cremation, then by further incineration and then buried in a landfill.

Congressman Rush Holt, D-New Jersey, Thursday accused the Pentagon of what he called "willful blindness" in not acting faster to identify and correct the problems and fully report them.

"For years, this has been handled unceremoniously and insensitively and, I would say, dishonorably," Holt said in a telephone interview. He said he had been asking the Pentagon for months about information about Dover, on behalf of a constituent whose husband was killed five years ago.

"They don't get it. They don't understand the degree of dishonor involved in all of this," Holt said.

Last month, the Defense Department told the congressman that exact numbers could not be determined. "Without individual case-by-case review, the exact number of Service-directed disposition of subsequent remains cannot be determined," said a fact sheet sent to Holt in November. "It would require a massive effort and time to recall records and research individually."

When bodies are not intact -- for instance, in the aftermath of a crash or explosion -- a body may be released to the family before some parts have been identified by the Air Force Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Families can elect to be notified when parts are identified or leave it up to the military to dispose of them appropriately. Since the policy was changed in 2008, the unclaimed body parts are buried at sea.

An earlier report found instances of mismanagement and inadequate accounting at Dover, noting that some body parts were missing from the mortuary and in one case an arm was sawed off so a body would fit in a casket. An independent group of experts is now investigating what happened at the mortuary and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to look at how mortuary employees there were disciplined. Two civilians were transferred to other jobs and a military officer received a career-ending letter of reprimand.

Holt pointed to how the United States spends millions each year searching for the remains of service members missing in action from previous wars, for instance in Southeast Asia. "That makes us proud to be an American, that we would do that," Holt said. "It is a level of response that honors our soldiers."

The mistakes at Dover send a different message, Holt said. "It sends shudders to think that we engage in this kind of desecration."

But at the Pentagon, aides to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Panetta is satisfied with how the Air Force responded in regard to the landfill policy and new information about how many of the American fallen were involved.

"I think the secretary is comfortable with the way the Air Force has handled this," said Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby.

And Kirby strongly pushed back against criticism by Rep. Holt.

"I don't think there is another federal agency in this town, I don't think there is another institution in this country," that understands more about how to properly treat the remains of fallen troops, said Kirby, tapping the briefing room table for emphasis.

Kirby said the Air Force is establishing a call center (1-855-637-2583 or e-mail dover.pm@pentagon.af.mil) so families of the fallen can seek information. Until now, families may not have been informed if part of a loved ones remains had been burned and discarded with medical waste.

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Panetta was aware of the new reports.

"The secretary supports the recent Air Force investigation and he wants to see all of this move forward in a way that allows the Air Force to do its work and to avoid the kinds of lapses we did witness, and those lapses were regrettable," Little said.

Later Thursday the Air Force said it was ready to apologize to any family that objected to the disposition of a loved one's remains.

"We regret any additional grief to the families past practices may have caused," said Air Force Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, deputy Air Force chief of staff.

"We are prepared to apologize. It causes great pain to know we have brought suffering to a family," Jones said.

Jones said only nine people have contacted a hotline seeking information about body fragments that may have been cremated, then incinerated and finally dumped with medical waste in a landfill prior to 2008.

Jones did not directly say that that now-abandoned policy was disrespectful.

"It is certainly not the way we would have done it, looking back," Jones said. "That's why in 2008 when we saw that practice, we changed that practice."

He said that under current rules, body parts such as small fragments of soft tissue or bone are collected for "retirement at sea," a respectful transfer of the remains to the ocean from a U.S. Navy ship.

So far since 2008, he said, only 14 urns containing body fragments have been disposed of at sea.

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text: Air

text: Force

text: admitted

text: Thursday

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text: it

text: sent

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text: sets

text: of

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text: personnel

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text: to

text: a

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text: originally

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text: Air

text: Force

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text: Post

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text: story

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text: the

text: Air

text: Force

text: now

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text: least

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text: Air

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text: Congressman

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text: Holt

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text: Jersey

text: Thursday

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text: Pentagon

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text: blindness

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text: correct

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text: problems

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text: For

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text: unceremoniously

text: and

text: insensitively

text: and

text: I

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text: say

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text: a

text: telephone

text: interview

text: He

text: said

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text: had

text: been

text: asking

text: the

text: Pentagon

text: for

text: months

text: about

text: information

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text: behalf

text: of

text: a

text: constituent

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text: husband

text: was

text: killed

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text: years

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text: congressman

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text: inadequate

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text: body

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text: mortuary

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text: Defense

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text: Air

text: Force

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text: United

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text: remains

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text: Pentagon

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text: Air

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text: American

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text: secretary

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text: way

text: the

text: Air

text: Force

text: has

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text: this

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text: back

text: against

text: criticism

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text: Rep.

text: Holt

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text: another

text: federal

text: agency

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text: town

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text: n't

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text: is

text: another

text: institution

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text: properly

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text: remains

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text: fallen

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text: briefing

text: room

text: table

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text: Air

text: Force

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text: establishing

text: a

text: call

text: center

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text: so

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text: of

text: the

text: fallen

text: can

text: seek

text: information

text: Until

text: now

text: families

text: may

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text: been

text: informed

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text: part

text: of

text: a

text: loved

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text: remains

text: had

text: been

text: burned

text: and

text: discarded

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text: waste

text: Pentagon

text: Press

text: Secretary

text: George

text: Little

text: said

text: Panetta

text: was

text: aware

text: of

text: the

text: new

text: reports

text: The

text: secretary

text: supports

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text: recent

text: Air

text: Force

text: investigation

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text: he

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text: all

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text: way

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text: Air

text: Force

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text: were

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text: Little

text: said

text: Later

text: Thursday

text: the

text: Air

text: Force

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text: was

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Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Love it or hate it, the Hummer came to symbolize American might over the years -- tires the size of Texas, a chrome grill that looked primed to eat up wimpy cars in its path, and its drivers with egos to match their mammoth-mobiles.

But the iconic vehicle -- a symbol for macho men like Arnold Schwarzenegger and ridiculed worldwide by environmentalists -- is headed toward the auto graveyard.

General Motors last week announced the likely end of the Hummer after a deal with a Chinese automaker fell through. The news thrilled many who have protested the guzzler for years: Good riddance!

But for Hummer owners, the reaction remains mixed. Most mourn the impending death of their beloved behemoths but celebrate the fact that the Hummer won't be outsourced to China: Whose harebrained idea was that anyway?! Ain't no Hummer meant to be made in China!

Owners are hoping for a last-minute buyer to emerge before the Hummer joins the maligned Pinto in the scrapyard. GM has said it is trying to salvage the Hummer, setting May 1 as a deadline for other possible deals to be made.

A single sticky note, left on Russ Builta's 2005 Hummer, sums up the emotion stirred by the super-sized SUVs. "You are polluting our air and abusing our national resources," the unsigned note said. "And all because of greed and selfishness. You should be very ashamed of yourself."

Builta, who served in the Marine Corps, still gets mad: "It was not even on recycled paper!"

Builta installed a supercharger that gave his Hummer a whopping 600 horsepower. When he really mashed the pedal, it got 1 mile per gallon. "It would just move," he told CNN iReport.

Check out Builta's mega-ride

After the HMMWV rolled off the AM General assembly line in Indiana on January 2, 1985, it represented a new breed of American military might and toughness.

In 1992, production of the civilian Hummer began, instantly creating a fraternity among owners of the SUV-on-growth hormone. They exchange photos of their trucks, chat over the Internet and plan for their next muddin' sessions.

They laugh at tree huggers who give them the finger as they cruise down the road.

"I hate to see it die," says iReporter Michael Tawdy of Tennessee, who owns a 2006 H3. "You can go anywhere you want."

Hummer: What might have been

The Hummer even shares its name with a sexual term. How many cars can stake that claim? And the vehicle became fodder for late-night comedians and Internet jokes.

"You might be driving a Hummer," says one joke on a Web site devoted to the vehicle, "if you can't reach far enough to slap the person sitting in the passenger seat."

The grass-roots social justice group CodePink created an anti-Hummer campaign during the height of the Bush administration, including a Top Ten Reasons Not To Buy A Hummer. At the top of the list: "The Gas Mileage Alone Will Kill You."

Billy Paniaha of North Carolina gets speechless when talking about his chrome-and-gray-mobile. "I love my Hummer," he told iReport.

In one photo, he's leaning against his mud-caked Hummer, which looks like it just wallowed in a pigpen. "Trust me, these tree huggers in their Priuses. ... If a Prius hits me, I won't get hurt. They will."

Paniaha hot-dogs in mud

Raymond Winbush isn't your ordinary Hummer owner. A lover of his giant SUV, he also owns -- are you ready for this? -- a Toyota Prius.

"People think I'm kidding when I say I have both cars, but I do," said Winbush, an author and the director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University.

"If you combine my carbon footprint ... I don't feel real guilty about it."

A resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he uses the Hummer to get through the East Coast's brutal winters. During last month's storm, which left the region under a couple of feet of snow, he helped get doctors and nurses to and from a hospital, thanks to his Hummer.

When winter ends, his machismo-meter goes down. He grabs his man purse and hops into his Prius. "My son calls it the nerd-mobile," he said. "I've had more people razz me about the Prius than I have the Hummer."

"It's my yin and yang. I think they balance each other out."

Winbush: Why I own a Hummer and Prius

Candi Angotti of Texas is just the opposite. She wouldn't be caught dead in a Prius.

The president of the Texas chapter of Club Hummer Offroad, she's been driving her solar-flare metallic orange Hummer for three years.

"I use it what it was built for -- off-roading and adventures -- and it has never let me down," she said. "I have met a great group of guys and girls, and we're like a big family."

See Texas woman catch air in Hummer

The owners now have one more thing in common: They're sporting a likely collector's item. But Builta's the exception. He got rid of his Hummer. And he still misses it.

CNN's Christina Zdanowicz contributed to this report.

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question: What did the sticky note left on Hummer say?

answer: "You are polluting our air and abusing our national resources,"

text: "You are polluting our air and abusing our national resources,"

question: who came to define machismo in America

answer: Hummer

text: Hummer

question: Who came to defime machismo in America?

answer: the Hummer

text: the Hummer

question: What was written in the sticky note?

answer: "And all because of greed and selfishness. You should be very ashamed of yourself."

text: "And all because of greed and selfishness. You should be very ashamed of yourself."