Monthly Archives: January 2015

Drones Flying Circles Around FAA

Now anybody can be a pilot. That is the scary future of airspace in the United States and the Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t really know what the hell to do about it. I’m talking about drones. Since 2008 the FAA … Continue reading

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Parts of mystery plane found in ’77 go on display at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps …

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s military history pops up in unexpected places. Sometimes it’s right underfoot. Or under dive fin. The latter was the case in 1977, when three friends who were spearfishing in Kailua Bay found the wreck of a World … Continue reading

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Staten Island model pilots fear proposed city ban on drones

Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News Members of the Staten Island Radio Control Modelers fly their planes at a field on Forest Hill Road off Richmond Avenue Jan. 11, 2015. A bill that would ban drones in the city has sent … Continue reading

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Face the Nation Transcripts: January 18, 2015: Cameron, Rubio, Pfeiffer

(CBS News) — A transcript from the January 18, 2015 edition of Face the Nation. Guests included British Prime Minister David Cameron, White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Michael Morell, Stephanie Cutter, Michael Gerson, Mark Halperin … Continue reading

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MOSTHistory, Part 1: Looking Back – 1915

1915 It began a century ago this month — twelve months that saw battlefield carnage in Europe and Mexico; the first aerial bombing of cities; technological advances such as neon signs and coast-to-coast telephone calls; a controversial motion picture epic; … Continue reading

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Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Premiere: The Gang Takes on Wade Boggss …

Always the beer-soaked, vomit-stained bridesmaid but never the bride, FXX’s gloriously grody sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is back for a 10th (!) season of mayhem. And over its 10 criminally overlooked years—its pair of Emmy nods have come … Continue reading

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US Spies Expected Airline Bombs?And Got The Paris Attacks Instead

For more than five years, U.S. intelligence agencies, counterterrorism operators, and the military have been intensely focused on trying to stop al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen branch of the global terrorist network, from sneaking hard-to-detect bombs … Continue reading

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