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Bird-strikes (bats, reptiles, too): 82,000!
The Swampby Mark Silva Talk about transparency. Talk about something else to worry about: More than 82,000 bird-strikes against airplaines -- well make that bird and bat and reptile strikes, actually -- have been reported since 1990 in the United States.......Tags: Hudson River, U.S. Airways, Travel, United States, Air Transportation Industry
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Air Force One photo-stunt: Priceless
The Swampby Mark Silva Two F-16s, each of the fighter jets aloft for 1.8 hours: $28,178. One three-hour flight for an Air Force VC-25 (the military appellation of the jumbo jet that serves as Air Force One when the president is......Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Travel, New York, National Government
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White House apology: AF One 'photo-opp'
The Swampby Mark Silva The low-flying journey of the United States of America jumbo-jet that serves as Air Force One when the president is aboard -- there are two -- created quite a stir today when the big blue bird, sans......Tags: White House, Sports, Government, Travel, National Government
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Biden's transit warning: W.H. cleanup
The Swampby Mark Silva The White House found itself today in the position of having to clean up after Vice President Joe Biden's remarks about avoiding planes and trains because of the flu. "I think what the vice president meant to......Tags: Trips and Vacations, White House, Barack Obama, NBC (tv network), Government
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Biden: Planes, trains bad idea with flu
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with reaction Vice President Joe Biden, calling the closing of the Mexican border "a monumental undertaking'' and not an effective means of combating the spread of swine flu, offered his own personal prescription today: Stay........Tags: Trips and Vacations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, White House, Barack Obama, NBC (tv network)
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Clouds may spoil view of Wallops launch
Maryland WeatherThe U.S. Air Force plans to launch a new satellite tonight from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore. If skies were clear, the evening launch of the Minotaur 1 rocket would be visible for hundreds of miles.......Tags: Travel, Transportation, Weather Reports, Weather, NASA
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Gates apology: Air Force One flyover
The Swampby Michael Muskal Defense Secretary Robert Gates apologized today for the publicity stunt that terrified many New Yorkers still leery of another terror attack involving low-flying aircraft and cost as much as $357,000 in taxpayer funds to stage over...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Emergency Planning, Government, Manhattan (New York City)
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Notre Dame stage set for controversy
The Swampby John McCormick and Manya A. Brachear SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- President Barack Obama and a bitter debate over morality will collide under the University of Notre Dame's iconic Golden Dome when he arrives here this afternoon for a highly......Tags: Indiana, Illinois, Social Issues, Government, Travel
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Heat enters new era with giant LED MiamiMediaMesh marquee
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe Heat unveiled its MiamiMediaMesh LED marquee Wednesday night with great fanfare. The 3,400-square foot stainless steel mesh screen covers a dozen window panels on AmericanAirlines Arena???s west fa??ade ??? so it???s hard to miss. I described it in...Tags: Twitter, Inc., American Airlines, Inc., Advertising, Travel, United States
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So long Orioles, spring training
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsNegotiations and threats to leave Fort Lauderdale Stadium seemed to drag on for years. But on Wednesday, the Baltimore Orioles made an abrupt exit. The Sarasota City and County Commissions approved agreements that made way for the team to move......Tags: Atlanta Braves, Nicki Grossman, Montreal Expos, Sports, Government
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College football to be featured on ESPN again in '09
WatchdogESPN/ABC will be televise college football games again this coming season. Many of them. The schedule can be viewed by clicking below and reading the news release fresh off the presses from Bristol. No mention of Ben Roethlisberger in it.......Tags: Morgan State University, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Verizon Communications
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Air-traffic controller on phone acted, late
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's an update on that suspended air traffic controller at Teterboro who was talking with his girlfriend on the telephone as a small plane was heading for a mid-air collision: "Safety officials say an air traffic controller......Tags: New Jersey, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Industry, Hudson River, Disasters and Accidents
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