Only about 25% of Americans now say they would give up their “basic civil liberties” in exchange for freedom—a huge decrease from the days after the September 11 attacks, according to a new USA Today /Gallup Poll . In January of 2002, close to half of respondents (47%) were willing…
Continue reading …AT&T is dead set on getting its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile past anti-trust regulators, and it’s developing a two-part plan to do so. While one of the telecom giant’s hands is preparing to battle the Justice Department in court, the other will be trying to strike a deal with…
Continue reading …If Vegas is indeed a playground for adults, now they’ve a got a sandbox to go with it. A new draw across from the Vegas Strip lets visitor plunk down money to play with construction equipment such as excavators and bulldozers, reports AP . The “Dig This” site actually fits right…
Continue reading …Christine O’Donnell isn’t the first politician to make headlines through “cheap tricks and publicity stunts,” writes Meghan McCain in the Daily Beast . But she is the first “‘fad’ politician”—one “whose moment is fleeting but intense and memorable for all of the wrong reasons.” The Tea Party brought her to…
Continue reading …Scientists are marveling over the latest discovery by the Mars rover Opportunity, which seems to suggest that the red planet may be more hospitable to life than previously believed. The venerable robot—now 7.5 years into its exploration of the planet—has found a lighter-colored rock that “is different…
Continue reading …Republicans such as Rick Perry make the case that government needs to be drastically scaled back if we are to reverse our “national decline,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times . They have a point—but only to a certain degree, he adds. “As great as the need is…
Continue reading …Chocolate cake won’t make you any thinner—but in Hungary, it’ll make your wallet lighter. Yesterday, the country instituted a “fat tax” of about 50 cents on foods loaded with salt, sugar, and fat. Among a sweet-toothed population, the tax is expected to bring in some $100 million a year,…
Continue reading …Are some of NASCAR’s top drivers snubbing the president? Barack Obama has invited 12 NASCAR drivers to the White House for an event honoring champion Jimmie Johnson—and five of them aren’t planning on showing up, SB Nation reports. While Johnson himself will be there, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Carl…
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Rescuers are searching for wreckage among the Juan Fernandez islands, 500 miles from the country’s Pacific coast A Chilean air force plane with 21 people aboard, including a popular local television host, crashed in the Juan Fernandez islands off the country’s Pacific coast, authorities said. Juan Fernandez’s mayor, Leopoldo Gonzalez, said the plane tried without success to land at the islands’ airport, which is 515 miles from Chile’s coast. “The accident must be accepted as a fact,” Gonzalez said in an interview with Television Nacional de Chile. Rescue boats were searching for the wreckage of the plane but so far they have only found some equipment, the mayor said. Defence minister Andres Allamand said searchers faced “particularly adverse” conditions, adding that the plane’s status was still listed as missing. Felipe Camiroaga, one of Chile’s most popular television presenters, was on the flight, Gonzalez said. Camiroaga, 44, worked for the state TV channel’s Good Morning Everyone programme, and was travelling to the islands for a story on the reconstruction following the 27 February magnitude-8.8 earthquake and tsunami that wiped out its main town. Also on board was businessman Felipe Cubillos, who had been working on post-earthquake reconstruction efforts. The Chilean air force plane took off from the capital, Santiago, at 2pm local time and lost contact with air control almost four hours later, according to a statement from aviation authorities. Chile Plane crashes Air transport guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Rescuers are searching for wreckage among the Juan Fernandez islands, 500 miles from the country’s Pacific coast A Chilean air force plane with 21 people aboard, including a popular local television host, crashed in the Juan Fernandez islands off the country’s Pacific coast, authorities said. Juan Fernandez’s mayor, Leopoldo Gonzalez, said the plane tried without success to land at the islands’ airport, which is 515 miles from Chile’s coast. “The accident must be accepted as a fact,” Gonzalez said in an interview with Television Nacional de Chile. Rescue boats were searching for the wreckage of the plane but so far they have only found some equipment, the mayor said. Defence minister Andres Allamand said searchers faced “particularly adverse” conditions, adding that the plane’s status was still listed as missing. Felipe Camiroaga, one of Chile’s most popular television presenters, was on the flight, Gonzalez said. Camiroaga, 44, worked for the state TV channel’s Good Morning Everyone programme, and was travelling to the islands for a story on the reconstruction following the 27 February magnitude-8.8 earthquake and tsunami that wiped out its main town. Also on board was businessman Felipe Cubillos, who had been working on post-earthquake reconstruction efforts. The Chilean air force plane took off from the capital, Santiago, at 2pm local time and lost contact with air control almost four hours later, according to a statement from aviation authorities. Chile Plane crashes Air transport guardian.co.uk
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