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Airports suing FAA over planned tower shutdowns

Airports suing FAA over planned tower shutdowns

Airport operators are mounting a felony challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration’s determination to chop funding for 149 air traffic keep watch over towers, accusing the company of violating federal regulation supposed to make sure major changes at airports don’t erode security. A number of airports at the moment are […]

 
 

FBI: ‘Suspicious’ cruise ship death was from heart disease

FBI: ‘Suspicious’ cruise ship death was from heart disease

The thriller in the “suspicious” dying of a 64-yr previous girl who died whereas onboard the Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas closing weekend has been dispelled. The respectable post-mortem studies indicate she died of coronary heart illness, the FBI stated Wednesday.The lady’s husband discovered her lifeless in their cabin […]

 
 

Bone-rattling wooden coasters are making a comeback

Bone-rattling wooden coasters are making a comeback

As a member of the theatrical and in style Branson, Mo.-primarily based usa rock staff, The Haygoods, Patrick Haygood isn’t any stranger to feeling butterflies in the stomach. But after riding the new Outlaw Run curler coaster at neighborhood Silver Dollar City — some of the newest in next technology […]

 
 

Texas to pay to keep 13 small airport towers open

Texas to pay to keep 13 small airport towers open

The Texas Division of Transportation says it’ll pay to keep air visitors keep an eye on towers open at 13 small airports when these facilities lose federal money subsequent month. Gov. Rick Perry had requested the agency to step in when the federal finances cuts take effect beginning April 7. […]

 
 

Sign falls on family at Alabama airport, killing 10-year-old boy

Sign falls on family at Alabama airport, killing 10-year-old boy

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An indication at the the newly renovated Birmingham airport fell on a domestic Friday, killing a 10-yr-previous boy and injuring his mom and two different kids.Deputy Coroner Derrick Perryman said 10-12 months-previous Luke Bresette was once stated useless at Youngsters’s of Alabama. Two other youngsters had been being […]

 
 

FAA to close 149 air traffic control towers to meet required budget cut

FAA to close 149 air traffic control towers to meet required budget cut

CHICAGO – Below orders to trim tons of of thousands and thousands of greenbacks from its funds, the Federal Aviation Administration released a closing record Friday of 149 air site visitors keep watch over services that it’s going to close at small airports around the country starting early next month.The closures […]

 
 

Big Easy cabs offer cold sodas for trips around town

Big Easy cabs offer cold sodas for trips around town

There’s no want to go thirsty in New Orleans.Bars promote drinks in to-go cups so which you could drink a beer or a cocktail on the road. And now there are merchandising machines in some metropolis cabs to make certain that parched passengers can sip soda in the again seats.“You […]

 
 

Human statue punches heckler over ‘Wet Willie’

Human statue punches heckler over ‘Wet Willie’

Human statues are widespread at vacationers sights global and we have all questioned just how a ways they would go to maintain their perfect composure. A video uploaded Friday of a heckler harassing one such side road performer on the Caville Ave pedestrian shopping mall in Queensland, Australia, offers the […]

 
 

It’s a snap! Purple haze of Maui, hungry pelicans

It’s a snap! Purple haze of Maui, hungry pelicans

Our readers sent in some incredible images this week!Scroll through the collection and vote for your favorite. If you end up finished, add your own best work — we may make a selection certainly one of your photographs for next week’s gallery.

 
 

Iconic landmarks ‘go green’ on St. Patrick’s Day

Iconic landmarks ‘go green’ on St. Patrick’s Day

Go back and forth most anywhere on this planet this weekend and likelihood is you’ll see your favourite destination in a brand new light. Inexperienced, to be exact.

 
 

World’s strangest natural wonders

World’s strangest natural wonders

Ever performed the sport of Twister on water? The golf green, yellow, and brown polka dots that kind on British Columbia’s Noticed Lake each and every summer make it look like that you must.

 
 

FBI seeks operator of unmanned aircraft near JFK

The FBI is soliciting for the public’s assistance in serving to to find the operator of unmanned aircraft spotted Monday close to Kennedy Airport. A pilot of an Alitalia flight was on the ultimate technique to Runway 31R at about 1:15 p.m.

 
 

White House cancels tours, citing sequester

The White Home is canceling excursions of the president’s famous domicile beginning next week, pronouncing the budget cuts that went into impact closing week are responsible.

 
 

TSA will allow small knives on planes

For the first time since the September 11 terror attacks, TSA will enable small knives and some previously prohibited sports tools onto airplanes as elevate-on objects.

 
 

Trips every kid must take

Trips every kid must take

If a 12-year-old had a life listing, we guess the rainforest of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula would be close to the highest. With activities that vary from tree mountaineering to rappelling down waterfalls, it’s a paradise full of new adventures—with a hammock on the finish of the day.