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Shake on a Plane? Dance Craze Brings FAA Inquiry
Shake on a Plane? Dance Craze Brings FAA Inquiry
Nov 1, 2024
Colorado College students and passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight do the Harlem Shake. (YouTube) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration. During a flight from Colorado Springs to San Diego, , a dance to a song of the same name. In the suddenly popular YouTube videos, one person starts dancing, then the video cuts to a large group of people...
Passenger Had 200 Pounds of Caterpillars in Bags
Passenger Had 200 Pounds of Caterpillars in Bags
Nov 1, 2024
A official shows the seizure of dried caterpillars at Gatwick airport, England. (AP Photo/UK Border Agency) LONDON – British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 207 pounds of caterpillars in his luggage. The man claimed they were intended as food for personal consumption. The U.K. Border Force said Friday that inspectors at found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into hessian bags carried by a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso via...
25,000 LEDs to Light Up SF's Bay Bridge
25,000 LEDs to Light Up SF's Bay Bridge
Nov 1, 2024
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be turned into the latest, and by far the biggest, backdrop for New York artist Leo Villareal, who has individually programmed 25,000 white lights on 300 of the span’s vertical cables to create what is being billed as the world’s largest illuminated sculpture. (AP Photo) SAN FRANCISCO — After more than 75 years in the shadow of its glamorous cousin, San Francisco's "other" bridge is getting a chance to shine. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay...
TSA to Lift Ban on Small Knives on Planes
TSA to Lift Ban on Small Knives on Planes
Nov 1, 2024
Knives, scissors and other banned items recovered at airport security checkpoints by the TSA are shown as part of an exhibit on the 9/11 attacks at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in DC on Sept. 1, 2011. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) For the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will and previously banned sports equipment on planes, according to Bloomberg News. At an aviation security conference in Brooklyn, New York, TSA Administrator...
Supercars Debut at 2013 Geneva Auto Show (PHOTOS)
Supercars Debut at 2013 Geneva Auto Show (PHOTOS)
Nov 1, 2024
People look at the new McLaren P1 during the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show, Switzerland, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Jaguar, Corvette, Alfa Romeo, and Spyker all debuted sleek sports cars and futuristic convertibles at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show, which opened to the press Tuesday. Hybrid supercars and new models from automakers are also roaring in Geneva, one of the most important stops on the global auto show circuit. One of the highlights of the show is...
Stunning Video of Norway at Night
Stunning Video of Norway at Night
Nov 1, 2024
The windswept mountains of northern Norway have a special majesty all their own. They also have an ability to drive at least one photographer to the brink of madness, at least according to this video. Toby Lockerbie decided to make a getaway to Norway to refresh, relax, and maybe shoot some video of the Northern Lights. As the above video shows, he definitely accomplished that last part, but we're not so sure about the first two. Of course, the stunning...
Zimbabwe Resort Town on Alert After Lions Kill 2
Zimbabwe Resort Town on Alert After Lions Kill 2
Nov 1, 2024
(Thinkstock) HARARE, Zimbabwe — Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert Wednesday after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said fliers were being handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution townspeople on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba, a man-made hydroelectric dam popular for fishing and tourism. It said one man...
Giant Wave Kills Tourist in Mexico
Giant Wave Kills Tourist in Mexico
Nov 1, 2024
Hotels are seen on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images) CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Officials say a giant wave struck a pair of U.S. tourists strolling on the beach near the famous stone arch in the Pacific resort of Cabo San Lucas, killing a 65-year-old woman and leaving a 70-year-old man in serious condition. State police say the two were walking back to their hotel when they were hit by the wave and dragged out...
"The Ghan" is a scenic and artistic travel treat
"The Ghan" is a scenic and artistic travel treat
Nov 1, 2024
Take a ride through the Australian Outback in this scenic and artistic music video. The Ghan is a venerable train line that bisects Australia from the city of Darwin on the northern coast to Adelaide in the south. One of the recent passengers on this 1,851-mile trip through the Australian wilderness was music video maker and producer , also known as Pogo. Bertke put his remix skills to good use, turning three-day tour into a mesmerizing two minute musical tour...
Mom Sues Air Traffic Control After Crash Kills Sons
Mom Sues Air Traffic Control After Crash Kills Sons
Nov 1, 2024
Jackson Hole Airport as seen from the aerial tram at Jackson Hole ski resort. (NHRHS2010/Creative Commons) CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of three Minnesota boys who died with their father in a 2010 plane wreck in western Wyoming is suing a company that provides air traffic control services at the Jackson Hole Airport. Michelle Bucklin sued Virginia-based Serco Inc. in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne this week, claiming an air traffic controller's negligence caused the crash. She brought the...
New TSA Policy on Knives Sparks Backlash
New TSA Policy on Knives Sparks Backlash
Nov 1, 2024
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel work at the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment like souvenir baseball bats and golf clubs onto planes. The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, which representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants, said it is coordinating...
Colorado County Sees Tourism in Historic Silver Mine
Colorado County Sees Tourism in Historic Silver Mine
Nov 1, 2024
This 2010 photo provided by Hinsdale County shows the assay office of the historic Ute-Ulay mine near Lake City, Colo., in the spring of 2010. (AP Photo/Kristie Borchers) DENVER — A contaminated 19th century silver mining camp could become a bigger tourism draw for a sparsely populated, high-alpine county in southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains. Commissioner Stan Whinnery hopes turning the Ute-Ulay mill site, near Lake City, into a cleaned up public site instead of a private one will lure...
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