To Prepare for War, G.I.’s Get a Dress Rehearsal

Training really has progressed since I left the forces (Brit Vet), however that's just part of what I see here. At a guess these are part of the forces being pledged to Afghanistan. I always wonder that the...

Violence in Rio De Janeiro: Violent Clashes with 12 Dead

Violence has errupted in Rio de Janeiro today, just two weeks after they won the 2016 Olympic bid, with suspected drug traffickers shooting down a police helicopter and setting fire to five buses and a school, two...

Masked Robbers Use Helicopter To Rob Cash Depot In Stockholm

Robbers with machine guns and explosives used a stolen helicopter to break into a dash depot in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday morning. The robbers stole a BELL 206B helicopter, landed it on the roof of G4S Cash,...

Helicopter Joins Search For Missing Penn Student Joe Dado

Penn State freshman Joseph "Joe" Dado, 18, went missing after a Phi Gamma Delta fraternity party on Burrowes Road in the University Park area of Pennsylvania. He was seen walking towards his dorm at Tener Hall around 3 am on Sunday morning, but never reached his room. He has...

Operation still on to trace Andhra CM: Govt

Andhra Pradesh, Cheif Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is still missing. Pradesh's helicopter was last heard from air traffic control around 9:35 am, he was supposed to land in Chitoor district at 10:30 am. ...

Drunk Pilot In Germany Can't See Runway, Guided Back By Chopper

An amateur pilot from Germany got so intoxicated from consuming alcohol aboard his Cessna light aircraft, that he lost track of where the runway was. The pilot, who remains unnamed, was quoted saying on air, "Where the bloody hell have you hidden yourself?" Air controllers...

US Navy: Pirates fire on US helicopter

In Dubai a U.S. Navy helicopter was fired at by Somalian Pirates in a highjacked ship, the helicopter which is based on the USS Chancellorsville was not hit and there were no injuries. The First attack by pirates...

Blackhawk Crash Near Colorado: 2 Soldiers Dead, 1 Injured

Four soldiers were on board of an MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter that crashed Wednesday near Colorado: two of them are confirmed dead, one injured, the fate of the fourth soldier remains unknown. The names of the...

Hudson River Air Collision: More Bodies Found, Relatives React

More updates are surfacing about the tragic mid-air collision between a tour helicopter and a small plane over the Hudson River yesterday. All nine people aboard the two vehicles are presumed to be dead. Rescue...

Afghan helicopter crash kills 16 - Updated

" A civilian helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 16 people, a military official has told the BBC. The helicopter crashed at the Kandahar airfield, Nato's largest base in southern...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

Canadian soldiers fight to survive extreme Afghan heat

We must remember Canadian, British and other troops are fighting in Afghanistan, not just the United States. " And the Afghan heat is only gaining strength, creeping forward day by day like lava from a volcano, as...

Helicopter crash at the North Sea latest

The last 8 people missing from the Super Puma helicopter crash helicopter which crashed in the North Sea killing 16 people have been found and brought back to land. The salvage ship, the Bibby Topaz also brought...

Helicopter crashes in North Sea killing at least 8

There has been a helicopter crash in the North Sea, off the Aberdeenshire coast of Scotland. The aircraft was returning from a platform belonging to BP around 2pm when it went down 35 miles off the Aberdeenshire...

Newfoundland: Mourners Gather at Prayer Service

"Bells at the largest church in Newfoundland and Labrador tolled Wednesday evening for the 17 people lost last week when an offshore oil helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean." The Roman Catholic Basilica of...

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