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Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause

Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT: Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped...

opinion by BMCWrites | 24 wks ago
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Photos from the Hudson River Miracle-Photo-01

K Lawrence

Photos from the Hudson River Miracle

created by K Lawrence | 40 wks ago
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SHOCK! Sullenberger Out as Flight 1549 ‘Hero’

Contrary to news accounts that have circulated since Thursday, new photographic evidence offered by Lazlo Kovacs reveals that 57-year-old airline pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III was not responsible for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. A...

opinion by BMCWrites | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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David Nunn

US Airways Flight 1549 comes down in Hudson River, New York

US Airways Flight 1549 has come down in the frigid Hudson River in New York. All 155 people on board are believed to have escaped the downed plane in what the New York governor described as a "miracle on the...

created by Rachel Nixon | 46 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago
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kidraerae

Airplane Water Landing and Ditching Statistics: Rates of Survival

Commercial aircraft rarely make water landings, but it does happen. A US Airways flight landed in the Hudson River today, and it is believed that no passengers were seriously hurt. The plane, and Airbus...