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Hollywood to take flight over the Intracoastal
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Aerial scenes from the October 2012??film release??”PARKER” starring Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte??and Patti LuPone will be shot Thursday night over the three bridges that connect Palm Beach to the mainland....Tags: Jennifer Lopez, Patti LuPone, Intracoastal Waterway, Taylor Hackford, Television
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Military GPS Testing Could Hamper Flights, Not Cars
KickingTiresThere have been recent reports about how the U.S Department of Defense???s GPS testing could affect the GPS on your dashboard. We just wanted to tell you right off the bat: It???s most likely not going to affect the accuracy......Tags: South Carolina, Florida, Air Transportation, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Ski Liberty snow cat waded in to "groom" BWI
Maryland WeatherHere's a story we missed during last year's twin blizzards: When BWI-Marshall Airport found itself without the equipment they needed for snow removal around sensitive runway "glide slope" antennas, they lifted their eyes unto the hills, whence came...Tags: Weather, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Weather Statistics, Pennsylvania, Rentals
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Obama goes wobbly
WASHINGTON -- President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Finance, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Head Start
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Obama should remember his veto pen mightier than sword
President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some Oval Office...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Finance, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Head Start
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Obama's uncertain trumpet
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- In President Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Finance, Jules Witcover
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Brace for delays at O'Hare
Delays may average 50 minutes per flight at O'Hare International Airport this week because of fewer air traffic controllers in the tower until the federal budget sequestration is resolved, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It would be the...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Air Transportation, Unemployment, Fort Lauderdale, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Drone world
Robert KoehlerIn the not so distant future, America's skies will be full of . . . drones. What could go wrong? "Although the prospect of drones flying over U.S. cities is generating cries of spies in the skies," writes the Los Angeles Times, "groups from California...Tags: Sociology, Crime, Law and Justice, Robert Koehler, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emerging Market
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Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain
Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Government Debt, Head Start, Layoffs and Downsizing
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O'Hare runway construction: Flying into a danger zone
The almost-completed first phase of O'Hare International Airport's expansion had close calls that could have resulted in fatal airplane crashes, according to a Tribune investigation of incidents filed with the Federal Aviation Administration.
As the...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Computing and Information Technology Industry, United Air Lines, Disasters and Accidents, O'Hare International Airport
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Hot new career: commercial drone technologist
Joyce Lain Kennedy - Careers NowDEAR JOYCE: My technically inclined son came home from high school yesterday and said that he's seriously interested in unmanned aerial vehicles as a career. His announcement caught non-techie me off guard. Opinion? -- L.T. Career forecasters are...Tags: Indiana State University, Embry-Riddle University, Joyce Lain Kennedy, The New York Times, Colleges and Universities
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McManus: 'Sequester' causing pain -- to Congress
Think the automatic budget cuts Congress ordered at the beginning of March — the so-called sequester — haven't caused any pain yet? Think again. Judging from the squeals we're hearing from members of Congress whose districts are threatened...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Government Debt, Jeff Miller, U.S. Department of Defense
Sep 21, 2011
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May 5, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Mar 27, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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