Reuters -by Alwyn Scott

An American Airlines Group Inc aircraft almost collided with a drone above Florida earlier this year, a near-accident that highlights the growing risk from rising use of unmanned aircraft, the U.S. air safety regulator said.

The pilot reported seeing a small, remote-control aircraft very close to his plane while preparing to land at Tallahassee Regional Airport, said Jim Williams, manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Office.   Continue reading “U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March: FAA”

ABC News

The tribal government for the village where two Alaska State Troopers were killed has voted to banish two men who may have influenced the suspected shooter, including the young man’s father.

The Tanana Tribal Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ask Arvin Kangas and William Walsh to leave permanently, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1nsdQpU) reported. The banishment is subject to review by the tribal court, but the Tanana City Council, the municipal government, has approved a resolution supporting the move.   Continue reading “Alaska Grand Jury Indicts Man in Troopers Deaths”

AOL

WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is delivering the president’s weekly address this week.

The White House says she will focus the radio and Internet address on Mother’s Day and the nearly 300 girls who remain missing after being kidnapped more than three weeks ago from their school in Nigeria by an Islamist extremist group whose leader has threatened to sell them.

The case has sparked international outrage. The U.S. and other nations are assisting the Nigerian government in its efforts to find the girls.
Continue reading “First lady to deliver president’s weekly address”

Visual News – by Benjamin Starr

Of all the water on earth, only an incredibly small percentage is available for us to use and drink… the remainder is largely highly salty water, or at best brackish water with unhealthy levels of salt. For much of the western world, where water is plentifully available and piped right to your location this is hardly an issue for concern; but in countries where limited water availability is compounded by heavy pollution and miles of walking each day to collect it, the situation becomes a lot more dire. Enter Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti and his fascinating Eliodomestico.   Continue reading “Solar Oven Transforms Salt Water to Drinkable Water”

Northwest Liberty News

    Although I have never served in the military, my work has allowed me to befriend plenty of fine men and women who have.  For the record, I appreciate the service of each and every one of them; even if I may disagree with their particular politics.  To voluntary sign-up for a program that could result in your making the ultimate sacrifice takes a special kind of courage, and something that I admire.     Continue reading “The Best Way to Anger a Ranger”

oligarchyTruthstream Media – by Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton

Still think we’re a Constitutional Republic with a sound democratic process? Not even close.

When avowed socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recently put Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the spot at a Capitol Hill hearing regarding the state of America as an oligarchy, Yellen basically admitted that’s what our nation has become.   Continue reading “Even Fed Chair Janet Yellen Admits America Is an Oligarchy”

The Money Masters

PRESIDENTS

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their  currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks…will deprive the people of  all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered…. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. – Thomas Jefferson in the debate over the Re-charter of the Bank Bill (1809)

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” – Thomas Jefferson

Continue reading “Famous Quotations on Banking”

Mike DefazioCBC

A Saint John man who filled in some potholes with gravel has been ordered by the city to undo the work and has been told he could be fined.

Mike Defazio, who owns Defazio Autobody, says he recently blew a tire on one of several large potholes on Broadway Avenue at Simpson Drive.

“Some of them were eight or 10 inches wide and two feet long and almost a foot deep,” he told CBC News.   Continue reading “Pothole vigilante ordered to remove gravel, could face fine”

472664b2b417760f310f6a706700f9c9.jpgFox News – by Barnini Chakraborty

WASHINGTON –  Motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when FBI agents came knocking on his door.

They said they wanted his Tewksbury, Mass., business – and the land it was on – because they suspected it was a hotbed for drug-dealing and prostitution. The agents, who were working with state and local authorities, told a disbelieving Caswell they had the right to take the property, valued at as much as $1.5 million, through a legal process known as civil forfeiture.   Continue reading “Policing for Profit? Lawmakers, advocates raise alarm at growing gov’t power to seize property”

Yahoo News – The Daily Beast

The Pentagon has awarded a contract to begin development of the most expensive helicopters ever made.

Each helicopter will probably cost at least $400 million. The entire project, to build at least 23 helicopters, has been estimated to eventually cost between $10 billion to $17 billion. By comparison, the project could pay the combined defense budgets of Finland, Norway, and Sweden for one year ($16.9 billion).   Continue reading “White House’s $17 billion helicopter fleet”

Yahoo Shine – by Lauren Tuck

When Amanda Keown got a call at work from her son last week, the news she received made her furious. Dominic Gant, a junior at Dowagiac Union High School in Dowagiac, Michigan, told his mother that he had not received his hot lunch that day because of an outstanding balance. But instead of just fixing her son’s situation, she decided to help the rest of the students dealing with the same situation.   Continue reading “Mom Pays Off Every Student’s Balance Following Denial of School Lunch to Son”

hearne protest 1The Eagle – by Maggie Kiely

HEARNE — For many of the 150 Hearne residents who showed up for a march and rally following the fatal shooting of a 93-year-old woman by a police officer, Thursday was about putting an end to years of accepting what they call unfair and unequal treatment by police.

“We can’t bring Ms. Golden back, but we can turn a tragic murder into a positive message to Hearne police — ‘We won’t stand for it any longer,'” said Hearne native Dewayne Jones.   Continue reading “Protesters call for justice to be served in the shooting of 93-year-old woman by Hearne police officer”