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Winners of Gold Derby Film Decade Awards announced

2010-05-03 21:33:26

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Meet the baby-carrier fanatics

2010-07-29 12:46:01

Since the birth of her son a year ago, Lesley Doyle has become something of a baby carrier fanatic. She has a growing collection of carriers (10 at last count) that allow her to strap her son to her front, side and back so she can hold him hands free. She...

Parentology: Slings, backpacks and
the scoop on baby-wearing

2010-03-20 16:33:39

Bree Richardson, Pooh's daughter, is making a name for herself

2007-03-17 00:00:00

During one of their one-on-one basketball duels late last summer, Bree Richardson thought for a brief moment that her father, Pooh, was going down. Then reality struck big time. "He completely destroyed me," she said. "He'll let me start off with the...

Outsourcing cuts carriers' costs, but at what cost to fliers?

2005-09-25 00:00:00

THAT plane you're flying on may have been assembled in America, but where was it last serviced? Increasingly, the answer is this: not in the airline's hangars and maybe not even in this country. Outsourcing of repairs and maintenance is spreading...

Media claim access to spill site has been limited

2010-05-29 00:00:00

Media organizations say they are being allowed only limited access to areas impacted by the Gulf oil spill through restrictions on plane and boat traffic that are making it difficult to document the worst spill in U.S. history. The Associated Press,...

Controller Complacency Could Jeopardize Air Safety

2010-03-05 14:55:00

For the third time in seven months, the judgment of those who operate the nation's air traffic control system has been called into question and concerns have been raised that complacency may be causing controllers and their supervisors to bend rules....

Sea-tac Cancels Flights, Passengers Stranded As Volcanic Ash Halts Air Traffic

2010-04-15 11:21:00

Ash from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe Thursday, grounding planes on a scale not seen since the 9/11 terror attacks. Thousands of flights were canceled, tens of thousands of passengers were stranded and...

Stranded Passengers Turn Into Opportunity For Private Jet Operators

2010-04-21 08:06:00

GENEVA -- For those with deep pockets, there was one way to beat the ash cloud hovering over Europe: hire a private jet. Seizing their chance, operators - who had been suffering from a slump in demand due to the global economic crisis - tried to meet a...

Pilots who flew an Airbus 150 miles past destination should have had many warnings

2009-10-23 08:53:00

Air traffic controllers, other pilots and even a flight attendant on an intercom tried desperately to talk to two errant pilots as their passenger plane flew 150 miles (240 kilometers) past its destination before turning back. Unable to raise Northwest...

Six-year-old Boy Who Was Believed To Be In An Experimental Aircraft Found Alive, Hiding In Attic

2009-10-15 15:26:00

HAPPENING NOW: The six year old boy believed to be aboard a runaway floating helium balloon has been found alive and was hiding in the attic of his own home. A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe...

Speed Sensors Fail on Dozens of US Flights

2009-08-07 11:29:00

WASHINGTON -- On at least a dozen recent flights by U.S. jetliners, malfunctioning equipment made it impossible for pilots to know how fast they were flying, federal investigators have discovered. A similar breakdown is believed to have played a role...

Live-in manager Linda Trotter (right) jokes with resident Laura Brown at Anchor House, a group home in West Baltimore for recovering drug addicts.

2005-01-12 00:00:00