Airbus Isn't Worried About Using The Batteries That Are Plaguing Boeing
BLAGNAC, France (AP) — Airbus said it was confident its planes would not encounter the same technical problems afflicting archrival Boeing's 787s, even though they use the same kind of batteries that...
View ArticleLondon Will Spend $1.3 Million To Equip Police Cars With Stun Guns
The Metropolitan police is spending more than £800,000 a year on equipping response vehicles in London with Tasers, despite growing concern among human rights campaigners and some politicians over...
View ArticleDodge Came Up With A Way To Get Other People To Pay For Your Car [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Dodge found a new way to get other people to buy you a new car: Open up a registry. That way for birthdays, holidays, graduations, and weddings,...
View ArticleDog Runs Over Man In Deadly Freak Accident
TAMPA - A 68-year-old Florida man has died after a pet Boxer ran him over in a freak accident, the Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed.The Pensacola News Journal reports that James Campbell, a...
View ArticleChrysler CEO: Building Cars In China 'Makes Us Stronger At Home'
In an interview with NPR broadcast this morning, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne defended the decision to move production of cars for foreign markets to those locales.Marchionne, who is also CEO of...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Decapitates The Eagle In Its Brand New Logo
After 45 years, American Airlines decided to change its classic logo.Click here to see every AA logo since 1934>It is a good time for a company makeover. In the past year the airline has made...
View ArticleThe Original TV Batmobile Could Sell For $5 Million At Auction This Weekend
Maybe it was the dual bubble windshields, perfectly framing the heads of Adam West and Burt Ward as they raced to the Gotham City crime scene.Or maybe it was the flared bat wings, edged in orange. Or...
View ArticleBoeing Is Facing Calls To Reimburse Airlines That Fly The Dreamliner
India's aviation minister said Thursday ailing Air India should be entitled to "reimbursement" from US giant Boeing after the state-owned airline's fleet of Dreamliners was grounded over safety...
View ArticleTSA Will Remove Its Controversial 'Nude' Body Scanners From All US Airports
The TSA will remove all of the controversial x-ray body scanners from U.S. airports after the company that makes the machines failed to find a way to make passenger images less revealing, Bloomberg...
View ArticleThese Are The Best Ways To Carry Cash While Traveling
Carrying money on vacation is a balancing act between safety and utility.Making money difficult to access deters thieves, but when it comes time to pay for something, you still want to be able to get...
View ArticleTuesday And Wednesday Are No Longer The Best Days To Book Flights
Every frequent flier has their bag of tips and tricks for sniffing out the best airfare deals.And if you count yourselves among the faithfuls of the 'Tuesday/Wednesday booking rule', prepare to have...
View ArticleThe Boeing Dreamliner Was A Nightmare Waiting To Happen
There is a burnt-out metal box at the National Transportation Safety Board's offices in Washington that once housed what may well prove to be the most expensive battery in history.The charred metal box...
View ArticleAirlines Have 'Egg On Their Face' After The Dreamliner Crisis
The worldwide grounding of Boeing's Dreamliner plane has airlines scrambling to reschedule flights and find aircraft to get passengers to their destinations.The short-term financial loss may pale in...
View Article10 Reasons The New Corvette Was The Star Of The Detroit Auto Show
The Detroit Auto Show opens to the public tomorrow, and we were on the scene for the press days earlier this week.Without a doubt, the biggest reveal of the show was the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray. The...
View ArticleLotus Wants To Create Fake Shifting For Electric Cars
Gosh, those crazy electric cars. They're so different and confusing, eh?We've now come across a new and thus-far unparalleled example of just how far people will go to avoid dealing with the realities...
View ArticleBoeing Has Halted Dreamliner Deliveries
Boeing has halted deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner pending FAA approval, Bloomberg News reported via Twitter.As of Thursday, the plane manufacturer had not slowed slowed production of its new passenger...
View ArticleThe Dreamliner's Battery Maker Also Works On The International Space Station...
GS Yuasa, the Japanese corporation that supplies the lithium-ion battery cells used in Boeing's Dreamliner airplane, also holds the contract to supply battery cells to the International Space Station,...
View Article10 Of The Most Overrated Tourist Traps In The World
Some iconic sites just don't live up to the hype.Skip these 10 tourist traps and visit our alternatives instead.Stonehenge, EnglandThis group of mystery stones has been described as mystical and...
View Article15 Gorgeous Vacation Homes For $500,000 Or Less
Let's be honest –– this is around the time of year when the Winter Blues start to set in for those of us sticking it out above the Mason Dixon Line. You might be craving sand and surf on a tropical...
View ArticleMeet The Classy Booth Babes Of The Detroit Auto Show
We were in Detroit early last week for the press days before the opening of the North American International Auto Show, where we saw dozens of brand new cars.Just as eye-catching were the many models —...
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