Sunday, December 18, 2011

Overstretched drone pilots face stress risk - Yahoo! News

Overstretched drone pilots face stress risk - Yahoo! News: MORE EYES IN THE SKY

Although the United States formally ended the war in Iraq last week and is gradually drawing down in Afghanistan, that doesn't mean demand for drones will decline. Indeed, the opposite appears likely.

"As you lose eyes on the ground, you may want more eyes in the air," James said.

Big Corn, Big Sugar in bitter US row on sweetener - Yahoo! News

Big Corn, Big Sugar in bitter US row on sweetener - Yahoo! News: The lawsuit, which seeks an end to the ads using the term "corn sugar," states that use of the corn syrup increased over 1,000 percent between 1970 and 1990 and that this rise "bears a strong temporal relationship to the growth in American obesity."

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Bankers cost each one of us �8.40 for every �1 they produce, study shows - mirror.co.uk

Bankers cost each one of us �8.40 for every �1 they produce, study shows - mirror.co.uk

‘Sovereign citizen’ loses DWI trial in Northland - KansasCity.com

‘Sovereign citizen’ loses DWI trial in Northland - KansasCity.com

Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front - latimes.com

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Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front - latimes.com: As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead the next morning, sophisticated sensors under the nose helped pinpoint the three suspects and showed they were unarmed. Police rushed in and made the first known arrests of U.S. citizens with help from a Predator, the spy drone that has helped revolutionize modern warfare.

But that was just the start. Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said.