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Missing Malaysia plane puts new satellite sensors in the spotlight

The unexplained fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has thrown the spotlight on some satellite technologies that will make it easier in future for authorities to track and communicate with aircraft over water and uninhabited areas. The plane vanished from radar screens on March 8 with 239 people aboard. Investigators believe it most likely flew […] Continue reading →

Malaysian Jet Search Zone Shrunk as Simulator Data Probed

Authorities investigating the missing Malaysian jet are trying to retrieve deleted data on a flight simulator belonging to the pilot as the search in the southern Indian Ocean narrowed, following new analysis of the plane’s fuel reserves. Malaysia has brought in local and international experts to examine the simulator, Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. […] Continue reading →

Ukraine grapples with despair in Crimea takeover

Ukraine’s leadership simmered with a mix of hopelessness and anger at losing Crimea, tempering an influx of eager young men signing up as reservists with the growing certainty that no savior would deliver them from the Russian takeover. For Ukraine’s government in Kiev, it is a crime — one the inexperienced leaders can do little […] Continue reading →

Pricey PS4: The Most Expensive Countries to Buy a PlayStation 4

It’s not easy being a gamer in Latin America or the Nordic region. The virtual guns and terrain in “Battlefield 4″ may be the same, but the price of a console can be more than triple or quadruple what Americans pay. Sony said it’s sold more than 6 million systems worldwide. Many of the entertainment […] Continue reading →

Chicago Votes to Join Russian Federation

Michael Schaus Organizing for America (or ACORN) must have some boots on the ground in Crimea, Ukraine. In the typical fashion of third world banana republics, Soviet style dictatorships, and liberal American cities, Crimea voted yesterday to join the Russian Federation with stunning voter-turnout. How stunning? Well, in Sevastopol, the turnout was roughly 123 percent […] Continue reading →

Cold War reflexes return to Europe over Ukraine

The Cold War is back. Russia’s military seizure of Crimea and preparations for a possible annexation of the southern Ukrainian province have revived fears, calculations and reflexes that had been rusting away since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Whether the crisis triggered by President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to prevent Ukraine, a strategic […] Continue reading →

Malaysia Says Pilot Suicide a Possibility

Malaysia said it’s exploring the possibility of pilot suicide in the disappearance of Flight 370 as scrutiny of the missing plane’s crew intensifies. “Yes, we’re looking at it,” Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, referring to a question about pilot suicide. He said he “cannot say for […] Continue reading →

Australia leads southern search for missing Malaysian plane

Australia will lead a search of the remote southern Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian jet liner, its prime minister said on Monday, amid mounting evidence the plane’s disappearance was a meticulously planned act of sabotage or hijacking. No trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found since it vanished on March 8 with […] Continue reading →

Who Are The Real Racist Elephants

Neal Boortz Yeah, I know I haven’t exactly been a prolific Internet contributor in recent months. I’m retired, you see, and there are places to go, people to see, and golf courses to conquer. Today, though, I interrupt your Internet travels because I’ve come up with a twist to an interesting story that is guaranteed […] Continue reading →

Russia to pass laws on Crimea’s accession as quickly as possible

Russia’s lower house of parliament will pass legislation allowing Ukraine’s Crimea region to join Russia “in the very near future”, Interfax news agency quoted the chamber’s deputy speaker as saying on Monday. With three-quarters of Sunday’s ballots counted in Crimea, support for union with Russia was running at 95.7 percent, officials said of a referendum […] Continue reading →

South Korea says North fired 25 rockets in “provocative” act

North Korea has fired 25 short-range rockets from its east coast into open water, in what appears to be a “provocative” action, a South Korean Ministry of National Defense spokesman said Sunday. “We evaluate it as a firing demonstration in response to the joint drill between South Korea and the U.S. We are currently additionally […] Continue reading →

Malaysia Appeals to 25 Countries in Flight 370 Search

As the search for a Boeing aircraft carrying 239 people risks becoming the longest hunt in modern civil aviation, Malaysia broadened its appeal for international help while the area being combed through grows larger every day. Authorities asked 25 countries to support the mission, with no trace of the 777-200 wide-body after more than a […] Continue reading →

Police hunt for motive as search for Malaysian jet spans hemispheres

Malaysian investigators are trawling through the backgrounds of the pilots, crew and ground staff who worked on a missing jetliner for clues as to why someone on board flew it perhaps thousands of miles off course, the country’s police chief said. Background checks of passengers on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have drawn a blank, but […] Continue reading →

Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane flown deliberately toward Andamans - sources

Military radar-tracking evidence suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown across the Malay peninsula towards the Andaman Islands, sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Friday. Two sources said an unidentified aircraft that investigators believe was Flight MH370 was following a route between navigational waypoints - indicating it […] Continue reading →

Islam Nation: The double-edged sword of Jihad

Raymond Ibrahim Islamic nations are again learning that the jihad is a volatile instrument of war that can easily backfire on those who preach it; that “holy war” is hardly limited to fighting and subjugating “infidels”—whether the West in general, Israel in particular, or the millions of non-Muslim minorities under Islam—but can also be used […] Continue reading →

World wide web inventor? (no not al-gore) Says The web needs a digital bill of rights

Tim Berners-Lee hopes to start a conversation regarding keeping his invention open, free and without government surveillance. Speaking on the 25th anniversary of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee — its inventor — said the web needs a digital bill of rights to protect its users. Berners-Lee has been an outspoken critic of government surveillance […] Continue reading →

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