National Guard helicopters flew over Vermont on Tuesday to airlift food, water and supplies to besieged towns that are isolated due to washed out bridges and highways.
‘Automation Addiction’: Is Technology Weakening Pilots’ Skills?
Safety officials say that hundreds of deaths in airline crashes over the past five years are attributable to pilots who have become too dependent on computerized fight controls, forgetting how to react in certain situations.
Watch: History Lost as Vermont’s Covered Bridges Take a Beating
Floodwaters care little about history. That much is certain.
Michele Bachmann’s Hair: Supported by Both Red and Blue States
Liberal women may not agree with her politics, but they agree with her hairstyle.
QUOTE: Forecasting Hurricanes Not an Exact Science
“Every storm comes up with a surprise. In this case it was one where it went downhill.”
— BILL READ, National Hurricane Center director, explaining there is still plenty of ground to cover in forecasting hurricanes, but he …
A Birthday and a Baby for Beyoncé: 30 Looks for the Singer’s 30 Years
Beyoncé’s new baby girl Blue Ivy isn’t the only thing worth celebrating. On Sep. 4, the singer turned 30.
Holocaust Survivor, 82, Killed By Hurricane Irene
A moment of silence for Rozalia (Leah) Stern-Gluck, an 82-year-old Brooklyn grandmother and Holocaust survivor who tragically drowned in her Catskills cottage Sunday, as an overflowing creek caused by Hurricane Irene flooded the area.
Flight of Fancy: Soar Through the Sea on Richard Branson’s Flying Submarine
Having conquered the airwaves (Virgin Mobile), skies (Virgin Airlines) and even beyond the atmosphere (Virgin Galactic), what’s left but the seas? And you can ride in style on the Virgin founder’s flying submarine.
Easy Living in Australia: The Most Livable Cities in the World
You had better fear the mass exodus from Vancouver, B.C., now that the city has fallen from its perch atop a worldwide most livable city list. But where should everyone up and move to? Australia, for sure (and certainly not …
Fresno School Superintendent Takes $800,000 Salary Cut
A California school superintendent is providing his students and teachers with a heartening example of civic sacrifice.
Reading While Eating for August 30: Wise Words
Tuesday’s links talk short quotes and long books. Take a read.
Fireworks! Princesses! Acrobats in Hot Air Balloons! How to Spend $7.7 Million on a Wedding
If that 1980’s movie Crocodile Dundee had been about the planning of weddings, the most famous line would surely have been changed to the following, “That’s not a wedding. THAT’s a wedding.” And Petra Ecclestone would have uttered it.