Warships surround Somali pirates

The Somali pirates being confronted by a coalition of the worlds' navies off the Africa coast have been surrounded by three warships: one Russian, one American, and one unknown. "Somali pirates aboard a ship carrying...

Medevac Helicopter Crash Kills 4 In Maryland

The Associated Press is reporting that a medical helicopter carrying victims from a traffic accident crashed in a suburban Washington park early sunday after reporting bad weather. Officials say that the crash is the...

Four Killed in Medevac Helicopter Crash

A Medevac helipcopter crashed while transporting two car-accident vicitms to Prince George's Hospital. The pilot, a paramendic, an EMS technician, and of the patients were killed. Currently the crash is attributed to bad weather."Two Maryland State troopers, a Charles County...

Marine Wrongful Death Suit Won

" A Camp Pendleton Helicopter crash that killed three marines, initiated a wrongful death suit to be filed by the families in 2004. The wrongful death suit was won when the jury came back with the verdict that the San Diego Gas and Electric company was negligent for not...

Voice Report from sblair: Police shot in Philadelphia

This is Sergei Blair reporting from North Philadelphia.Breaking news: Apparently two Philadelphia police officers were shot - one shot in the head, one shot in the neck. The suspect is dead. We've seen a lot of...

Seven US soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Iraq

A US army chopper part of an aerial convoy flying from Kuwait to the U.S. military base at Balad just north of Baghdad had crashed while landing killing all seven soldiers aboard. The Chinook, the Army's workhorse, is designed to transport troops and supplies to...

seven US soldier killed in Iraq: chinook crash

" "Right now it appears it was not hostile activity. It appears to be a mechanical malfunction," the spokesman said. He said the total number of personnel on board the helicopter was seven. The original number...

Man dies in Parachute school jump

"A man has died in a parachute jump in Nottinghamshire.The 30-year-old was on his third jump at the British Parachute School's centre at Langar, near Bingham, on Saturday afternoon.It is believed he left the plane at...

Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Hawaii, 3 dead

Three are confirmed dead, and another is missing, after a Coast Guard helicopter crashed off the coast of Hawaii Thursday night." Spokesman Lt. John Titchen says the search continues Friday for the...

Helicopter crashes into oil rig, killing 7

A helicopter has crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai, killing all on board and igniting a fire.  The chopper was carrying foreign contractors from the rig when it struck the deck of the rig during...

Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Scratch another one off the list of "things only humans can do". This is not even a full artificial "intelligence"; it just learns how to compute data and algorithyms to fly a remote control helicopter, beaming instructions by radio signal 20 times a second. However, that...

BADGER IS INNOCENT! Bloodcurdling Screams Alert Police.

A couple of howling badgers in Germany found their love-making rudely interrupted by cops called out by alarmed residents who feared someone was being murdered.   " Several people in the small town of Linz,...

Nine Believed Dead in California Helicopter Crash

UPDATE: 9:14PM EST - August 7It is now declared 'with fair certainty' that the nine people missing are in fact, dead." Nine people had been declared missing and four survivors were hospitalized after a Sikorsky S-61...

9 Firefighters in California Helicopter Crash Are Presumed Dead

"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of...

FAA: 9 missing, feared dead in fire copter crash

"Nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of a helicopter that was carrying firefighters over a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday The helicopter was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday...

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