United Airlines orders Boeing 787, Airbus planes
USA Today - Tue Dec 8, 6:26 pm ETUnited Airlines on Tuesday said it would buy its first new jets since 1998, splitting an order for 50 planes between Airbus and Boeing.
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Airbus military transporter takes off on first test flight - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 5:31 am ETSeville, Spain - The Airbus A400M military transport plane took off Friday from Seville on its first test flight, nearly two years later than planned. Originally scheduled for the beginning of 2008, the flight marks a milestone in the development of ...
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Pressure mounts on Morocco over Haidar's hunger strike
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 5:31 am ETMadrid - Pressure was mounting Friday on Morocco over the hunger strike of Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar, who went on her 26th day of not eating, Spanish press reports said. The award-winning activist went on hunger strike at the airport of...
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Singapore sexual predator gets 20 years in jail, eight strokes
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 5:31 am ETSingapore - A Singapore court on Friday sentenced a sexual predator who abused a boy under the pretext of performing a religious ritual to 20 years preventive detention in jail, a media report said. Rahim Basron, 43, was convicted of abusing a boy, n...
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EXTRA: Obama leaves Norway with Nobel medal
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 5:31 am ETOslo - US President Barack Obama on Friday left Norway after a 26-hour visit, which involved some 2,000 police officers in what was described as the largest security operation in the Scandinavian country to date. The president arrived early Thursday,...
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Delayed European troop plane in maiden flight
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 5:30 am ETEurope's new military transport plane, the Airbus A400M, made its first test flight on Friday as buyers resumed talks on how to keep the delayed 20 billion euro ($29.5 billion) project airborne.
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Pilot commute limits eyed to avert fatigue
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Fri Dec 11, 5:28 am ETU.S. regulators said they will gather information that could lead to restrictions on commuting by airline pilots, who often travel hundreds of miles to their jobs.
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Passenger traffic down at Tulsa International
Tulsa World - Fri Dec 11, 5:26 am ETAirline passenger traffic last month at Tulsa International Airport was 3.8 percent lower than the total for November 2008, officials say.
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Top Funds Jump 20% in One Month
TheStreet.com - Fri Dec 11, 5:25 am ETGabelli Utility Trust and Enhanced S&P 500 Covered Call each rose at least 20% last month, topping closed-end fund rankings.
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Growth helps BRAC's move
The Huntsville Times - Fri Dec 11, 5:17 am ETALBERTVILLE - An expansion of Albertville Regional Airport's technology park and a proposed hangar for corporate jets will be financed from a $305 million bond issue created two years ago for economic development in the state.
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Cool, Whip
Everett Herald - Fri Dec 11, 5:13 am ETIt's the umlauts and a lot more: Everett's Lazy Boy Brewing has a new beer, Whip Ale , named and created by Queensrÿche guitarist Michael “Whip” Wilton. Wilton helped found the heavy-metal band in Bellevue in the early '80s.
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Grounded 737 finally leaves airport
Montgomery Advertiser - Fri Dec 11, 5:13 am ETAirports don't like it when a flight is delayed -- especially when it has been delayed since August. So Airport officials were relieved Thursday, when a 737 that had sat grounded at Montgomery Regional Airport since late August finally took off for New Orleans and eventually Honduras.
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South siders head to stores while airport fliers go home
The Des Moines Register - Fri Dec 11, 5:13 am ETIowans endured their first big winter storm of the year this week - and it was a big one.
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Airbus A400M makes its first flight
Market Watch - Fri Dec 11, 5:10 am ETThe Airbus A400M military transport plane made its long-awaited maiden flight Friday, in what investors and industry watchers fervently hope is be a definitive sign Europe’s largest defense project is finally off the ground.
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Briefs: Book club meets at Starbucks
The Bolingbrook Sun - Fri Dec 11, 5:10 am ETThe X Meets Y Book Club for people in their 20s and 30s will meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 19 at Starbucks at The Promenade Bolingbrook.
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AD: Airbus
The Aero-News Network - Fri Dec 11, 5:08 am ETAD NUMBER: 2009-25-12 MANUFACTURER: Airbus Model A330-200 and -300 Series Airplanes; Model A340-200 and -300 Series Airplanes; and Model A340-500 and -600 Series
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