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Atlanta Copter Crash on Nov. 4, 2012

According to the Washington Post, the helicopter crashed about 4 miles west of downtown Atlanta. The copter hit a power line as it fell and blacked out several local businesses. Police spokesman Carlos Campos said that the power line was not responsible for the crash. Campos said: “It appeared to hit the utility wire on the way down (but) we don’t know what caused it.” The Associated Press reports that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were both

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Atlanta Copter Crash on Nov. 4, 2012

CBS Early Show Frets Over ‘Passenger Gridlock,’ Glosses Over TSA Civil Liberties Abuses

“Early Show” co-host Maggie Rodriguez today glossed over the TSA's use of intrusive pat-downs while drilling down on the potential for “gridlock” if distressed passengers cause “chaos” this weekend over the enhanced security measures. “There is, as I'm sure you know, this online movement that's gaining more and more momentum calling for people tomorrow to opt-out of those full-body scanners and get pat-downs instead to create chaos at the airport,” noted Rodriguez, interviewing aviation expert Peter Goelz. “The head of the TSA told me yesterday that will only serve to further delay and further irritate passengers. How bad do you think it could get?” Parroting the TSA chief's talking points, the CBS anchor failed to question Goelz, former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board, about the potential for civil liberties abuses. Instead, CBS displayed graphics hyperbolizing “TSA Turbulence” and fretting “Will Passenger Gridlock Hamper Holiday Travel?” Rodriguez even shifted the burden of responsibility from the government to the passengers: “Is there anything, Peter, that you suggest that people do as they travel in the next couple of days to make things go smoothly?” read more

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CBS Early Show Frets Over ‘Passenger Gridlock,’ Glosses Over TSA Civil Liberties Abuses

Feds Blame Bad Tires on Travis Barker-DJ AM Learjet Crash

The verdict is in and pretty much confirms what’s been suspected all along. National Transportation Safety Board officials cited underinflated tires as the cause of the 2008 Learjet…

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Feds Blame Bad Tires on Travis Barker-DJ AM Learjet Crash