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...seen sunrise over the Aleutian Islands, sunset over the coast of Africa and moonlight over the Great Barrier Reef. He has also been shot at over Iraq, had the engine of his fighter jet malfunction mid-flight, landed on an aircraft carrier at night and has witnessed the death of a friend in a flight accident...
...Henderson proves himself capable of handling a large ship in this mission, says Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Henderson’s former boss, he may find himself commanding an aircraft carrier, one of the most prestigious and trying jobs in the Navy...
...inner workings of my cell-phone handset will alert some 27 satellites, known as the global positioning system (originally launched by and for the U.S. military to keep track of missiles and stuff), of my whereabouts. Enough of those satellites will beam back my location to my carrier that it will have a pretty good idea (within a dozen or so meters) where I am and it will, depending upon my preferences, be empowered to pass that information on to my employers, my buds, my loved ones...
...part because of increasing consumer and political opposition by folks who aren't quite sure that one airline controlling a quarter of all flights in such a good idea. The General Accounting Office weighed in and published the ugly, possibly anti-competitive details of how the new combined carrier could monopolize the skies in many cities and on certain routes. Reports also said that the Department of Justice anti-trust division, which has to approve the merger for it to go through, had serious concerns about the deal as structured. Several state attorney generals were also taking a close look...
...That ruling means the big airlines have new license to throw their weight around, and the bigger the airline, the heavier the weight. United, which is now the second-largest carrier (American's purchase of TWA made it top dog), could make whatever concessions the DOJ demands to make the merger fly, and then - considering the safety net of the judge's ruling for American - swoop back in after the deal closes and drive smaller rivals out with the kind of pricing hardball American has now officially gotten away with...