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...routes being flown," says Paul Hayes, director of the London-based Ascend airline consultancy, adding that swapping planes is a common way for airlines to maximize fuel and cost efficiency. "And while much has been made about the crashed A310 having been banned in France since 2007, you hear no one pointing out that the same A310 has since then been regularly flown between Sanaa and London, where it has passed safety inspections by the British Civil Aviation Association." (Read: A brief history of Black Boxes...
Weymouth's decor and catering are perfectly acceptable, we hear, but what really made the evening worth the coin is the guest list. Joining the CEO at the intime gathering of 20, according to the flier, would be "Obama administration officials, Congress members, business leaders, advocacy leaders and other select minds," plus "health-care reporting and editorial staff members of The Washington Post." In other words, for a fee, businesses and lobbyists could have access to the sort of high-level opinion makers that the Post has access to as well as the journalists, all in a cozy...
...Given how many gangster films turn into thrillers and joyrides, I was surprised by how restrained some of this music was. (Click on the audio player at left to hear clips of the score in TIME's podcast.) Does that tie back to what you called these "stark" times...
...surprise that Jackson's progress toward a final resting place is beginning to seem just as chaotic. At least one of Michael's close friends, Mark Lester, the godfather to Jackson's three children, says he's in the dark as to the icon's own final wishes. (Hear TIME's top 10 Michael Jackson songs...
...Chinese fans were shocked and saddened to hear about the seriousness of Yao's injury. "I thought it was fake when I first heard about it. I can't believe he has such bad luck!" says Ma Cheng, a 28-year-old who plays basketball with colleagues every day at the Dongdan Sports Center in central Beijing. (Watch TIME's video "A Free Lesson with Kobe Bryant...