No more paper flight manuals and navigational charts! Continental Airlines and United Airlines decided to get into the electronic documentation and distribute 11,000 iPads to their pilots. The airline expects the iPad will replace 38 pounds of documentation per pilot…
Here are maps showing the path of Hurricane Irene provided by the Weather Channel and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. The large hurricane will have a potentially extraordinary impacts on the East Coast. This image from NOAA shows…
The mayor of Ocean City, MD, Rick Meehan, has declared a local State of Emergency today in preparation for the impact of the powerful Hurricane Irene. Here is what’s posted on the city website: Ocean City Municipal Transportation System is…
Tennis star Rafael Nadal was the guest at the Late show with David Letterman, Wednesday night. Watch:
Good Morning America, GMA, joins the search for the “Unclaimed Money” and found it. In the GMA series, “Show Me the Money,” they searched the names of 286 staffers who work in our “Good Morning America” studio and offices, and…
Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday that he has resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc. His position will be given to COO and longtime heir apparent Tim Cook. “I have always said if there ever came a day when I…
Lovely performance from opera singer Lys Agnes in the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent 2011 on Tuesday night. Watch the video: Americas Got Talent 2011
These are the locations of the world’s major plate tectonics. A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. Plate size can vary greatly, from…
Earthquakes Today: A 5.9 earthquake hit the east coast today, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.9 and it occurred at a depth of about 0.1 miles…
Kim Kardashian is now wed to Kris Humphries. Kim wore a wedding gown designed by famous designer Vera Wang. Here’s a Kim Kardashian Wedding video clip — via the “Today” show: