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Experts say video doesn’t show Earhart wreckage

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Experts retained by an aircraft preservation group say underwater video shot in the South Pacific yields no evidence of the wreckage of the missing plane piloted by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Earhart became the first woman to … Continue reading →

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Corruption Currents: From Chinese Censorship to Mysterious Plane Sighting

By Samuel Rubenfeld CONNECT Wall Street Journal Readers can subscribe to The Morning Risk Report here. Follow us on Twitter at @WSJRisk. Bribery: Mike Lucas A fourth U.S. Navy official was charged in a complaint with accepting gifts of cash, electronics and … Continue reading →

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Hampton Roads Recon: Newport News Shipbuilding tapping into computer …

The proposed refueling of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington has become caught up in politics. The Navy wants to keep it in the fleet, but if the money isn’t there in 2016, they’ll move to retire it. It has … Continue reading →

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RC MARKS holds open house

Fueling up Mike Griffin fuels his radio-controlled model airplane before a flight at the RC MARKS club open house, April 12. The model is powered with nitro methane. Pre-flight Mike Griffin (right) and Gus Mayal prepare their radio-controlled model airplanes … Continue reading →

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Experts say video doesn’t show Amelia Earhart’s plane wreckage

In this undated file photo, Amelia Earhart stands next to a Lockheed Electra 10E, before her last flight in 1937 from Oakland, Calif., bound for Honolulu on the first leg of her record-setting attempt to circumnavigate the world westward along … Continue reading →

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US sees ROK FTA as model for Japan

By Ayuhiko Sasaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterSEOUL—Trade between the United States and South Korea has been expanding since a free trade agreement between the countries came into force in March 2012, causing a variety of effects on the South … Continue reading →

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Plane-Related Incidents Reach New Level of Weird

According to the latest news in aviation, the world of air travel has gone a little wonky. US Airways inadvertently tweeted an—ahem—racy photo involving a lady and a toy plane. A traveler attempted to jump from their flight midair while … Continue reading →

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