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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling On January 8, 1989, a British Midlands 737 was in flight from London to Belfast when the captain and copilot heard a loud bang and began to feel the airframe shake violently. Coupled with the smell of overheated metal, they both suspected engine problems. After checking engine control panels and instruments, the captain switched off the autopilot and pulled back on the throttle to the right-hand engine, wherewith, the vibration and noise eased greatly. Читать дальше...

Duke Energy Corp. on Thursday reported a drop in profit for its third quarter, despite warmer weather and strong core performance in its regulated utilities business.

NRL premiership super star and Dally M winner has capped off a stellar year by marrying his partner Samantha Lynch on Hamilton Island on Tuesday.

ENSCHEDE- FC Twente heeft al 9.000 kaarten verkocht voor de Champions Leaguewedstrijd van het vrouwenteam tegen FC Barcelona, komende woensdag in De Grolsch Veste. Daarmee is een nieuw toeschouwersrecord nu al behaald.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday justified his government's decision to suspend all flights to and from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport. Meanwhile, a new video purportedly released by Islamic State reiterated the group's claim of responsibility for downing the Russian airliner. Photo: AP.

JUBA, South Sudan - A cargo plane that crashed soon after takeoff, killing at least 37 people, was not authorized to carry passengers, the chief of South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A cargo plane that crashed soon after takeoff, killing at least 37 people, was not authorized to carry passengers, the chief of South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority …

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A cargo plane that crashed soon after takeoff, killing at least 37 people, was not authorized to carry passengers, the chief of South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday. The U.N. mission in South Sudan said it has provided a diving team to search the River Nile adjacent to the crash site and an engineering team to support efforts to cut open or remove debris.

PRAGUE - It's not exactly Greased Lightning but this souped-up streetcar is winning plenty of fans.

PRAGUE (AP) — It's not exactly Greased Lightning but this souped-up streetcar is winning plenty of fans.

PRAGUE (AP) — It's not exactly Greased Lightning but this souped-up streetcar is winning plenty of fans.

The little red tram with a distinctive open back was launched in January to grease Prague's tram tracks and reduce noise from other streetcars that carry passengers. [...] it has gained celebrity status in the picturesque city. The tram, nicknamed "the cabriolet," is enjoying a new surge in popularity after television network Slow TV attached a camera to the streetcar in September, and posted the stream live online.

The little red tram with a distinctive open back was launched in January to grease Prague's tram tracks and reduce noise from other streetcars that carry passengers. [...] it has gained celebrity status in the picturesque city. The tram, nicknamed "the cabriolet," is enjoying a new surge in popularity after television network Slow TV attached a camera to the streetcar in September, and posted the stream live online.

George Dawe remains obscure in the UK

Whistleblower Edward Snowden and human rights groups say Britain's newly proposed surveillance law - introduced to replace legislation described by lawmakers as "undemocratic and unnecessary" - is turning the UK into a surveillance state.

Watch out, Time Warner. It's not just Netflix and Hulu you have to worry about.

Even though his revenge western "The Hateful Eight" opens in less than two months, the current conversation around Quentin Tarantino only partially has something to do with his upcoming picture. Instead, the director has become the focal point of a new national conversation around police brutality, following Tarantino's appearance and comments at a rally in New York City last week. Police organizations were outraged and what they perceived was the filmmaker equating them with "murderers" but Tarantino has refused to back down from what he said.

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is aiming to thrill the Irish fans' this Saturday night at the National Stadium in Dublin with another knockout performance.

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BERLIN, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Jennifer Lawrence offered more details about her upcoming comedy with Amy Schumer including what separates their two characters.

A 17-year-old British teenager has been jailed for blackmailing young boys and collecting indecent images via the Snapchat messaging app. Dr Laura Toogood explains why your images might not vanish into cyberspace after all

China's blocking of Twitter has failed to keep activists, journalists and others from using the messaging platform to connect with the rest of the world, said a study released Wednesday.

Championship leader Valentino Rossi will start the final MotoGP race of 2015 from the back of the grid.

‘I have a life journey,’ he writes

Miami Herald stumps him on Cuba policy

Says ‘my faith is strong and my ego is small’

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Protesters calling for an end to widespread corruption and better governance this week have turned their anger to the powerful and rich Romanian Orthodox Church in th…