Reagan airport says 1 person filed 6,500 noise complaints
WASHINGTON (AP) — Out of the 8,670 noise complaints Washington's Reagan National Airport received last year, officials say a whopping 6,500 of them came from the same person.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Out of the 8,670 noise complaints Washington's Reagan National Airport received last year, officials say a whopping 6,500 of them came from the same person.
The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1UO7Vh0 ) reports that officials at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have said that one unidentified Washington resident was responsible for about three-quarters of last year's noise complaints. Ed Solomon, president of the D.C. Fair Skies Coalition, a group founded to raise awareness of the residents' concerns, says he hopes news of this one person's complaints doesn't distract from his group's argument that changes in flight patterns into and out... Читать дальше...
Across the two highly acclaimed, companion piece documentaries "The Act Of Killing" and "The Look Of Silence," Joshua Oppenheimer has established himself as a filmmaker with a distinct, powerful voice. The subject matter he's tacked so far is deadly serious, which is why this next bit of news is so intriguing. READ MORE: Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer Talks 'The Act Of Killing,' How Werner Herzog Works & The Scene That Gave Him Nightmares Screen Daily reports that among the handful of new movies... Читать дальше...
New research shows consumer packaged goods companies lost sales when they cut their TV ad spend.
She’s not throwing away her shot.
Helen Mirren blessed The Late Show with her presence, and she did something unexpected when she greeted Stephen Colbert: She planted a big fat kiss on his lips.
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It doesn't look like there was any tongue, but it definitely lasted more than a few seconds.
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Inditex, the world's largest fashion retailer, saw a net profit of 2.88 billion euros ($3.15 billion) in its 2015 fiscal year, a 15 percent increase over the previous year, the Spanish company announced Wednesday. The company, which owns the popular chain Zara, cited booming global sales of 21 billion euros during the fiscal year ending Jan. 31.
A kid lunged at the bride right out of the blue.
There are no areas in Syria to which the government is denying humanitarian access, contrary to earlier allegations, a member of the Syrian Nationalist Party, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
The player appeared before the SIT today and endorsed all allegations which she had written to SHO Koomkalan police station on February 1.
For the past three days, 15-year-old Ola has clung onto a scrap of cardboard bearing the number 22, hoping her turn will finally come to cross the sealed metal fence on the Greek-Macedonian border.
A new report outlines solutions to lowering food waste in America and how businesses can profit from such efforts.
Federal officials want to stop emissions control defeat devices
Opponents of proposal say amateur motorsports have long been exempt
U.S. Reps. McHenry and Hudson of NC have a bill to block EPA action
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WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- The Republican National Committee filed two lawsuits on Wednesday demanding access to Hillary Clinton's records from when she served as secretary of state.
The afternoon after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled out a surprise upset and narrowly beat Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Michigan primary, the former secretary of state's campaign stressed that the delegate gap between the two candidates has only grown and the path to the nomination comes down to a simple calculus: math.
Com o perdão do trocadilho.
Quem acorda cedo é mais produtivo e quem dorme tarde é mais criativo.
É o que diz pesquisa publicada na Harvard Business Review
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Pessoas acostumadas a virar noites têm capacidade de concentração mais duradoura.
Segundo a revista Science, nas provas de atenção feitas 10 horas depois do despertar, as pessoas que acordavam tarde são melhores do que as que acordavam cedo. Читать дальше...
George Martin, who died yesterday, is one more in the sadly collapsing line of musicians who changed the culture in the nineteen-sixties—a change, for once, entirely for the better. As the discoverer and early producer of the Beatles, and the most important arranger for them, he played a role deeper than an average arranger, more essential than a normal producer ever could. By acting as the wise grownup, deep in musical roots, he showed, unconsciously but by example, that grownup musicians and... Читать дальше...
Delhi Police says it's fully prepared for the three-day World Culture Festival.Security at the event on March 11-the first day when the Prime Minister is expected to visit-will be on par with that of Republic Day.
The recent decision of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) to set up more hotel management colleges in the state has come as good news not just to students but also the tourism sector that is reeling under a dearth of trained professionals.
Neelam Katara, the mother of Nitish Katara, on Wednesday drew the attention of Delhi high court to multiple trips made by convict Vikas Yadav to Badaun to attend a local court hearing