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Went to see the new Top Gun last night with my hot girlfriend. The first time I saw the original I was in Air Force Tech School and went to see it with my wing man at the mall in Henderson KY. This was of course, smack dab in the middle of the 80s when the movie really meant something. I had expected this to flop like the remake of Red Dawn because in large part due to the context of the time, then and now. But I was disproved, thank goodness, read on. I wanted to like this movie...

SNIPPET: "FrontPage Interview’s guest today is Ben R. Furman, the FBI's Former Counterterrorism Chief." SNIPPET: "FP: Aren’t we giving the terrorists ideas by talking about this? Furman: Initially I wondered if talking openly about this danger was a good idea. Wouldn’t it be a “heads up” for terrorists? No. A thorough library check and Internet and blog searches revealed the technology wafted out of the genie’s bottle some time ago, and even with technology that advances in quantum leaps, someone is keeping pace and reporting or commenting about it real-time. Chat rooms, YouTube and FaceBook are heavily peppered with “how...

The sting can be fatal, and when the rest of the "hive" arrives, your whole neighborhood is probably screwed. It lends a whole new meaning to learning about the birds and the bees. More . . .

Thirteen teams from the United States, Korea and Germany will be in Tucson April 9-11 to compete for $6,000 in prize money during the 8th International Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) Competition. MAVs are tiny, radio-controlled airplanes — less than six inches in diameter — that carry video cameras. They're designed for reconnaissance missions and can be used for search-and-rescue, law enforcement, military surveillance, or in any situation (such as a nuclear power plant breakdown) where sending in a human observer might be dangerous. MAVs are silent beyond 50 or 60 feet and their small size makes them difficult to bring...