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US Durables Orders Decline While Equipment Demand Edges Up
24Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Business

US Durables Orders Decline While Equipment Demand Edges Up

Orders for all durable goods declined unexpectedly in February, even as business equipment demand ticked up.Bookings for all durable goods — items meant to last at least three years — fell 1% in February after plunging 5% in the prior month, Commerce Department figures showed Friday. Excluding transportation equipment, durable goods orders were unchanged. Source link
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Vision 2023 | ‘There is a buzz’: Entertainment organizations generate diverse offerings, provide economic boost | News
26Feb By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Entertainment

Vision 2023 | ‘There is a buzz’: Entertainment organizations generate diverse offerings, provide economic boost | News

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – After a successful calendar of events in 2022, leaders in regional entertainment say they’re gearing up to offer a slate of top-notch shows throughout the new year that will excite patrons and bolster the economy.Chad Mearns, marketing and box office manager at 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial in downtown Johnstown, said 2022 was an exciting and eventful year on multiple fronts for the city and the arena.“After the pandemic, you had the emergence of new events and new entertainment options returning after they had been stripped away from people for so long,” he said. “There were a lot of que...
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2 Aircraft Collide at Dallas Air Show
12Nov By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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2 Aircraft Collide at Dallas Air Show

DALLAS (AP) — Two planes have collided and crashed at an air show in Dallas, Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.Emergency crews were responding to the scene at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show at the Dallas Executive Airport.The Federal Aviation Administration says a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed around 1:20 p.m. Saturday. Officials said it was unclear how many people were on board both aircraft.Several videos posted on Twitter showed two aircraft appearing to collide in the air before they both rapidly descended, causing a large fire and plumes of black smoke to billow into the sky.The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were launching investigations.Political CartoonsCopyright 2022 The As...
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Small Passenger Plane Crashes Into Lake Victoria
6Nov By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Small Passenger Plane Crashes Into Lake Victoria

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania.It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the plane as it headed for Bukoba Airport. Tanzanian airline company Precision Air said the flight was coming from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam.News reports showed photos of the plane mostly submerged in the lake.“We have managed to save quite a number of people,” Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale told journalists.“When the aircraft was about 100 meters (328 feet) midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water. Everything is under control,” he said.Political Cartoons on World Leaders Political CartoonsMwampaghale said rescue eff...
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FAA Mandates Seaplane Inspections After Puget Sound Crash
2Nov By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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FAA Mandates Seaplane Inspections After Puget Sound Crash

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered seaplanes like one that went down in Washington’s Puget Sound in September be inspected for a flaw that likely caused the deadly crash.The Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive requires that operators of all the DHC-3 Otter seaplanes in the United States — 63 of about 160 operating worldwide — examine the stabilizer to confirm the condition of an actuator piece, The Seattle Times reported. That piece was missing from the Friday Harbor Seaplanes aircraft that crashed Sept. 4 into the waters near Whidbey Island, killing 10 people, newspaper reported.Operators must confirm that the stabilizer actuator lock ring is correctly installed and report back to the FAA by Dec. 19, according to the directive. The order does not...
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Greece Finds Another Survivor From Migrant Boat Sinking
2Nov By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Greece Finds Another Survivor From Migrant Boat Sinking

By ELENA BECATOROS, Associated PressATHENS, Greece (AP) — One more person from a migrant boat shipwreck has been found alive, Greece's coast guard said Wednesday, bringing the total number of survivors to 11 from the sailboat that capsized and sank in rough seas east of Athens with reportedly about 68 people on board.A search and rescue operation continued for a second day in the treacherous Kafireas Strait, between the islands of Evia and Andros east of the Greek capital.The coast guard said the 11th survivor was found early Wednesday on land on the southern tip of Evia. The survivors, all men, include six Egyptians, three Afghans and two Iranians, and all have been taken to the town of Karystos on Evia.The first nine were rescued Tuesday from an uninhabited islet south of Evia in the ...
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Renters Face Charging Dilemma as U.S. Cities Move Toward EVs
25Oct By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Renters Face Charging Dilemma as U.S. Cities Move Toward EVs

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles to save on gas money and reduce her carbon footprint.But Terrell quickly encountered a bump in the road on her journey to clean driving: As a renter, she doesn't have a private garage where she can power up overnight, and the public charging stations near her are often in use, with long wait times. On a recent day, the 23-year-old nearly ran out of power on the freeway because a public charging station she was counting on was busy.“It was really scary and I was really worried I wasn’t going to make it, but luckily I made it here. Now I have to wait a couple hours to even use it because I can’t go any furthe...
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Passengers’ Families Deemed Crime Victims
21Oct By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Passengers’ Families Deemed Crime Victims

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that relatives of people killed in the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max planes are crime victims under federal law and should have been told about private negotiations over a settlement that spared Boeing from criminal prosecution.The full impact of the ruling is not yet clear, however. The judge said the next step is to decide what remedies the families should get for not being told of the talks with Boeing.Some relatives are pushing to scrap the government’s January 2021 settlement with Boeing, and they have expressed anger that no one in the company has been held criminally responsible.Boeing Co., which is based in Arlington, Virginia, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Boeing, which misled safety regulators who app...
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