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Pilot starts university teaching how to fly drones

For all of the skeptics and detractors it has produced, the drone industry also has its vocal supporters.

Few are louder than Jerry LeMieux, a retired Air Force colonel, commercial airline pilot, college lecturer and, most recently, the founder of the world’s first university dedicated solely to unmanned systems education.

“At the end of the day, I’m just trying to do something good for the unmanned systems community,” he said at the drone sector’s Las [...]

Americans revealed as the most vocal Olympic supporters online

At times it already feels like the Olympic Games is the only thing being talked about on twitter and facebook.

But, researchers say, the problem is likely to be worst if you have American friends.

A new survey from electronic postcard firm Touchnote found 60% of Americans planned to brag about their country’s victories on Facebook – compared to a more reserved 40 per cent of British users.

Flying the flag online: Researchers [...]

Labor union with ties to White House bankrolls Occupy DC

A labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation’s capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election.

The Service Employees International Union, one of Obama’s most vocal supporters among labor groups, is paying $4,000 a month for three offices the Occupy protesters will use for [...]

“And now, of course, they’re talking about attacking another country—Iran,” Paul declared. “There’s no evidence they have nuclear weapons; there’s no evidence they are even building them. We have to be heard about this—this country does not need another war at all.”

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In a rally with vocal supporters in Springfield, Va., Paul railed against bank bailouts, soaring deficits, high taxes, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“And now, of course, they’re talking about attacking another country—Iran,” Paul declared. “There’s no evidence they have nuclear weapons; there’s no evidence they are even building them. We have to be heard about this—this country does not need another war at all.”

Paul repeated a central [...]

Claire McCaskill digging in to keep Senate seat

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in recent weeks has criticized the president’s budget as too tame, and has teamed up with Republicans on several fronts to control spending. At the same time, the Missouri Democrat has been one of President Barack Obama’s strongest allies, backing his agenda about 95 percent of the time since 2010, according to a Congressional Quarterly analysis. She also was one of his earliest and most vocal [...]

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Pilot starts university teaching how to fly drones

Labor union with ties to White House bankrolls Occupy DC

“And now, of course, they’re talking about attacking another country—Iran,” Paul declared. “There’s no evidence they have nuclear weapons; there’s no evidence they are even building them. We have to be heard about this—this country does not need another war at all.”

Claire McCaskill digging in to keep Senate seat

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