Feb 8th, 2010 · The crash of Continental Flight 3407 last February — in which 50 deaths were attributed to pilot error — sparked an inquiry that found safety problems. Among them: long hours and low pay at regional carriers, where some pilots become captains with less than a year of experience.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Connoisseurs of the rarified sport of cricket still speak in whispers of the scandal, 34 years ago, when an Englishman was accused of rubbing Vaseline into the ball to make it swerve more. That affair pales by comparison with the uproar in Australia this week when Pakistan's captain was caught on camera biting a cricket ball like an apple. Ball-tampering is considered the worst form of skullduggery in the so-called Gentleman's Sport. The loudest protests have come from Pakistan's arch-rival, India.
Dec 3rd, 2009 · Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal are Sam and Tommy Cahill, one an upright Army captain on his way back to Afghanistan, the other a delinquent, newly paroled after a three-year sentence for robbery. But the real center of Jim Sheridan's movie isn't the brothers, but their whole teetering clan, which will collapse and rebuild itself in complicated new ways.
Nov 18th, 2009 · The attempt marked the second time in seven months that Somali pirates have targeted the U.S.-flagged cargo ship. In April, pirates took the ship's captain hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days before he was freed by Navy SEAL sharpshooters.
Oct 29th, 2009 · Matthew Hoh is a former Marine captain and Foreign Service officer who quit his post in Afghanistan, after concluding that the U.S. military efforts in the country were not serving American interests. Hoh says the Afghanistan war may be one that is not worth winning.
Oct 26th, 2009 · The pilots said they were not fatigued and didn't fall asleep when they overshot their destination by 150 miles, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Instead, the pilots said, the first officer was instructing the captain on scheduling.
Oct 24th, 2009 · The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no fight in the cockpit, neither he nor the captain had fallen asleep and the passengers were never in any danger.
Oct 14th, 2009 · The massive, curly-haired pro wrestler's star turn in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video turned him into an '80s pop culture icon.