Mar 16th, 2010 · Robert Gary Jones, 38, died instantly when he was hit by the single-engine plane on Hilton Head Beach in South Carolina. The plane had lost its propeller, and the pilot's vision was blocked by oil on the windshield. The coroner said Jones apparently did not see or hear the plane, which was "basically gliding."
Mar 16th, 2009 · Officials in Arkansas say all 10 children who drank windshield wiper fluid last week at a home day care center near Little Rock are out of the hospital and doing fine. The last of the youngsters was released Friday.
Mar 13th, 2009 · Ten children at a day care center outside Little Rock, Ark., drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer served it from a container mistaken for "Kool-Aid" and placed in a refrigerator, authorities said Friday.
Jan 2nd, 2009 · A Washington State man says he wanted to stop a friend from driving drunk. And that's why Shawn Wallace allegedly blasted his friend's windshield with paintballs. The Tri-City Herald reports police arrested Wallace, but gave him credit for being creative. Creative people around Milwaukee have an event for bike riders. On New Years' Day, they ride their bikes into Lake Michigan. Half a dozen people plunged into a lake so cold they had to break the ice first.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · In 1967, Robert Kearns received patents for inventing intermittent car windshield wipers. He offered his idea to automakers but was turned away. When Ford and Chrysler started manufacturing cars with wipers without crediting Kearns, he took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. A new film called Flash of Genius tells his story.
Oct 2nd, 2008 · Would you see a movie about patenting the intermittent windshield wiper? It's a modestly stylish movie, but critic Mark Jenkins says the answer may depend on your interest in, well ... patenting the intermittent windshield wiper.
Sep 28th, 2008 · In "Flash of Genius," Greg Kinnear plays Robert Kearns, a professor who invented intermittent windshield wipers. Based on a true story, Kearns claimed that Detroit automakers stole his idea and sued them in a long, drawn-out battle.
May 25th, 2006 · Each day in Iraq, hundreds of American civilians haul tons of supplies to U.S. troops. The truck drivers navigate the most dangerous roads in the world, facing roadside bombs, gunfire and windshield-smashing rocks. Some say their employer, KBR, should do more to protect them.