Subject: U.S. Air Force

• Flipping the Bird: Local Airports' Methods of Repelling Winged Obstacles

  If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body exists) claims that bird-to-plane collisions cost the civil and military aviation industries $600 million annually and have resulted in 219 fatalities in the past 20 years.Some "fun" facts from the B

  January 16, 2009

• Heartbreak Hotel

  January 24, 1996

• Constantine's Sword

  July 2, 2008

• Border Crossings

  April 26, 2006

• Ride the Legend

  The World's Fastest Indian is powered by Anthony Hopkins

  February 1, 2006

• Bad Vibrations

  September 3, 2003

• Nailed?

  Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

  June 25, 2003

• Cheerleaders of War

  Post-Saddam Iraq will be "a gold mine" of opportunity for U.S. and foreign contractors, says an exile leader

  January 22, 2003

• Wings of Desire

  August 15, 2001

• House Of Tudor

  "Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

  November 10, 1999

• The Fairfield Wives

  Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

  August 5, 1998

• House of Tudor

  July 1, 1998

• The Invisible Veterans

  Thousands of Filipinos fought and spied and suffered and died under American command to help us win World War II. The U.S. government says the soldiers who survived -- now elderly, often living in poverty -- aren't worthy of military benefits. Four storie

  July 16, 1997