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| Southwest grounds pilots who landed jet at wrong airport Monday, Jan 13, 2014 02:53 PM PST  By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines suspended two pilots from flying on Monday after their jetliner with 124 passengers landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri, late on Sunday, a spokeswoman said. A Southwest captain, who has worked 15 years for the airline, and a first officer were removed from flying duties pending a federal investigation of the landing, said Michelle Agnew, a Southwest spokeswoman. The Boeing 737-700 landed at M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport instead of at Branson Airport, the main commercial air strip near Branson, which has a much longer runway, Southwest said in a statement. Full Story | Top |
| Photographer sued over topless photo atop Empire State Building Monday, Jan 13, 2014 02:53 PM PST  By Marina Lopes NEW YORK (Reuters) - The management of the Empire State Building on Monday filed a $1 million lawsuit against a photographer who shot topless pictures of model atop its iconic 86th floor observatory. Last August, a model climbed to the crowded observation deck and took her top off as 30-year-old photographer Allen Henson captured the image on his cell phone. The photo quickly went viral on the internet and angered the owners of the Empire State Building, one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City, who said the observation deck was full of tourists, including children, at the time the photo was taken. "We were doing a social experiment," said Henson, adding he has been photographing fashion models for three years and also shot photos of topless women in Central Park and in Manhattan's Peninsula Hotel. Full Story | Top |
| Korean military won't let judoka off the hook Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 11:25 PM PST  By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Dirty looks and 'shushing' are the normal penalties for being caught using a cellphone where you shouldn't but Olympic judo silver medalist Wang Ki-chun was busted by South Korean military police and held for eight days during his national service. Wang, who won silver in the men's under 73kg division at the 2008 Beijing Games, relinquished his cellphone when he entered the Korea Army Training Centre in Nonsan, 180 kilometers south of Seoul, on December 10, according to local media reports. But as long as Wang re-enlists and finishes the four-week training all over again, he is off the hook." In South Korea, all able-bodied men are required to serve in the military for about two years. However, athletes who win medals at the Olympics, or gold medals at the Asian Games, are granted exemptions as long as they complete four weeks of military training and spend 34 months as coaches or athletes in the same sport. Full Story | Top |
| Titanic museum, shipwreck simulator to anchor Chinese theme park Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 11:24 PM PST  By Venus Wu and Joyce Woo HONG KONG (Reuters) - A life-sized replica of the Titanic will become the centerpiece of a landlocked theme park in China, featuring a museum and a shipwreck simulation to give visitors a harrowing sense of the 1912 disaster. Su Shaojun, chief executive of the Seven Star Energy Investment Group that funded the project, said Asia needs its own Titanic museum. "We think it's worth spreading the spirit of the Titanic. Full Story | Top |
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