Do Pilots Get Enough Sleep?

Lindsey Parnaby/European Pressphoto AgencyIn the case of the wayward Northwest plane that overshot its destination, Minneapolis, by 150 miles, investigators are looking into whether the pilots were asleep when they were out of communication with controllers for an hour. The plane landed safely, and the pilots said they were engaged in a heated discussion and had lost “situational awareness.” Pilot fatigue is a common problem, one that investigators consider in all flight safety inquiries. It was

CBS — Favre continues winning ways, proves critics wrong

MINNEAPOLIS – The hype was good for this game, but Brett Favre was better. Don’t ask me how that’s possible, because I have no idea. The guy turns 40 in a few days, and a year ago he fell apart because that’s what 39-year-old quarterbacks do — they fall apart. Favre was no exception in New York, and then he had surgery on his arm, and then he skipped training camp and reappeared with his former arch-nemesis Minnesota to face ungodly pressure and expectations.Related Posts:Knott: This isn’t the e

ATS Medical Announces Implant Milestone for the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis Achieved at Columbia University Medical Center

ATS Medical Announces Implant Milestone for the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis Achieved at Columbia University Medical Center MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ATS Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATSI), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, today announced that Columbia University Medical Center has achieved 100 implants of the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis. Based on the precept that ‘Form Follows Function,’ the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis is a r

Somali jihadis cleverly woo Americans

MINNEAPOLIS -- One young man attended secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call, urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia to fight. Terrorist training videos featuring English speakers pepper YouTube, calling others to the cause. Details are emerging about how terrorists in Somalia have lured young American men -- including as many as 20 from Minnesota -- back to their homeland to join their jihad. At least three have died, inclu ding one who authorities think is the firs

The case for recruiting youngsters at mosques

Opinion, Top Story | News Desk | August 25, 2009 at 7:22 pm Many of you have probably heard about the controversy that tainted the images of the Minneapolis mosques and the alleged “recruitments” of youngsters to the war-torn Somalia, but I wanted to move my focus to the East Coast, and up in Northern New England region of the United States. In 2009, the months of June and July, summer days have been unusually rainy with perpetual grey skies, which created quite uncomfortable traveling cond