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Airlines are raking in record profits, and they're giving a lot of it back to shareholders
2016-01-24 04:05:19| Airlines - Topix.net
Pilot of the first commercial flight at Castellon airport waves after landing on September 15, 2015 near Castellon de la Plana, in Castellon province, Spain That's how much the average American driver saved at the pump in 2015, according to a report from J.P. Morgan Chase. The bank also found that the savings fueled consumer spending on non-gas related purchases, which, based on credit and debit card transactions, were higher than previously thought.
Texas Sets New All-Time Wind Energy Record
2016-01-24 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: On December 20, a low-pressure weather system crossed through the Texas panhandle and created sustained wind speeds of 20 to 30 mph. The burst of wind propelled Texas to surpass its all-time record for wind energy production, with wind providing 45 percent of the states total electricity needs or 13.9 gigawatts of electric power at its peak. Thats 13,900,000,000 watts: enough electricity to power over 230 million conventional 60 watt incandescent light bulbs, or more than 11 times the 1.21...
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New York Nears Record Snowfall After Blizzard Pummels City, East Coast
2016-01-23 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NY Magazine: The Latest As of midnight Saturday, a light snow is still falling in New York City, where a total snowfall of as much as 30 inches was forecast from the powerful storm. Regardless, it has already become the second biggest snowstorm in the city's recorded history (since 1869). Snowfall in Central Park had reached 26.8 inches as of midnight, just one tenth of an inch short of matching the all-time record, which the storm will still likely break. In addition, Saturday was already the snowiest single...
Auto recalls last year break annual record set in 2014
2016-01-22 14:05:41| Automakers - Topix.net
Automobile recalls hit another record last year as stronger government enforcement and widening recalls of exploding air bags pushed the total above 51 million vehicles. The 2015 number barely beat the old record set in 2014, after that total was adjusted downward from nearly 64 million to eliminate double counting in the massive recalls of air bag inflators made by Takata, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
A record of 2,653 firearms seized at 236 US airports: TSA
2016-01-22 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Officers of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) seized a record number of 2,653 firearms in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints across the US.
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