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A middle-aged census worker hung naked from a tree in the woods of Kentucky, the word "FED" scrawled on his chest. That image, of course, turned out to be too neat to be true: Census worker Bill Sparkman staged his suicide to look like a murder by some...
Tags: Glenn Beck, census worker, Bill Sparkman, wing extremism, American, Seattle, Extremism, Hot Air, Social Issues, Death of Bill Sparkman, Andrew Sullivan, Allahpundit
Ukraine — Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. For others beyond this manufacturing graveyard, however, Ukraine's economic collapse...
Tags: Ukraine, hot air, Vladimir Lenin, Copenhagen, Soviet Union, Russia, Konstantinovka, Environment, Mitigation of global warming, Emissions trading, Carbon finance, Global warming, Carbon credit, Kyoto Protocol, Low-carbon economy
Russell Maritza Weidel watchers her balloon climb high into the air above Steamboat Springs Middle School Monday morning. The students launched tissue paper balloon as part of a science project to teach the students about how hot air rises. Photo by...
Tags: hot air, air balloons, tissue paper, science project, air rises, paper balloons, Steamboat Springs Middle School, parking lot, Jenna Kramer, Steamboat Springs, Education, The Great Reno Balloon Race, Balloon, Ballooning, Hot air balloon, Balloons
More at home on the dark side in the outer reaches of space Darth Vader looked a little out of place flying in these sunlit skies. The striking hot air balloon joined almost 100 others at a festival in Mexico. The design, based on the Star Wars character,...
Tags: hot air, air balloons, balloons festival, Mexico, Mexico City, Parties, Hot air balloon, Ballooning, Balloons, Balloon, Hospitality Recreation
Ukraine — Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. For others beyond this manufacturing graveyard, however, Ukraine's economic collapse...
Tags: Ukraine, Vladimir Gapor, hot air, old factories, Russia, Konstantinovka, Low-carbon economy, Global warming, Greenhouse gas, Carbon finance, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Environment
But at least one man reckons "Balloon Boy" is trying to steal his "thunder", and his moniker: Dan Nowell, the man originally dubbed Balloon Boy after he was caught up, undesirably, in a hot air balloon flight in the 1960s. Mr Nowell was 11 when a hot...
Tags: balloon boy, Dan Nowell, Mr Nowell, air balloon, hot air
As previously reported, a runaway homemade aircraft resembling a hot-air/weather balloon contained a six year old boy. The craft was tracked as it reached over 8,000 feet in the air. The balloon was brought down and the 6 year old boy is not...
The owner-pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed into a Surrey trailer park two years ago, killing two passengers, is suing anyone connected with making or maintaining the balloon. Stephen Pennock says in his statement of claim the August 2007 accident...
Tags: hot air, air balloon
Officials say no one was hurt when a hot air balloon participating in the National Balloon Classic hit some power lines in central Iowa. The Warren County sheriff's office said the balloon struck the power lines around 9 a.m. Tuesday near the balloon...
Japan Denies Buying ‘Hot Air’ Credits Created in Kyoto Accord July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is defending itself against criticism that it is exploiting a surplus of assigned emission credits and using “hot air” to meet its pollution targets. The Japanese...
Tags: Japan, Bloomberg, hot air, emissions credits, cool biz, Takashi Kadokura