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AP Exclusive: Drone sightings up dramatically

November 12, 2014 0
FILE - In this March 12, 2014 file photo, a drone flown by Brian Wilson lands after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. The government is receiving reports nearly every day _ and sometimes two or three times a day _ of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual, federal and industry officials familiar with the reports told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry officials tell The Associated Press. It’s a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual.

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Sean Astin hopes to make ‘huge’ international movie

November 12, 2014 0

Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): Sean Astin recently revealed that he is planning to make his first feature, an adaptation of Lois Lowry’s best-selling children’s book ‘Number the Stars’ and hopes that it will be a “huge international title.”

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Quentin Tarantino reveals retirement plan

November 12, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Nov 12 (IANS) Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino, who is best known for his films “Pulp Fiction”, “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained”, has revealed his retirement plan.

Rolling Stones in insurance battle over canceled Asia tour dates

November 11, 2014 0
Mick Jagger, frontman of British rock band The Rolling Stones, performs during a concert at the Tele2 arena in Stockholm

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Legendary rock group The Rolling Stones are locked in a legal battle with an insurance company over a $12.7 million claim for canceled tour dates in Australia and New Zealand following the March death of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, designer L’Wren Scott. A U.S. judge granted insurance underwriters, who have denied the claim by the rock group, permission to investigate the mental state of Scott, who committed suicide in her upscale New York apartment on March 17 at the age of 49. Judge Brooke C. Wells of U.S. …

With ‘Rosewater,’ Jon Stewart makes a movie

November 11, 2014 0
In this Nov. 7, 2014 photo, Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in promotion of his film,"Rosewater," in New York. Stewart, who hosts the political satire series "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," makes his directorial and screenwriting debut in the film about a journalist who is detained in Iran. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — A bleary-eyed Jon Stewart is sitting outside his offices reflecting on his directorial debut, “Rosewater,” a drama about the unjust imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran.