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Today a Chateauroux Airport taxiway gave in due to the weight of a British Airways Airbus A380. Around 10:30 local time a BA A380, with registration G-XLED, landed in Chateauroux Airport, France for long-term storage. After this, the aircraft was parked on the taxiway along with other BA A380’s that had already arrived days before. In the images provided by @airline_kitty, it is possible to see that meanwhile taxiing to its parking stand on a taxiway the BA A380 sank into the pavement resulting in damage.

An Army veteran who served alongside Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the long-captive soldier was deeply frustrated with the mission and had lodged false allegations that their unit had carried out atrocities. Bergdahl “didn’t understand why we were doing more humanitarian aid drops, setting up clinics, and helping the populous instead of hunting the Taliban,” former Spec. Cody Full told lawmakers during a hearing on the exchange of Bergdahl for five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “He wanted to hunt and kill.” (VIDEO-AT-LINK)The Taliban released Bergdahl to U.S. Special Operations forces May 31 after he had...

A Georgia Health Sciences University lab tech was recently discovered in a campus locker room engaging in unusual behavior. Authorities said 32-year-old Coley Mitchell was jailed after he was found intoxicated with his pants down in a locker room in the Sanders Research and Education Building while two lab monkeys were found roaming free, outside their cages, the Augusta Chronicle reported. Mitchell was booked into Richmond County jail on charges of public intoxication. The monkeys were examined and found to be unharmed.

Jim Puplava: Joining me as my special guest on the program today is Ann Barnhardt, formerly of Barnhardt Capital Management. And Ann, you were a commodity broker for eight years and then you formed your own independent brokerage for six years. A couple of weeks ago you made the painful decision to shut your doors because you felt your clients’ money and positions were no longer safe. What led you to draw those conclusions?Ann Barnhardt: Well, obviously, it was the MF global collapse and more specifically the fall out after the MF Global collapse and the reaction by the CFTC, the SEC...

NASA: An Asteroid Will Barely Avoid Slamming Into Earth Today David Edwards, The Raw Story Jun. 27, 2011, 11:47 AM Image: Flickr Ed Sweeny Astronomers have just discovered an asteroid that is expected come close enough to Earth Monday that it will be visible with amateur telescopes. The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research centre (LINEAR) spotted Asteroid 2011 MD on June 22. It has an orbit similar to Earth's. The asteroid will be visible from parts of South Africa and Antarctica when it makes its closest approach at 1:14 p.m. EDT (1714 GMT), passing just 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) from the...

Manning: "It's going to be very interesting to see how Rush Limbaugh is going to fail to mention the trial. Because you know, Rush is the kind of guy, or at least he used to be, the kind of guy who didn't take orders from anybody. Nobody ever told Rush what to do. Nobody ever told Rush what to say! That's what made him Rush Limbaugh."

There will be another gathering-of-eagles at the new 'Casa-del-Marina-gonzo', on New-Years-Eve!All Florida and other Freepers are cordially invited!