Federal officials are puzzled... Investigating whether two pilots on Northwest Airlines flight 188 to Minneapolis on Wednesday night dozed off, or were very distracted, when they didn’t respond to controllers' radio communications for more than 80 minutes and overshot their destination of Minneapolis by 150 miles. Another famous flier, who lost radio contact and ulimately her life -- Amelia Earhart, vanished more than 70 years ago; but she never really disappeared from culture or consciousness. Historian Susan Ware says that’s because our image of her remains frozen in time as a brave, intelligent pioneering woman.
As the new biopic “Amelia” hit theaters, the author of “Still Missing: Amelia Earhart And The Search For Modern Feminism" discusses Earhart’s enduring appeal.
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One of the things that surfaced during my research for the 
Writer 
Not you, just the boobs. Or at least paid for... By you, Carrie.
So how are we taxpayers doing so far?
While St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians: 'There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism," there are many separate denominations.
Named from the Greek word for bishops, The Episcopal Church has worship very similar to post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism, but an entirely different approach to centralized hierarchical authority. And in recent years, in attempting to become more welcoming, participatory and inclusive, it has become "too liberal" (particularly regarding its stance on women and gays) for some adherents, and more conservative national factions within the worldwide offspring of the Church of England known as the Anglican Communion... Especially in Africa.
There were some meaningful numbers in the news last week beyond the Dow's 10,000 mark. 
Earthquake, tsunami,
