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Annual Aeronautics Expo slated for Jan. 9-11 (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)

ONTARIO -- The 11th Annual Academy of Model Aeronautics 2009 Expo featuring radio-controlled model airplanes, helicopters, trains, cars, boats and more - along with live demonstrations, will be at the Ontario Convention Center from Jan. 9-11.

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe to Open Next Year at Chicago's MCA (Art Daily)

Fuller with models of Standard of Living Package and Skybreak Dome, 1949.Image courtesy the Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller. CHICAGO, IL.- This spring, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, presents Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, the first major American exhibition in decades devoted to the visionary mind and work of Buckminster Fuller, and the most inclusive show to ...

Wave of the future: The dancing spider-like cruiser that can take 12 people on a 5,000-mile journey (Daily Mail: World News)

It might look like something out of a James Bond film but this is could be the ocean cruiser of the future. The WAM-V blasts along on two giant inflatable tubes which let it 'dance' with the waves.

Extreme cruise (The New Straits Times)

The Volvo Ocean Race is no pleasure cruise: giant waves, freeze-dried food, sleep deprivation and absolutely no showers for weeks on end are only for race-hardened sailors. But the stopover, like the one coming to Singapore next month, is a walk in the park. RIDZWAN A. RAHIM writes

North and South split as US battles to save GM, Chrysler and Ford (Times Online)

Almost 150 years after the American Civil War the struggle to save the country’s carmaking industry is once again becoming a battle between the Union and the Confederacy.