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Boeing asserts schedule for 787 flight, delivery
Boeing appears to be making progress toward its near-term milestones leading up to first flight, but the challenges of supplier negotiations, production ramp-up and certification remain daunting," he wrote. Shanahan said "power on" to the first plane will reduce a lot of risk now associated with the program. This will occur around the end of January. "Our schedule becomes much more predictable once we get power on, because the airplane is finally in a state for which our factory was designed for," said Shanahan, who turned around Boeing's complex missile defense program when it was faltering. Shanahan said he has thoroughly reviewed the 787 program and concluded that the team, including Boeing's partners, has done a good job of executing the design and development phase of the program.
Officials charge man involved in head-on collision in Gladstone
Clay County authorities today charged a 23-year-old man with second-degree assault and stealing a motor vehicle in connection with a head-on collision Monday at a Gladstone intersection. Michael M. Maness of Gladstone also was charged with resisting a lawful stop and leaving the scene of an accident. He is being held in the Clay County Detention Center in lieu of a $100,000 bond. The driver of the other vehicle in the collision suffered a broken collarbone, left hand and a rib. The man also had cuts on the back of his head. He was listed in fair condition, police said. According to court records, the collision occurred about 4:30 p.m. Monday near 68th Street and North Oak Trafficway. Police responded to a report of a truck stolen from Hy-Vee gas mart at 72nd Street and Missouri 1.
1. Americans are loaded with credit card debt.
Borrowing for a home or college usually makes good sense. Just make sure you don't borrow more than you can afford to pay back, and shop around for the best rates. 3. Some debt is bad. Don't use a credit card to pay for things you consume quickly, such as meals and vacations, if you can't afford to pay off your monthly bill in full in a month or two. There's no faster way to fall into debt. Instead, put aside some cash each month for these items so you can pay the bill in full. If there's something you really want, but it's expensive, save for it over a period of weeks or months before charging it so that you can pay the balance when it's due and avoid interest charges. 4. Get a handle on your spending. Most people spend thousands of dollars without much thought to what they're buying.
'The Bucket List' has people asking: What's on life's to-do list?
A popular Web site, 43things.com, allows people to share what they want to do with their lives and list what they've accomplished. Presidential candidate John Edwards has his own list, which includes getting progressive people involved in local politics and – yep, you guessed it – being elected president. The Bucket List is leading more people to share their lists on the Web. Some are obvious, like losing weight or getting out of debt. Others involve travel, such as sunbathing in Rio or taking the Trans-Siberian Express across Russia. Some are sentimental: Write down a father's war stories. Raise a happy and healthy child. Others are charitable: Go out to lunch and pay the tabs for the other diners. Mr. Perdue thinks people don't tackle their dreams because they're afraid of change or "don't want to make an extra effort to do something out of the ordinary." On Monday, he revisited one of his goals – playing ice hockey – by skating on the rink at American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Stars.
Kenya flight ban extended to Friday
The ban on UK holiday company charter flights to strife-torn Kenya has been extended up to and including Friday of this week. The extension was announced by the UK's Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) which had been considering the situation in the east African country where more than 500 lives have been lost in post-election violence. The FTO was left with little choice as the Foreign Office (FO) is still advising Britons against all but essential travel to Kenya. In the House of Commons, Mr Miliband advised would-be visitors to Kenya against any "non-essential" travel and condemned the "appalling" post-election violence. "We had hoped that the FO might be in a position to change the advice," said FTO spokesman Graham Lancaster. He went on: "Those people due to fly home from Kenya in the next few days will be brought back as planned.
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