WASHINGTON - MAY 12: Panelist Jim Martin of Transport Canada answers questions from NTSB investigators as (LtoR) Tom Ratvasky, NASA Glenn Research Center, Allan Paige, Bombardier and Don Stimson of the FAA listen during public hearings on the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 at the National Transportation Safety Board on May 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Colgan Air, Continental Connection flight 3407, Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, crashed on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport on February 12, 2009 killing all 49 people on board and one more on the ground. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

WASHINGTON - MAY 12: Panelist Jim Martin of Transport Canada answers questions from NTSB investigators as (LtoR) Tom Ratvasky, NASA Glenn Research Center, Allan Paige, Bombardier and Don Stimson of the FAA listen during public hearings on the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 at the National Transportation Safety Board on May 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Colgan Air, Continental Connection flight 3407, Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, crashed on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport on February 12, 2009 killing all 49 people on board and one more on the ground.

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  1. In this image provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory the surface Saturn's moon, Enceladus, captured by Cassini on its Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Enceladus. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus from approximately 14,000 kilometers (9,000 miles) away.
  2. Ben Shelef, left, and David Bashford of the LaserMotive discuss their entry into the $2 million Space Elevator Games after the device was weighed-in at the end of the day at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.
  3. Thomas Nugent, left, and Jordin Kare of the LaserMotive team talk about their entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.
  4. This handout photo from NASA shows the KC Space Robots robot climbing a cable suspended from a helicopter, not shown, in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.
  5. This handout photo from NASA shows the LaserMotive robotic climber nearing the goal on a cable suspended from a helicopter, not shown, in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.
  6. A member of the University of Saskatchewan dozes off after spending most of the night preparing the team's entry into the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.
  7. The Flight Data Recorder from Northwest flight 188. that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport, is displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in Washington.
  8. The flight recorders from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/World-Chamberlain Airport, are displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in Washington.
  9. The flight recorders from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport, are displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday. At left is the Cockpit Voice Recorder, and at right, the Flight Data Recorder.
  10. The Cockpit Voice Recorder from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/World-Chamberlain Airport, is displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in Washington.
  11. The flight recorders from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/World-Chamberlain Airport, are displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. At left is the Cockpit Voice Recorder, the Flight Data Recorder is at right.
  12. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt holds a news conference in Georgetown County, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, as NTSB investigators Ralph Hicks, left, and Todd Gunther listen. Federal officials say they have found no evidence of damage or failure on a medical helicopter before it crashed Friday in South Carolina, killing three people.

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  1. The guests of honor walk through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
  2. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, reacts, as he prays at his father grave, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Nov. 9, 2009. Hariri has formed a 30-member Cabinet including Hezbollah and its allies, after more than four months of tough wrangling and bargaining over who would get which Cabinet positions. Hariri's Cabinet is the first since the June parliamentary elections in which his Western- and Saudi-backed bloc defeated a Hezbollah-led coalition which is supported by Iran and Syria, retaining a slim majority in the 128-member legislature.
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  7. New Zealand's players celebrate during their third one-day international cricket match against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on November 9, 2009. New Zealand survived Mohammad Aamir's explosive half-century to clinch the series against Pakistan with a narrow seven-run victory in the third one-day international.
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  12. Sesame Street's Big Bird charactor walks after a temporary street sign was unveiled November 9, 2009 at West 64th Street and Broadway in New York on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of the children's television show. The sign is across the street from Sesame Workshop's corporate headquarters which will launch the 40th season of Sesame Street on PBS on November 10.
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  14. A United States soldier walks past an Army poster advertising "Mental Strength For Life" at the Resiliency Center on Fort Hood Army post in Texas November 9, 2009. Thirteen people died in the mass shooting Thursday at the sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas. An Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected in the killings. The suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents, was shot four times by police.
  15. Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal (top-L) bowls during their third one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on November 9, 2009. Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took a career-best 4-33 to help Pakistan dismiss New Zealand for 211 in 46.3 overs in the third and final day-night international.
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