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A Ferrari 458 Italia sports car is road tested in Beijing.China Photos鈥擥etty ImagesBy Hannah BeechFebruary 14, 2014 12:50 AM ESTTraffic-choked Beijing isnrsquo;t the best environment for Ferraris. But the Italian sports car has gained a reputation as the preferred plaything of Chinarsquo new rich, with sometimes grisly results. At 3 a.m. on Feb. 13, a Ferrari mdash; cherry red, naturally mdash; careened into a guardrail on the Chinese capitalrsquo airport expressway, killing one of the three men inside. The 21-year-old driver escaped with a broken arm and other injuries, according to one local media report, but the force of the collision was so powerful that chunks of the car were s
stanley cup cattered across the road like Lego pieces.The wreck is the latest in string of fatal incidents involving Ferraris in China. And since Ferraris are considered a favored
stanley cup car of princelings, the privileged offspring of Chinarsquo communist elite, such crashes signify far more than the unfortunate intersection of poor driving skills, excessive speed and luxury vehicles.Two years ago, another Ferrari mdash; this time, jet black mdash; spun out of control, killing the son of Ling Jihua, an ex-aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao. Two young women were also in the car, and they were rumored to have been significantly unclothed at the time of the crash. The ensuing cover-up cost Ling a
stanley cup n expected promotion and helped lay bare factional rivalries within the ruling Chinese Com Vqqu Paris Climate Change Agreement Set to Take Effect After Quick Ratification Process
A DJI employee shows off the company s latest Phantom 2 radio-controlled multicopter with small video camera at the DJI booth during the CP+2014, camera and photo imaging show in Yokohama on February 13, 2014.Toshifumi Kitamuramdash;AFP/Getty ImagesBy Victor LuckersonDecember 8, 2015 8:59 AM ESTFrom TVs to tablets, tech gadgets have long been a popular gift for the holidays. But this year, a new item is finding its way onto holiday must-have lists: Drones. Hundreds of th
converse ousands of the unmanned aircraft are expected to be sold between Black Friday and the end of the year, providing a boon for the nascent industry mdash; a
adidas samba nd a headache for aviation safety officials.Therersquo a sense of excitement about this innovative new technology and what it can do, says Doug Johnson, vice president of technology policy at the Con
airmax sumer Technology Association, an industry trade group. The CTA estimates that 400,000 consumer drones will be sold during the holiday season, bringing this year total number to 700,000. About 435,000 of the flying gadgets were sold through all of 2014, the group estimates.In all this holiday hoopla, drone companies see an opportunity to break into the mainstream for the first time. Parrotrsquo Bebop drone was featured on the front page of Targetrsquo Black Friday ad this year, above items like Beats headphones and Microsoft Xbox One. Parrot generated $42 million from consumer drones in the third quarter this year, a 60%
