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Federal agents who said they were hedging their bets against terrorists asked hotels and airlines in Las Vegas for lists of customers over the holidays, says a wire report.Las Vegas has been a focus of the increased security during the high terrorism alert declared late last year. A no-fly zone was declared over the city s famous strip, and extra security was on hand for c
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stanley cup usa d that our skies would be filled with thousands of amazing flying machines by the year 2000. But this posed a design challenge for futurist-minded planners. Where would these flying cars and helicopters land in the cities of tomorrow In 1957, a handful of designers in London came up with a solution: the Skyport One. Much like the plans for Motopia in 1960, the Skyport One wasn ;t just some random excuse to play with futuristic ideas. The desig
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