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World Report-Interview with son of man lost in WWII Duck crash

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:29:40 -0400

Coast Guard Radioman Benjamin Bottoms was one of the rescue crew lost 
when the J2F-4 Grumman Duck crashed in 1942. His son, Ed Richardson, 
tells HDNet World Report what it would mean to bring the bodies of these 
WWII heroes back home.

This week on Deadline! Katie Daryl is driving an Ice Cream Truck and she doesn't stop for any kids!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:01:09 -0400

Update #3: Coast Guard Recovery Mission in Greenland

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:45:33 -0400

September 1, 1:30 pm Update on the Coast Guard Search and Recovery Mission in Greenland

From HDNet World Report producer Phil Maravilla in Greenland:

The entire team is hanging tough, but the rain has been relentless, and that means the work is going slowly, or almost not at all.

Despite some early ‘hits,’ the plane hasn’t yet been found. After the radar ‘hits’ something, a bore hole is then dropped … The hit is no guarantee. After the bore hole is drilled the depth of the hit, a small cylindrical camera is dropped into the hole, which becomes filled entirely with water. The small cam is outfitted with 20 LED lights on its perimeter. As it lowers into the hole, the camera records an image that is similar to a colonoscopy. So far, the camera has shown that none of the bore holes have hit a target.

The science team says all the rain water is bad for sensing anything beneath the ice, because it is dense and registers differently from ice. The rain falls into cracks in the ice, and fills the crevices. The water throws off the readings that distinguish bedrock.

This morning, Paul Beban went with North South Polar’s Lou Sapienza to explore a ridge where Lou speculates could be a secondary or third-option crash site. If the weather improves, they will head back out today. My guess: today is a wash.

Photos: Coast Guard Recovery Mission in Greenland

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:37:39 -0400

Alberto Behar and Kate McMullan

Crevasse on site exploration

Frank Marley, NS Polar, sets target site

Helicopter supply load

Lou Sapienza

Master Chief John Long sets marker

HDNet Correspondent Paul Beban

Wee Gee Smith, NS Polar

Photos: Coast Guard Recovery Mission in Greenland

Update: Coast Guard Recovery Mission in Greenland

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:08:38 -0400

August 31 Update #2 on the Coast Guard Search and Recovery Mission in 
Greenland

From HDNet's Paul Beban and Phil Maravilla:
This afternoon the team has been 'drilling' (actually making 4" bore 
holes with hot water), but have not found the 'anomaly' seen on the 
ground penetrating radar (GPR).  Kate McMullan, the radar imaging lead, 
decided to cast her net a little wider.  She is now searching an area of 
about 1500 feet by 1500 feet with a 50 foot long, 50 megahertz GPR 
antenna nicknamed the 'dragon's tail,'  This GPR has less fine detail 
but can search a wider swath more quickly.  It has been raining all day 
at the site, and the clouds are so thick that the transmission of new 
video has been impossible.  The rain and failure to 'hit' the anomaly 
has dampened spirits somewhat after the initial rush of arrival and the 
quick discovery of the anomaly, but the Coast Guard-led team is still 
very upbeat and optimistic.

A note about Sunday's arrival:  One of the first things that was done is 
the Coast Guard raised two flags: the American flag of course, and the 
black POW / MIA flag.

Field Notes: Cannabis Classroom

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:08:25 -0400

Welcome to Oaksterdam University - the nation’s 1st and only cannabis trade school. Students come here to learn about growing, cultivating & selling (legally) marijuana. Kind of gives new meaning to a ‘higher’ education. WR will give viewers a front seat in the cannabis classroom, plus a peek inside the Prop 19, Control & Tax Cannabis Initiative, campaign office where Richard Lee and dozens of volunteers hope to make history in Nov.

The crew sets up for our sit-down interview with Richard Lee - the man behind California’s Prop 19, the nation’s first ballot measure to tax & legalize marijuana for recreational use. (and yes, that is a pot plant under the grow light!)

HDNet Crew with Coast Guard Search and Recovery Mission in Greenland

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:28:00 -0400

Kusuluk Fjord, where the Coast Guard team, accompanied by a team from HDNet, spent Saturday night before traveling by helicopter to the suspected 1942 crash site of the Coast Guard ‘Duck’ plane.

The search and recovery team believes it has located the Coast Guard J2F-4 Grumman Duck that crashed in 1942. Ground penetrating radar has found an ‘anomaly’ in the ice at what they believe to be the crash site. Work last night was suspended due to darkness at 10:00 pm local time, but is proceeding this morning. More to come soon.

Deadline! Conquers the Con...Comic-Con

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:59:00 -0400

Medicated Military

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:42:50 -0400

Newly released data shows alarming numbers of our soldiers are taking psychiatric drugs, sometimes in cocktails of ten prescriptions or more. Whistleblowers we talked to say that the military is handing out pills like candy to help stressed combat troops cope, with sometimes catastrophic results.

Deadline! Celebrates Manly Men!

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:57:00 -0400

Katie Daryl drops some additional Manly Man knowledge on you:

What makes a Manly Man according to Deadline?
Katie Daryl: Deadline defines a Manly Man as someone who can eat 3 dozen wings in less than 4 minutes. A Manly Man can drink a 6 pack of Tecate in one sitting and look their old lady in the eye and say “I only had 4.” A Manly Man will either host the best party or get thrown out of the best party, both work.

Who’s the Manliest Man (real or fiction)?
For me the Manliest Man out there is Paul Bunyan… although his relationship with that giant ox was a little questionable.

Describe a Manly Man’s physical appearance.
To identify a Manly Man you should look for one of these traits:
1. a moustache
2. a fist large enough to palm a pony keg 3. stupid clothes (Manly Men aren’t scared to dress in costume or let their balls hang out, they’re confident fellows)

This week on Deadline!

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:23:49 -0400

Deadline! Gets Whipped!

This Tuesday on Dan Rather Reports Preview

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:18:00 -0400

Dan Rather Reports – Premiere 8:00 PM ET

Happened Next: Paging Doctor Fraud - We begin a special series of reports updating what’s happened since our original investigations aired, first up, Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida. Also the government claims progress against Medicare fraud.

This week on HDNet News

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:20:07 -0400

Dan Rather Reports – Premiere 8:00 PM ET
What Happened Next: Congressman Grayson - We begin a special series of reports updating what’s happened since our original investigations aired, first up, Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida. Also the government claims progress against Medicare fraud.

HDNet World Report – Premiere 9:00 PM ET
The Italian Job: CIA Rendition on Allied Soil; Mavericks: What Makes a Killer? - CIA renditions were carried out in secret until a Muslim cleric was snatched off the streets of Milan in broad daylight. Italy has convicted CIA agents of kidnapping and sentenced them to prison. Correspondent Paul Beban retraces the steps of an extraordinary rendition gone wrong, and talks with Abu Omar, the man at the center of it all. Then, neuroscientist Jim Fallon studies what makes psychopaths tick, and through his research discovered some disturbing truths about his own brain.

HDNET WORLD REPORT CAPTURES DRAMATIC ALTERCATION BETWEEN BLOGGER AND MIAMI SECURITY GUARDS

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:09:00 -0400

An HDNet World Report team shooting at a Miami-Dade Metrorail Station captured a dramatic altercation between a local journalist and a Metrorail security guard – a clash now at the center of the debate over whether citizens can use their cameras in public places, and videotape their own interactions with police.

The blogger, Carlos Miller, says he was exercising First Amendment rights by videotaping at the Metrorail station, when a security guard grabbed his video camera and confiscated it. Miller then recorded the rest of the confrontation using his iPhone. An HDNet World Report camera captured the entire encounter for an upcoming story on First Amendment Rights and taping police.

This Week on Deadline!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:00 -0400

Katie Daryl has a bow and arrow! Duck!

This Sunday on HDNet Concert Series

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:35:17 -0400

8:00 PM ET Nickelback - Live at Sturgis

Join Nickelback as they take the stage in front of 40,000 screaming fans at the world-famous Sturgis Rockin the Rally show. This definitive concert performance presents the band pounding out 12 hard rocking fan favorites from their multi-million selling albums Silver Side Up, The Long Road, and All the Right Reasons.

This week on Deadline!

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:24:57 -0400

Katie Daryl’s favorite stories from around the world!

The Hidden War: Iran, Iraq and the Kurds

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:20:12 -0400

Iran has long been suspected of meddling in Iraqi affairs, but now they are actually bombing Iraqi territory. Correspondent Willem Marx is near the volatile Iran-Iraq border to investigate reports of civilians being targeted.

This week on HDNet Sunday Concerts

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:52:00 -0400

8:00 PM ET Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City

As the inaugural musical event at Citi Field, the site of the former Shea Stadium, the July 2009 shows held special significance not only for McCartney but for generations of his fans. The shows were performed on the same hallowed ground that The Beatles, in 1965, played the 34-minute show that would set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show—and where in 2008 McCartney joined Billy Joel for the final rock show before the original stadium’s demolition.

Kandahar 911: Saving Lives Under Fire

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:28:46 -0400

We go inside the elite “Task Force Shadow” in Afghanistan. Part of the 101st Airborne, its pilots and medics fly unarmed helicopters into active combat zones to evacuate seriously injured soldiers. World Report goes along with them for a first-hand look at the horror and heroism of war.