By Stephen DowlingFeatures correspondent
(US Navy)The Tupolev Tu-95 first thundered over Soviet parades in the mid-1950s. Why does this giant, propeller-driven bomber still make headlines nearly 60 years later? Stephen Dowling investigates.
It first rumbled into the skies back in the early 1950s, an aerial giant that epitomised Soviet military might. Even its codename – ‘Bear’ – underlined its great size and strength.
When the Tupolev Tu-95 first appeared in front of Western observers in 1956, it did so amid a revolutionary surge in aviation design; the decade after the end of World War II saw jet technology become ascendant. Read More...
The unconventional fundraising effort organized to benefit the Tampa Bay Times feels at times like a sort of Yelp for journalism, with the campaign’s website gathering testimonials for its journalists that are the equivalent of five-star ratings.
“Thank you for the stories you tell and reporting the news,” wrote a benefactor making a $100 donation in the name of Pulitzer-winning feature writer Lane DeGregory. “Your strong writing pokes hearts, minds, and funny bones,” a $500 donor wrote about columnist Stephanie Hayes. Read More...
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$1.3 Million Adam Yamaguchi Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Adam Yamaguchi (Los Angeles, California) is an Asian-American television correspondent and producer. He is best known for producing the Vanguard series on Current TV, a former cable network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. He earned economics and communications degrees at UCLA, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Bruin newspaper. He then worked at Fox Sports, CNN and TV Asahi Japan, also freelancing for a number of agencies, where he traveled the world in pursuit of stories. Read More...