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Proposed FAA budget cuts grants, tax incentives Industry leaders are preparing for another fight over user fees, but the president's proposed budget is also drawing criticism on other fronts.

Proposed FAA budget cuts grants, tax incentives Industry leaders are preparing for another fight over user fees, but the president's proposed budget is also drawing criticism on other fronts.

FAA seeks comments on Kansas airway modifications AOPA is encouraging members to comment by April 6 on the impact of an FAA proposal to adjust the structure of three Victor airways that will be affected by the planned decommissioning of the Johnson County, Kan., VOR-DME.

ICAO to consider new safety standards for air transport of lithium batteries The International Civil Aviation Organisation is to consider new safety standards for air transport of lithium batteries in the wake of increased concern over the potential for in-flight fires.

F.C. Portland soccer coach indicted on 14 counts related to sex abuse allegations Dean A. Fowell, 26, was indicted on 10 counts of second-degree sex abuse, two counts of third-degree sex abuse and two counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

User-fee resistance (again) on the move General aviation's supporters in Congress are moving again to resist the Obama Administration's latest effort to impose fees on users of the air traffic system.

PICTURES: British Army crew avoid injury after Apache hits power line Both crew members of a British Army Westland/Boeing Apache AH1 attack helicopter escaped injury after their aircraft struck overhead power lines during a night-time training flight in the UK on 21 February.

Cebu Pacific inks operating leases for four A330s Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has inked operating leases with CIT Aerospace for four new Airbus A330-300 aircraft for its long-haul operations. The...

Formal proposal submitted for Indian carriers to import fuel India's Ministry of Civil Aviation has submitted a formal proposal to the Ministry of Commerce to allow local carriers to import jet fuel directly. Air...

F.C. Portland coach arraigned on sex abuse charges in Washington County, court records show Dean A. Fowell, 26, was arraigned on three counts of second-degree sex abuse, according to court records. He's accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl, whom he has coached, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators are worried there could be more victims.

Pennsylvania: Answers Sought in Cardinal’s Death Prosecutors have asked a coroner to establish whether Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua died of natural causes following sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

CITY ROOM; Retired Cardinal Regrets '02 Apology on Abuse Cases Retired archbishop of New York Edward M Egan, in an interview, retracts his 2002 apology for the church's handling of sexual abuse cases in New York and in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Egan also repeatedly denies that any sexual abuse of minors occurred on his watch as bishop in the Bridgeport diocese; interview draws fire from advocates who say he has reopened old wounds for many victims. Photo

Quantum Sensors: A Coming Space Revolution Connecting the physics of the very small with the very large in the Universe.

S. Korea Pursues Stealth Drone Demonstrator Without ever building a combat aircraft, South Korea aims for the first rank in the unmanned field.