Balloons and Things

Flight 253 I saw smoke rising from his lap and just jumped on him Passenger tells how he dragged would-be bomber from his seat in mid- air drama
The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/27/2009; 973 words; ...loud popping noise - like the sound of a balloon bursting or a firecracker going off...was a bang. It sounded first like a balloon being popped, and then a minute later there was a lady shouting things like 'What are you doing? What are...

DNA-test bill gains favor But civil rights, cost concern AG
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/27/2009; 1017 words; ...is that there are a lot of things we could do to benefit public...find the resources to do those things," he said. "If we are going...estimates that figure would balloon to 104,000 samples the first...There are some wonderful things it can do for public safety...

So your gifts aren't worth the paper they're wrapped in...
The Independent - London; 12/26/2009; 1767 words; ...with Santa's head poking out of a chimney? Faulty goods Few things are more annoying at Christmas than receiving a gift that doesn...appliances and "experiences", such as a trip in a hot-air balloon. More than a quarter of Britons plan to recycle these gifts...

Chips on his shoulder ; Stinging memories drive Banta-Cain
The Boston Globe; 12/25/2009; 1369 words; ...soon it would be called. Everyone would clap and scream. Balloons and confetti would drop from the ceiling."It was all ready...Banta-Cain said. "Just driving. I went into this whole thing where I'm like, you know what, I might never play football...

Good cheer to all ; JOSEPH P. KAHN
The Boston Globe; 12/25/2009; 805 words; ...for it! That flock of geese in flight? Ignore it! Spaceship balloon? Ho ho, it's empty. But we've got tweets & rhymes a...Phillips, Regis Philbin, And US Senator Dick Durbin. This flying thing is hard, you know: The cold, the dark, the blinding snow...