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Wyo. power plant stalls 17 years, faces skepticism

By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) - In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that - once finished - was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and support dozens of full-time jobs on the rolling prairie of northeast Wyoming. Megawatts from the

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Drone industry worries about privacy backlash

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans' everyday lives, performing countless useful functions. A far cry from the killing machines whose missiles incinerate terrorists, these generally small,