Two Internet sweepstakes cafes robbed in Fayetteville

Fayetteville police are investigating the robbery of two Internet sweepstakes cafes on Friday.
Police said the first robbery happened at Little Vegas Sweepstakes,108 Grove St., shortly after midnight.  Within an hour, the Little Vegas at 3319 Raeford Road was robbed.
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In both incidents, the robber walked into the business, pointed a gun at an employee and demanded money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash each time, the robber left the building.

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America's Safest Airports

We did the math to determine America's safest airports, where a smooth landing is practically guaranteed.

It's official: flying is safer than ever.

Sure, you may still encounter air rage and sleepy controllers, but when it comes to accidents on the runway, airplane safety is at an all-time high. Last year's accident rate was 0.61 percent—one for every 1.6 million flights.

Chalk those numbers up to improvements the FAA has made over the years. In 2000, U.S. airports recorded 67 serious runway incursions that could have easily led to injuries or fatalities. According to FAA spokesperson Tammy Jones, the total dropped to only six last year, while the number of serious incidents specifically involving commercial aircraft plummeted from 34 a decade ago to three in 2010.

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Even so, several major U.S. airports continue to grapple with safety issues, and several medium-size airports still have downright shameful records. So where will you find America's safest airports? We analyzed FAA data and gave each airport a score based on its safety record. Read on to discover which airport has made so much progress that it's now the safest in America.

# 7 San Diego Lindbergh Field International (SAN)

Score: 0.85

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 4

Safety Innovations: Skimming low over Balboa Park and downtown San Diego, the final approach to Lindbergh Field is about as white-knuckle as it gets at major U.S. airports. But this hair-raising landing belies the fact that Lindbergh Field is still very safe. It's one of only four U.S. airports that already have their Runway Status Lights system deployed and undergoing operational evaluation.

Orlando International (MCO)

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#6 Orlando International (MCO)

Score: 0.75

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 13

Safety Innovations: Like nearby Disney World, MCO has benefited from a surplus of cheap land in central Florida, allowing for aggressive expansion and parallel runways that greatly enhance safety. MCO is scheduled to have its new Runway Status Lights system deployed in August 2011, giving pilots real-time information on current and anticipated runway occupancy.

Portland International (PDX)

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#5 Portland International (PDX)

Score: 0.73

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 9

Safety Innovations: PDX is nearing the end of a three-year improvement program that includes the expansion of one runway, the complete reconstruction of a second runway, and new taxiways. It's not only one of the safest but one of the most picturesque American airports, along the south bank of the Columbia River in the shadow of snowcapped Mount Hood.

Pittsburgh International (PIT)

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#4 Pittsburgh International (PIT)

Score: 0.70

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 6

Safety Innovations: A state-of-the-art snow- and ice-removal system makes Pittsburgh one of the safest airports in the world during severe winter weather. Among its innovations are front and rear de-icing teams, runway sensors that relay real-time snow and ice conditions, and direct radio communication between the snow-removal crews and the FAA control tower.

George Bush Houston Intercontinental (IAH)

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#3 George Bush Houston Intercontinental (IAH)

Score: 0.68

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 19

Safety Innovations: The airport master plan calls for the creation of a perimeter taxiway system that will allow arriving or departing aircraft to loop around active runway areas rather than crossing them. And it can't come soon enough. By the end of 2011, IAH will be one of only four airports around the globe with direct flights to all six inhabited continents.

Memphis International (MEM)

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#2 Memphis International (MEM)

Score: 0.59 (rounded from .588)

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 10

Safety Innovations: The FAA is building a state-of-the-art, $61.5 million control tower and an expanded terminal radar approach control at MEM. Memphis boasts an outstanding safety record, especially considering that it's been the world's busiest cargo airport for most of the last 20 years, and it shares runways with the Tennessee Air National Guard.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)

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#1 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)

Score: 0.26

Runway Incidents (2006–2010): 4

Safety Innovations: Major enhancements have included a new underground transportation system and a third north-south runway. The airport's safety record is nothing short of phenomenal. In the last three years (2008–2010), CVG has experienced just one runway incident of any kind, and it had no immediate safety implications.

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Beck and the Real Hitler Youth

 

When American news entertainer Glenn Beck, the ever popular ultra-reactionary fundamentalist, claimed that the diverse and inclusive political summer camp on Norway's Utoya Island, where 68 youth were recently gunned down by an anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim extremist, was "a little like the Hitler Youth," it was obvious he had not done his research.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party believed the Third Reich's "one-thousand years" depended on the education of the youth. "A violently active, dominating, brutal youth," said Hitler, "that is what I am after. Youth must be indifferent to pain...I will have no intellectual training. Knowledge is ruin to my young men."(1) To achieve this, Hitler established two state-controlled youth organizations: the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls.
Both Hitler Youth and League of German Girls offered something for everyone, like arts, crafts, hiking, camping, journalism, and music. Above all, they provided camaraderie and self-worth. But these youth groups also popularized physical violence, racial superiority, narcissistic behaviors, ultra-nationalism, and German Exceptionalism. They did this by monopolizing every free and waking hour of group members.(2)
German Cinema and mass media contributed to the "group think" of Hitler Youth and League of German Girls. Public Nazi spectacles and the German Army, along with demonizing enemies and the glorification of war, became permanent "pictures-" and "images in the head" of German youth.(3) Weaned from families and churches, youth became informers by notifying the police of those who objected, even their own parents.
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Much has been said about the negative integration and character of Nazi ideology, but there was also a positive, parallel build-up of a novel utopian vision based on radical regeneration and remaking of modernity and future.(4) In 1942 at a congress of European youth movements, Hitler stressed Germany's strength, its military might, and a spirit of revivalism. He made youth believe they were important, part of a great and futuristic plan.
"The rescue of Europe," declared Hitler, "began at one end of the continent with Mussolini and Fascism. National Socialism continued this rescue in another part of Europe...in brave triumph over the Jewish international attempt to destroy European civilization."(5) Hitler encouraged positive integration and immersion into Nazism by making German youth believe they were destined for greatness: German Triumphalism.
Eventually, and because it was considered a violation of civic duty not to participate, the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls took precedence over any kind of formal education.(6) During World War II, youth contributed by collecting food, clothing and supplies for German troops by writing them letters. At Christmas and other yearly holidays, they sent presents and special packages of food to Nazi soldiers.
Hitler gained the attention of the youth by making sure propaganda was entertaining. Famous singers and movie stars were featured in Nazi movies and on radio stations and posters. Preemptive wars, brutal aggression, and genocide was softened with euphemisms, like "police actions," "secured," and "final solution." Nazi slogans, such as "Fight with Us" and "Join Our Struggle," set the agenda which is important in maintaining power.(7)
Nazism and perpetual mobilization for wars became a twenty-four-hour schooling for German youth. In an atmosphere of defensiveness and of highly charged emotions of fear, along with being estranged from families and civic and religious institutions, Hitler was very successful in telling youth not only how to think, but what to think and what to always think about.(8) Nazism dominated emotions, preventing intellectual growth.
Since Hitler was always invading other territories and was always at war, and due to a lack of finances and economic and educational opportunities, many members of the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, after being conscripted for two years, joined the military. They received more indoctrination on who the enemy was. Others, mesmerized by modern high tech weaponry, were taught how to kill-and they killed millions.
Some youth, like Kurt Mobius, served in the Nazi Chelmno death camp. He considered Jews to be a breed apart, less than human, even demonic and powerfully malevolent to the core. He explained his thinking by saying: "It did not at all occur to me that these orders could be unjust." It made sense to him, sense he was prepared, like many of his country men, to kill and exterminate the enemies of Germany.(9)
Other youth became like Hans Frank. After watching a dazzling military parade and hearing Hitler speak, Frank exclaimed, "Formerly we were in the habit of saying: 'This is right or wrong.' Today we must ask the question: 'What would the Fuhrer say?'" Since the German army seemed to be winning, at least in the beginning, he believed Hitler's authority came from God and that God was with Germany.(10)
One extermination camp, Auschwitz, was only a few miles away. Even though he passed by it every day on his way to work, after World War II he professed to have no idea as to what happened there. "One passed it on the train," said Frank, "it was a huge camp. One could always see the barbed wire." When asked about the horrendous atrocities that occurred at Auschwitz, he said, "I don't know about that...one passes a lot of things."(11)
Still, others of the Hitler Youth became powerful political and economic opportunists by manipulating reactionary, fascist ideologies and peoples fears. Nazi politicians warned that their enemies were Germany's and the peoples enemies and that they must be despised. They demanded justice for Germany and that one should only be proud of Germany. They also lauded millions of German veterans who were sacrificing their lives for freedom.(12)
Politicians exaggerated events, circulated false statements and misinformation about Germany's wars, and censored defeats. Any assassination attempt against a Nazi politician was proof of a global conspiracy to destroy Germany. Grown Hitler youth amassed wealth through Germany's armaments industries and by removing "less desirables" off their land. Their businesses became either property of the state or of industrial monopolists.
A few members of the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls attempted to resist by issuing anti-Nazi and anti-war leaflets. Other rebellious or economically impoverished youth became a German subculture, sometimes fighting pitched battles with Nazi forces. But German resistance, including acts of industrial sabotage, ultimately failed because it never extended beyond a small circle of dissenters. It was also too late to be effective.(10)
Like Hitler, who committed suicide, and Nazism, which was soundly defeated and exposed as a ruinous ideology, both the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls found they too were not god-like, invincible, or destined for greatness. But when German wars and death became unbearable, there was always the escape from the everyday privations of war through mass entertainment, just like today with "The Glenn Beck Show."

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