Handcuffed by campaign promises and unsavory choices, Democrats in Washington offered a $463.5 billion budget Monday that will slash — or eliminate — spending on thousands of government programs.Federal budget cuts hit home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

A second runway at Southwest Florida’s principal airport could cost more than a $438 million terminal complex that opened 16 months ago, citizen…Runway could cost $500 million (The News-Press)

In the computer marketplace, the future is anywhere but your desktop. Embedded systems, the computers in cellphones, cars, elevators, televisions, medical equipment ? pretty much anything with an On switch, these days ? far outnumber general-purpose computers.Unbreakable: computer software (Canadian Business)

The ability to move people and goods quickly, efficiently and cheaply is a central tenet of the EU’s goal for a dynamic economy and cohesive society. The transport sector generates 10% of EU wealth measured by gross domestic product (GDP), equivalent to about ??1 trillion a year.? Jacques Barrot EU Transport Commissioner (European Union)

Air Traffic ControlEXPN – Jan 26, 2007By Carrie Sheinberg for EXPN.com. To air or not to air? That was the question for the men heading into Friday’s skiercross qualifiers. …Air Traffic Control – EXPN

FAA causes uproar over taxSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL – Jan 29, 2007Back when major airlines dominated the industry and people paid full fare for business travel, the ticket tax easily supported Air Traffic Control and …FAA causes uproar over tax – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Air Traffic Control safe, efficient: CENews.gov.hk, Hong Kong – Jan 25, 2007The Air Traffic Control staff provide a safe and efficient service to the travelling public, Chief Executive Donald Tsang says. …Air Traffic Control safe, efficient: CE – News.gov.hk

WKOWCompany of wrecked planes blames Milwaukee air traffic controlWKOW, WI – Jan 25, 2007The company whose two cargo planes collided and burned on a taxiway at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee is blaming Air Traffic Control for the …Company of wrecked planes blames Milwaukee Air Traffic Control – WKOW

… Shawbury, where they were given a guided tour of the station. They saw the training given in the Central Air Traffic Control School and of helicopter pilots and the maintenance workshops. They were then taken to see the Assault Glider Project. This …Kidderminster

… is located – closed for five hours, grounding and delaying flights, it was far from business as usual at Air Traffic Control. But as ATC Operations Supervisor Antoinette Foggo made clear, the last thing anyone needs is an air traffic controller who …A job where no day is routine

A Hollis air traffic controller is being honored for guiding a pilot to safety. Steve Schmalz, who works at the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center in Nashua, was the steady voice that helped an …Hollis air traffic controller to be honored

It was one of those extraordinary days, a year ago December, that Schmalz was in the right place at the right time to talk an inexperienced pilot through a harrowing situation.Hollis man honored for guiding distressed pilots home

Herald Tribune – Back when major airlines dominated the industry and people paid full fare for business travel, the ticket tax easily supported Air Traffic Control and airports. Now the Federal Aviation Administration sees travelers migrating to low-fare carriers …FAA causes uproar over tax

CNN – In what officials said was his last conversation with Air Traffic Control in Makassar, the pilot said the flight had encountered crosswinds and needed safe coordinates. Radar continued to track the flight for some time after that. First Air Marshal …Indonesia widens jetliner search