Douglas Ernst

The indestructible drone: Roll cage makes GimBall perfect for disaster sites

War-torn countries and disaster areas that need to observed by officials require sturdy drones. That's where the nearly indestructible GimBall comes into play.

July 1, 2014

Super Samaritan: Minn. Guardsman bent car door in half to save driver from burning vehicle

Call him the Super Samaritan. Minnesota Air National Guardsman Robert Renning saved a man from a burning vehicle by bending a car door in half.

July 1, 2014

ISIL recruits ‘underwear bomb’ creator: Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri pledges allegiance to terrorist army

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have recruited a notable new member — the suspected creator of the "underwear bomb."

July 1, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook seemingly ‘outed’ by CNBC host

A CNBC panel sat in stunned silence on Friday when a co-host seemingly "outed" Apple CEO Tim Cook as gay on Friday.

June 27, 2014

Man uses drones to monitor L.A. police

A California man decided to turn the fear that drones will be abused by law enforcement officials on its head by using the technology to monitor police behavior.

June 27, 2014

Amy Adams gives first-class airline ticket to U.S. soldier

"American Hustle" star Amy Adams quietly gave her first-class seat on a Friday flight to a soldier, but her gesture didn't stay secret for long.

June 27, 2014

Life imitates art: ‘Hunger Games’ salute becomes criminal offense in Thailand

Life is imitating art in Thailand. Unfortunately for Thai protesters, it's the illegal three-fingered salute from the "Hunger Games" books and film series.

June 27, 2014

Army vets blast PC police for attacking Apache, Chinook helicopters as racist

Veterans aren't happy with a recent charges that the Apache, Comanche, Chinook, Lakota, Cheyenne and Kiowa military vehicles are a slur against American Indians.

June 27, 2014

Hashtag jihad: ISIL vows U.S. terror with #CalamityWillBefallUS

State Department spokesman Jen Psaki once urged Russia to live up to "the promise of hashtag" on Twitter. Now, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is using hashtags to promise upcoming terrorist attacks on American soil.

June 27, 2014

Artillery shell crashes through Okla. man’s home: ‘You would not believe how huge this thing is’

The owner of Oklahoma's Fast Machine Gun Shoot has some explaining to do. A 105mm artillery round from a World War II era howitzer crashed though a man's home — three miles from the gun range.

June 26, 2014

Feds: Calif. wind farm’s giant blades can kill eagles and no one will face prosecution

The federal government is issuing a special permit to a wind farm just outside San Francisco that will allow investors to avoid prosecution over eagle deaths caused by giant blades or electrocution.

June 26, 2014

Iraq’s $1B parliamentary complex moves forward as nation implodes, ISIL advances

Sunni Islamic radicals have taken over large swathes Iraq and have the capital city of Baghdad surrounded, but that hasn't stopped the secretary general of Iraq's parliament, Ayad Namik Majid, from saying a $1 billion parliamentary complex will move forward.

June 26, 2014

‘Facebook’ for finding terrorists: Company hopes to make ‘tracking bad guys’ easy

There are a lot of terrorist for intelligence analysts to track. A Florida company seeks to make that task easier with a Facebook-like program that will allow individuals raised on social media to find their man.

June 26, 2014

White House ending anti-terror task force in Philippines

The Obama administration is putting an end to an elite task force of military trainers who were sent to the Philippines roughly one year after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

June 26, 2014

Iraqi army may pre-emptively open Haditha Dam floodgates as ISIL closes in

The dam in Iraq may literally be about to burst. Sunni radicals from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant are closing in on the country's second-largest dam. Officials fear that the terrorist army will use it as a weapon, so they're preparing to preemptively open the flood gates — on them.

June 25, 2014

Stealth bombing until 2058: B-2 receiving massive upgrade for future missions

The Air Force is going to make sure everyone's favorite bat-winged bomber stays stealth through 2058. The B-2 Spirit will be included in upcoming modernization planning being conducted by the Pentagon.

June 25, 2014

Jon Stewart: IRS, federal government behavior ‘borders on criminal idiocy’

Comedian Jon Stewart isn't impressed with the Internal Revenue Service's story that it simply lost Lois Lerner emails during a 2011 hard drive crash, saying that the government's behavior "across all platforms borders on criminal idiocy."

June 25, 2014

Marvel vs. Bill O’Reilly: Spider-Man nemesis J. Jonah Jameson turned into Fox News caricature

Spider-Man's long-time detractor J. Jonah Jameson is getting a new job at "The Fact Channel," and he's starting to use language remarkably familiar to Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

June 25, 2014

Baghdad surrounded: ‘Nightmare scenario’ unfolding as ISIL takes key supply routes

Baghdad is surrounded by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and at least two key supply routes are under the Sunni radical organization's control.

June 24, 2014

Syrian warplanes strike inside Iraq in effort to derail ISIL advance

At least 50 people died in western Iraq on Tuesday due to Syrian airstrikes. For the past two days, Bashar Assad's regime has assisted Iraq as it struggles to stem the tide of Sunni radicals advancing across the country.

June 24, 2014