A Plane Lands On A Busy New Jersey Road Turnpike

Plane Lands On busy road!!





A small plane carrying a traffic reporter has made an emergency landing on a highway in New Jersey, in the US.

The Cessna set down on the New Jersey Turnpike, about five miles (8km) east of Philadelphia, after a low oil pressure indicator came on.

Neither the pilot nor the reporter were injured, officials said.

"The plane landed, he taxied it over to the shoulder. We can't even get motorists to do that when they break down," a highways spokesman said.

Joe Orlando said traffic was backed up for about 1.5 miles (2.4km) in both directions after the early morning incident, mostly by people rubber-necking.

"For the first time in eight years, I can probably say you had a good reason to stop and look," Mr Orlando was quoted as saying by AP news agency.

The plane was loaded onto a truck and taken to a New Jersey Turnpike Authority maintenance yard.

The Federal Aviation Administration is due to conduct an investigation.

Michael Jackson children collect lifetime Grammy award

MJ's children collect an award!

Michael Jackson's children, Prince and Paris, have accepted a lifetime achievement award on behalf of their father at the 2010 Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles.

Jackson's daughter Paris told the audience that her father was planning on performing this year, and ended her speech by saying "we love you daddy".

Stars including Celine Dion, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson performed a special 3D tribute, where they accompanied a recording of Jackson's Earth Song.

The Pentagon chief fires head of F-35 aircraft programme

US Defence Secretary Sacked...!!





US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has sacked the marine general overseeing a $40bn (£25bn) project to build the next generation strike fighter jet.

Mr Gates said the F-35 programme had been plagued by problems and failed to hit performance targets.

He also said Lockheed Martin, the US corporation responsible for building the jet, would not be awarded $614m in performance-related payouts.

The Pentagon wants the F-35 to replace most of its ageing fighter jets.

"The progress and performance of the F-35 over the past two years has not been what it should," Mr Gates told a news conference on the Pentagon's proposed budget.

He added that "a number of key goals and benchmarks were not met".

Breakthrough As Fish oil supplements Found To 'beat psychotic mental illness'

New Medical Breakthrough!

A three-month course of the supplement appeared to be as effective as drugs, cutting the rate of psychotic illness like schizophrenia by a quarter.

The researchers believe it is the omega-3 in fish oil - already hailed for promoting healthy hearts - that has beneficial effects in the brain.

A "natural" remedy would be welcomed, Archives of General Psychiatry says.

"The finding that treatment with a natural substance may prevent, or at least delay, the onset of psychotic disorder gives hope that there may be alternatives to antipsychotic drugs," the study authors said.

Antipsychotic drugs are potent and can have serious side effects, which puts some people off taking them.

Fish oil supplements, on the other hand, are generally well tolerated and easy to take, say the scientists.

The international team from Austria, Australia and Switzerland tested the treatment in 81 people deemed to be at particularly high risk of developing psychosis.

Natural choice

Their high risk was down to a strong family history of schizophrenia, or similar disorders, or them already showing mild symptoms of these conditions themselves.

For the test, half of the individuals took fish oil supplements (1.2 grams of omega-3 fatty acids) for 12 weeks, while the other half took only a dummy pill. Neither group knew which treatment they were receiving.

Dr Paul Amminger and his team followed the groups for a year to see how many, if any, went on to develop illness.

Two in the fish oil group developed a psychotic disorder compared to 11 in the placebo group.

Based on the results, the investigators estimate that one high-risk adult could be protected from developing psychosis for every four treated over a year.

They believe the omega-3 fatty acids found in the supplements may alter brain signalling in the brain with beneficial effects.

Alison Cobb, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "If young people can be treated successfully with fish oils, this is hugely preferable to treating them with antipsychotics, which come with a range of problems from weight gain to sexual dysfunction, whereas omega-3s are actually beneficial to their general state of health.

"These are promising results and more research is needed to show if omega-3s could be an alternative to antipsychotics in the long term."