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Pilots Are Now Sharing the Skies with Drones
It's too early to call it a crisis, but it may be just a matter of time before an unmanned drone collides with a commercial airliner. Already, drones have interfered with aerial firefighters and injured people on city streets. Drone technology has many benefits, and it's growing fast. Is it time for regulation before it gets out of control?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenIt's too early to call it a crisis, but it may be just a matter of time before an unmanned drone collides with a commercial airliner. Already, drones have interfered with aerial firefighters and injured people on city streets. Drone technology has many benefits, and it's growing fast. Is it time for regulation before it gets out of control?
Also, what this week's plunge in the global financial markets means for Main Street. On today's Talking Point, Stephen Colbert reveals a lot about the man behind the mask.
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In two weeks when he takes over The Late Show on CBS, Stephen Colbert won't be the character that viewers of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central came to know. In the meantime, he's preparing in new and different ways and in so doing has revealed a good deal of what he's like behind the camera.
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