D.C. police are investigating the incident and Detective Michael Baylor has been put on desk duty in the meantime. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said in a statement that it was "obvious" Baylor, who was off-duty and in plain clothes, pulled his weapon in response to thrown snowballs hitting his Hummer. "Let me be very clear in stating that I believe the actions of the officer were totally inappropriate!," she continued, "In no way should he have handled the situation in this manner." • Police have recovered the metal sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, which was stolen on Friday. The "Arbeit macht frei" sign was found in a house cut up in three pieces. Five men from the north of Poland were arrested. Police say they weren't Neo-Nazis, just "ordinary criminals." • Israeli archaeologists have discovered the remains of a home from Jesus' time in the heart of Nazareth. "The building that we found is small and modest and it is most likely typical of the dwellings in Nazareth in that period," said excavation director Yardenna Alexandre. "Until now a number of tombs from the time of Jesus were found in Nazareth; however, no settlement remains have been discovered that are attributed to this period." • This is the third Christmas Amanda Knox will spend in jail and she won't be able to see her family on Christmas because it is not a visiting day. Her mother Edda Mellas says, "She had her tough moments. There were some tears just because she wants out of there and she's just really scared that this mess is not going to get fixed." • Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun, the two Chinese gymnasts suspected of being only 14 when they competed in the Sydney Olympics, met this weekend with the International Gymnastics Federation's disciplinary commission. Gymnasts must turn 16 in an Olympic year to compete. The commission is expected to make a decision about the girl, who each won a bronze medal, in February. • Today the Obama administration ordered airlines to let people get off planes delayed on the ground after three hours. The airlines said they'll comply with the regulations, which go into effect in 120 days, but threatened it would only result in more cancelled flights. "The requirement of having planes return to the gates within a three-hour window or face significant fines is inconsistent with our goal of completing as many flights as possible. Lengthy tarmac delays benefit no one," said Air Transport Association President and CEO James May. • In a survey of 1,000 middle school students, researchers found that boys explore advanced cell phone features more than girls. "Boys are often taught to explore and be more creative with technology and not to be afraid to take things apart. So it leads to more advanced cell phone uses among boys," said study author Sheila Cotten. • A study of 381 girls, aged 14 to 17 living in U.S. cities found about half acquire at lead one of three STDS — chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis — within two years of becoming sexually active. "This is important because many clinicians are reluctant to address sexual activity with younger teens, and may miss important prevention opportunities," said lead author Dr. J. Dennis Fortenberry, of the Indiana University School of Medicine. • British priest Tim Jones is being criticized for telling his congregation that they should shoplift rather than turning to "prostitution, mugging, or burglary," if they are very poor. He said in his sermon: "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither... I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices." • Mark Hughes, the pastor of the Church of the Rock in Canada, says the lesson to be learned from a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl being sentenced to two years in prison for planning a mass murder at the church is that parents should be aware of "gothic youth culture" and vampires. "There is some really dark stuff out there online and other places," Hughes said. "Too many parents are clued out as to what their kids are up to ... when I look at the latest rage in youth movies, it seems to me that pop culture is glorifying the dark spiritual world." • George and Lina Tannous say their son Mike, who died three years ago in a car accident at age 17, should be Australia's first male saint. They say the mysterious oil that leaks from his bedroom walls has healed people. "Our boy is a saint. This is him talking to us, talking to other people," said George Tannous. • A British woman was temporarily blinded when her eyes were glued shut during an eye lash tinting treatment at a beauty salon. She had the procedure done regularly, but this time her eyes got red and swelled shut. A week later, her vision is still blurry, but the salon insists, "any reaction this lady suffered was as a result of any treatment that she received at the salon." • USA Today reports that fast food chains have found "that the triple combo of hot babes, fast food and webcams work well to draw hard-to-reach teen guy prime customers to their sites and, ultimately, into stores." Kim Kardashian has been chatting via webcam with Carl's Jr. customers about the chain's salads and a U.K. Burger King ad features the "Shower Babe," a woman people can watch singing in the shower in a bikini every day. "It's as if we're back in the 1950s the way pop culture portrays women, but with New Age technology," says Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women. •

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Uniform A.
1. Indonesian Air
2. Orient Thai
3. Cathay Pacific

Answer: Orient Thai

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1. Delta Airlines
2. KLM
3. Hooters Air

Answer: Hooters

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1. Emirates
2. Singapore Air
3. Indonesian Air

Answer: Singapore

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1. Continental
2. Lion Air
3. Kenya Airways

Answer: Kenya Airways

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1. Emirates
2. Kuwait Air
3. Indonesian Air

Answer: Emirates

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1. TransAsia
2. Cathay Pacific
3. China Airlines

Answer: China Airlines

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1. Virgin Nigeria
2. Varig
3. Royal Brunei

Answer: Royal Brunei

Uniform H.
1. SilkAir
2. Air Tanzania
3. Hawaiian Airlines

Answer: Hawaiian Airlines

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2. Air Tahiti Nui
3. Thai Airways

Answer: Thai Airways

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2. Air Phillipines
3. Sabena

Answer: Luftansa

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1. Horizon Airlines
2. Air Tahiti Nui
3. Air Rhodesia

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Earlier: Flying Foxes

Aviation High is similar to another public school that was featured by the Voice back in November 2006, Brooklyn's Automotive High School. The girls at Auto High, where teens learn the skills to become auto mechanics, were even more in the minority than at Aviation: there were 66 girls and 1,000 boys roaming the halls at Auto when the article was written. But that doesn't mean those girls weren't feisty as hell. Auto senior Analise Rivera told the Voice: "I can tell my father what's wrong [with his car]. I say, 'Yo, Papi. Something's wrong with your struts, mad wrong.'"

The relatively high percentage of women at Aviation High could actually positively affect the percentage of women in the aviation field, as 12% of of all airplane mechanics in the United States are Aviation alums. Estrella Ham, the wing commander at Aviation, just received a full scholarship to the Air Force. These ballsy broads are taking over the sky, one airplane at a time. Maybe they can even help fix up those ailing American Airlines jets!

A Girl's Life At Aviation High School [Village Voice]
The Body Beautiful [Village Voice]
American Airlines Cancels 900 More Flights [CNN]