Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer slams CBS for asking for free photos

Chances are that in the time it took you to read this sentence, a photographer (or ten) was asked if his photos can be used for free. This happens all the time and has gotten to the point where it doesn’t faze most people, but when a company valued at over $30 billion asks a […]

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FAA proposes an industry record $1.9 million fine against aerial photography drone company

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a press release today announcing the proposed massive fine against SkyPan International for “allegedly unauthorized unmanned aircraft operations”. The company is being accused of conducting 65 unauthorized commercial flights, which involved aerial photography, over Chicago and New York’s highly restricted Class B airspace. “These operations were illegal and not without […]

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Woman posted selfies of boyfriend aiming a gun at her head; found dead hours later

21-year-old mother of two Stephanie Hernandez captured selfies showing her boyfriend aiming a gun at her head and posted them on Snapchat. Just a few hours later Hernandez was found dead in her apartment with a gunshot wound on the side of her head. We’ve recently encountered several fatal selfies involving guns, but this might […]

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Woman posted selfies of boyfriend aiming a gun at her head; found dead hours later

21-year-old mother of two Stephanie Hernandez captured selfies showing her boyfriend aiming a gun at her head and posted them on Snapchat. Just a few hours later Hernandez was found dead in her apartment with a gunshot wound on the side of her head. We’ve recently encountered several fatal selfies involving guns, but this might […]

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NASA’s enhanced photo of Pluto shows rich color variations and crazy detail

You know how sometimes you take such an amazing photo that you have to share immediately, just to later realize that you have an ever more awesome version of it? That’s pretty much the case here with NASA’s insane surface photo of Pluto, taken by the interplanetary space probe New Horizons. NASA released the first […]

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Woman settles for $82,000 after police officer punches her unconscious for trying to recording him

Madelyn Milton, a doctoral student from Minneapolis, was out last year with her friends when an argument with a taxi driver over the fare led to police being called. The young women decided to record police sergeant Tyrone Barze, and when Madelyn stood up for her right to record him she ended “lying unconscious and […]

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World’s dumbest bank robbers post loot-selfies on Facebook; get arrested

Pro tip: if you decide to rob a bank, don’t celebrate it by posting photos of the money on social media. It seems pretty obvious, but a couple from Ohio did just that several days after robbing a bank near Columbus. A tip through Central Ohio Crime Stoppers eventually led police to the couple, John […]

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Updated: rumored specs for the Nikon D5

The most recent update to the rumored specs for Nikon’s upcoming flagship DSLR, expected to be named the D5, confirms most previously mentioned specs, includes more info regarding the 4K video capabilities, mentions full HD slow motion and a possible decrease in the expected number of autofocus points. Despite the possible decrease from previously rumored […]

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