MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H., June 27 (UPI) -- Mechanical engineer Robert W. Mann, who helped design a complex prosthetic elbow and linked Braille to computers has died of a heart attack at age 81.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Smaller U.S. airports are waking up to the fact that local historical names for their facilities are meaningless to most travelers, USA Today reports. For example, until last summer, not many people knew where Nevada's Airport Authority of Washoe County w

HONOLULU, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Forensic experts at a military base in Hawaii will examine the remains of a U.S. airman killed 60 years ago when his parachute failed to open.

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