PM rundown: FAA says mistake grounded flights, House gets pay raise

KARAH RUCKER: THE FAA IS GIVING AN UPDATE ON THIS WEEK’S MASSIVE OUTAGE…NOW BLAMING HUMAN-ERROR FOR CAUSING ALL FLIGHTS TO GROUND IN THE U.S.

THIS IS YOUR MIDDAY RUNDOWN WITH STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.
UNBIASED. STRAIGHT FACTS.

FAA BLAMES HUMAN ERROR FOR OUTAGE

THE F-A-A IS NOW SAYING PERSONNEL NOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WHILE ACCESSING THEIR SYSTEM CAUSED AN ERROR AND DAMAGED A DATA FILE.

THE SYSTEM IS APPARENTLY 30 YEARS OLD WITH NO PLANS TO UPDATE IT FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX YEARS.

THE HUMAN-ERROR CAUSED ALL FLIGHTS TO GROUND ACROSS THE U.S. FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, CANADA ALSO EXPERIENCED A HICCUP IN THEIR SYSTEM AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR OWN OUTAGE. BUT OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THE OUTAGES ARE UNRELATED

HOUSE COULD EXPUNGE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY HAS SAID HE’S WILLING TO LOOK AT EXPUNGING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT.

THE TWO IMPEACHMENTS ON TRUMP WERE LARGELY PARTISAN.

REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME WERE OUTRAGED.

NOW THAT THE GOP IS BACK IN CONTROL…THEY COULD POSSIBLY TAKE UP A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD EXPUNGE THE IMPEACHMENT…REMOVING IT FROM HISTORICAL RECORD.

HOUSE LAWMAKERS GET PAY RAISE

A NEW RULE PASSED QUIETLY IN THE HOUSE LAST YEAR COULD GIVE HOUSE LAWMAKERS AS MUCH AS A 34 THOUSAND DOLLAR TAX-FREE PAY RAISE.

THE RULE WAS PASSED LATE IN DECEMBER WHILE DEMOCRATS STILL HAD CONTROL OF THE CHAMBER.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS A NEW POLICY THAT REIMBURSES HOUSE MEMBERS FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY OCCUR ON THE JOB IN WASHINGTON.

THAT INCLUDES COST OF LODGING, OUT TO EAT, AND TRAVEL WHILE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN D.C. —

THE PLACE THEY LIVE FOR ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE YEAR…GRANTED THE CITY DOES HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST COSTS OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.

MARYLAND GIRL FINDS MEGALODON TOOTH

A FAMILY FROM MARYLAND IS CLAIMING TO HAVE DISCOVERED NOT JUST ANY SHARK TOOTH IN THE WATERS OFF THE EAST COAST…

BUT A TOOTH THAT APPARENTLY BELONGS TO A “MEGA-LO-DON.”

A PALEONTOLOGIST EXAMINED THE FOSSIL AND CONFIRMED IT ONCE BELONGED INSIDE THE JAW OF A MASSIVE 50 FOOT SHARK.

A SPECIFIC SPECIES OF MEGALODON THAT ONCE ROAMED THE OCEAN SOME 4 MILLION YEARS AGO.

THE FAMILY’S NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DISCOVERED THE TOOTH IN SHALLOW WATER DURING A LOW-TIDE.