Denver, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will be surveying deer from a low-flying helicopter from Dec. 24.

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Kent, England (BBC News) - A boy has been charged after a laser pen was shone at a helicopter as its crew helped search for an injured man near Hersden in Kent.

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Australia (echonews.com.au) - Northern Rivers has a Bell Huey helicopter at its disposal. The machine will be used on the Far North Coast and in Southern Queensland to water-bomb fires, assist during other natural disasters, and perform aerial crane procedures.

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Calgary, Canada (Calgary Herald) - Senior oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc. reveals that a pilot program to use a helicopter and an experimental lightweight rig to drill stratigraphic test wells is working so well it is building a second rig to put to work next year.

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business-opportunities.biz - People have been dreaming of hover devices since Back to the Future. An Australian inventor is helping make the hover dream come true with his new Hoverbike.

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Reuters - The Pentagon has backed the U.S. Air Force's handling of a $6.8 billion helicopter competition, but says it may have to use other tools to ensure a good price after five of the six potential bidders pulled out.

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India & Russia Report - Russia According to the Indian Defence Ministry, the Indian Air Force has chosen the Boeing Chinook over Russian Mi-26 helicopters in a tender for the delivery of 15 heavy-lift helicopters.

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Los Angeles Times - John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a Bell helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever. His "Telecopter" was the first of its kind and remains a staple of local television news stations to this day, along with the mobile unit he also had a hand in developing.

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County Dublin, Ireland (Afloat) - Up to 500 helicopter flights over an eight-day timeframe could be operating across the 300m wide Dalkey Sound, following proposed plans to upgrade the island's slipway harbour were unveiled.

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New Delhi, India (The Economic Times) - The Indian gvernment has decided to allow the Army to have its own heavy duty attack helicopter fleet, Defence Minister A K Antony has said.

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