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CBS' David Martin offered a preview of his Sunday Morning feature on the future of military drones. The current technology is operated by remote control. The next unmanned generation will take off from aircraft carriers, drop their bombs, and return to the ship, all piloted by pre-programed computer code. Here is the X-47B.
A couple of airline stories, by CBS' Sharyl Attkisson and ABC's Paula Faris. As part of her Real Money series, Faris turned to saving money on air fares. She did her usual thing and offered free publicity to a couple of Websites: this time kayak.com and hipmunk.com. Attkisson has apparently decided that the lithium-ion battery fires in Boeing's 787 Dreamliner are worth serious scrutiny. This was her fourth report in the last four weeks.
Faris' other plugs: SaveLoveGive.com for cellphone savings; GiftCardGranny.com, secondipity.com, thredup.com, and NextWorth.com for second-hand recycling.
Elaine Quijano on CBS returned to suburban New Jersey to follow up on Robert and Kim Summers, the distraught would-be adopters who were foiled by Vladimir Putin at the end of last year. The fate of the orphan Preston turns out to be an anticlimax, but still a lachrymose one.
Kayla Sloane is an ambitious young lady. When she was 15-years-old, then going by Kayla Rice, she recorded an album of her country music stylings I'm Not Over You. No success. Now, five years later, she has turned to non-stop vocalizing while on the job at Walmart. Video went viral, which found its way onto ABC, where Steve Osunsami donates free publicity to Sloane, en route, she hopes, to the Grand Ole Opry.
Kristen Dahlgren loves big trees. Some 15 months ago on NBC she was awestruck in Sequoia National Forest. Now she is splayed across the front of a redwood trunk, where the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive collects clones for seedlings.
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