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Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich has said that he expects you to be capable of causing surprises in your second DTM season. Do you share his assessment?

"I’m hoping to be able to fulfill his expectations. In any event, I’m very happy that Dr. Ullrich and Audi are giving me the opportunity to prove myself in the DTM. Last year, I jumped into pretty cold water. Before my first DTM race I only had two tests and during the season I hardly had any chance of testing either.

Rahal Frey and her engineer

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I’ve had plenty of opportunity now to make up for that in the winter, which has tremendously helped me. I’ve got a lot more driving practice now and am sure that this will pay off. But one shouldn’t forget that the DTM is still the DTM and that the air in this series is extremely thin."

You’re running for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline this year. How were you received by the Abt squad?

"With extreme warmth. I’ve known most of them pretty well from the past season because we’re really a big family at Audi and all three teams are closely working together in the DTM. I’ve already paid a visit to my new team in Kempten as well. I was given a very friendly welcome and am impressed with what I saw there.

At the last track tests Alex Stehlig, Mattias Ekström’s engineer, took a lot of his time out for me. We practiced starts together, for example. I’ve got the feeling that the people at Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline are doing everything they can to make it possible for us to be successful together."

Have you been able to test the new Audi A5 DTM yet?

"Yes I have. Every one of the seven drivers has been involved in the development from the outset. That, too, is a great feeling because all of us are treated equally. You can’t take that for granted in motorsport. I expect to be driving the new Audi A5 DTM in its final form for the first time at the ITR test in Valencia. I’m really excited about that, the car simply looks great. The engineers from Audi Sport again had good ideas."

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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Some confusion over an announcement led to a minor scare Friday for passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Baltimore to MacArthur Airport.

The airline says the pilot was making a “fun announcement” that the mother of an air traffic controller was on the plane, but Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandi King told WCBS 880 that some of the passengers mistook the phrase “mom on board” for “bomb on board.”

Flight attendants tried to explain that nothing was wrong and King said the pilot explained what he was announcing.

“He did clarify with the passengers that he was wishing the mother on board a happy birthday,” King said.

But after the plane landed in Long Island, two passengers were disgruntled enough to complain to security officials. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

While making a personal announcement isn’t a firing offense, officials say the controller may need to be retrained on what’s appropriate and what’s not.

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ORLANDO, Fla. - David Stern should be arriving at the Anway Center momentarily for his annual All-Star Weekend press conference. He and his media people expect the session to be dominated by questions about Sacramento's arena situation, the prospects for franchises in Anaheim, Seattle and Vancouver, as well as other inquiries post-lockout and the 66-game shortened season. Earlier in the day, NBA executives Joel LItvin, Harvey Benjamin met with Kevin Johnson and other members of the contingent from Sacramento. The big meetings take place tomorrow.

Meantime, here a few other thoughts: * My favorite amenity in the Amway Center has to be the Budweiser Baseline Bar at the top of the loge section. Anyone who buys a ticket has access. When I was here last year, I met a young couple who bought season tickets for $5 per game and spend every game at the baseline bar, eating and drinking, and enjoying the closer view of the court. * Security has been more stringent outside the building than I can ever recall for an All-Star Weekend. * The only downer about the weekend is the distances traveled between events. The arena is downtown, but the Orange County Convention Center, and the hotels housing NBA executives, players and media members are spread all over the place, many on the Disney property. * Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer, who has visited with KJ at various national mayoral conferences, said he would tell his Sacramento counterpart, "to keep at it" regarding the arena proposal.

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Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2012 3:00 am | Updated: 7:58 pm, Fri Feb 24, 2012.

More reliable funding for the Federal Aviation Administration could propel a decision on EXTRA Aircraft's application for type certificate on two of its planes.

That, in turn, will help the company decide whether Montrose will become its new manufacturing home.

Germany-based EXTRA wants to relocate to the United States. The company initially selected Montrose as the home for its U.S. headquarters, but is now reconsidering Montrose, along with other locations, after a series of setbacks here.

More than a year ago, EXTRA applied to the FAA for acceptance of the type certificate on its EA 500 and 330 LP aircraft models. (The FAA uses type certification to ensure that manufacturers are in compliance with federal regulations for air-worthiness.)

EXTRA is still waiting for word on its application. As a result, its headquarters decision is in a holding pattern, said Ken Keith, CEO.

"What usually takes 90 days has taken 15 months," he said at Montrose Economic Development Corporation's annual meeting last week.

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There are certain words that online scammers use to suck the unsuspecting into their scams. "Acai" is one. "Mango" is another. A new study also suggests that Americans are generally more susceptible to scams than they'll admit.

This Mango is not a scam. This Mango has Kate Moss.

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At some point in every one of our days, we are moved by particular words.

We hear the word "love" directed at us and we melt. We hear "downsizing" and we shiver. And when someone says "Idol," for many what appears (at least this week) is the image of a 63-year-old rock star's moobs.

But what does the word "mango" do when you see or hear it? How about "acai"?

A fascinating--no, wait--depressing new study from PC Tools and the Ponemon Institute offers data that depicts Americans as highly gullible to specific words they see online.

At the broadest--and most disheartening--level, more than half of respondents to this survey said that they would provide personal or credit card information when offered one of these mouth-watering possibilities: An online prize, free antivirus software, or a get-rich quick opportunity.

Almost half said they would also give of their information when confronted with the offer of a free movie or an online shopping registration.

But some might find the keywords that signal online scams to be especially tormenting. PC Tools-- which, you will be stunned to hear, exists to protect people from online scams--offered a certain insight into scamming vocabulary.

These are the sorts of words its software looks for when it seeks out evildoers: "home," "work," "subscribe," "bill," "charges."

"Weight," too, is a word that sets off PC Tools' red lights. As are "fast," "burn," and "fat." Yes, "burn fat fast" is a set of words behind which lurks almost-certain deception.

However, it seems that "acai" and, of all things, "mango" are also words that tend to signal illicit tendencies.

Both words are associated, apparently, with diets and, therefore, diet scams. Indeed, diet-based lures--together with temptations involving working from home and mobile phones--are among the most prevalent of online scams.

Clearly, America is full of people who don't want to go to an office, fear becoming obese, and are desperate to pay as little as possible for their cell phones.

However, these researchers seem to imagine that Americans are ridiculously vulnerable to the impossible online promise. In this research, 62 percent of respondents said their friends would, they felt, hand over credit card information when confronted with the idea of getting rich quick or, indeed, working from home.

But these researchers are no mean psychological inducers. For, Richard Clooke, PC Tools' Online Security Expert, offered in a press release: "We generally find that when people are answering for others they are more inclined to reveal their true behavior."

So this weekend if you happen to see a message online that says "Burn fat faster while working from home and consuming acai and mango and get a free mobile phone subscription," it is, quite possibly, a false promise.

However, please feel safe if you adore the highly affordable (and remarkably slimming) clothing at Mango. You know this is not a scam. Just look at the Mango home page. There's Kate Moss. A rolling scam gathers no Moss.

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