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From the '60 Minutes' archives: It's something out of science fiction. Will we one day commute to work by air in our own personal flying machines? A number of inventors are trying to turn that fiction into fact. NASA is getting into the act as well, by figuring out how to prevent traffic jams in the sky.

Rescuers carry out a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Aftershock rattles China quake zone

AP - 52 minutes ago

YINGXIU, China - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Watertown, S.D., Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy

AP - 53 minutes ago

WATERTOWN, S.D. - Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.

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