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Misbehaving drones increasingly plague UK and US skies
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Annoying (And Dangerous) UAVs! 
Drone operator who startled police horses and baffles dogs gets fined
The videos of the first operator convicted in the UK feature dramatic music, slo-mo footage and lots of living things he could have crashed into.
Drones buzz around LAPD chopper, crash into US Open and football stadiums
Police arrested operators who allegedly threatened lives by crashing UAVs into stadiums or flying within sneezing distance of a helicopter.
California governor shoots down 350-foot no-fly drone law
He vetoed the bill because, he says, litigation would rain down on hobbyists and FAA-authorized operators. “Let’s look at this more carefully,” he said. 
California pushes 350-foot no-fly drone law
Operators would need express permission to legally fly UAVs above a property’s ground level: a hurdle that could ground tech’s big plans. 
Sound: Yet another way to smack down drones
Researchers attacked drones by matching their gyroscopes’ resonant frequencies, sending them crashing into the ground as they vibrated like glasses shattered by opera singers.
Man arrested for shooting down drone over his property
The drone slayer’s privacy fence didn’t keep a drone from flying over his property. What did: his shotgun and some birdshot. 
Dreams of legally slapping drones out of the sky may come true
California may 1) exonerate emergency responders for kicking the little, metallic shins of drones that get in the way and 2) jail and/or fine the operators.
Drones in restricted area divert planes fighting wildfire
Air drops were aborted as a DC-10 and two smaller planes were forced back from the fire, costing the US Forest Service more than $10,000.