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1 hr ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

USS Iowa Heads for Final Home as Museum in San Pedro

SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- Decommissioned battleship, the USS Iowa, is spending Memorial Day weekend on its final voyage to San Pedro, where it will serve as a living museum.

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Related Topix: San Pedro, CA, San Francisco, CA, Port of Los Angeles

5 hrs ago | News Times

Final voyage: USS Iowa on way to S. Calif. home

The USS Iowa passes under the Golden Gate Bridge as it's towed out of San Francisco on Saturday, May 26, 2012, The 887-foot long, 58,000-ton battlewagon is being towed to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, where it will be transformed into an interactive naval museum.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, CA, Richmond, CA

9 hrs ago | GPB.org

Delayed At The Airport? They're Working On It

An air traffic controller works at the Atlanta TRACON, or terminal radar approach control, facility in Peachtree City, Ga.

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Related Topix: Peachtree City, GA, DallasFort Worth International Airport

Sat May 26, 2012

The Jersey Journal

Woman breaks ankle in off-limits area of George Washington Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is pictured in this 2011 file photo. Christina McQuaid, 26, of Leonia, broke an ankle after getting her foot stuck in a grate in the catwalk area of the bridge's lower level this morning.

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Related Topix: Leonia, NJ, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

KTVU Oakland

USS Iowa on way to new home in Southern California

This April 21, 2001 file photo shows the battleship USS Iowa being towed through the Carquinez Straits near Benicia, Calif., as it makes its way toward the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay.

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Related Topix: Benicia, CA, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, CA

Connecticut Post

What led to deadly Easton raid?

The 33-year-old Norwalk man formerly worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways in Norwalk.

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Related Topix: Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Home Listing, Home

Vail Daily News

Gilman Gorge litter frustrates boaters

This photo, taken May 11, shows one of several Union Pacific communication poles that was recently discarded in the Gilman Gorge section of the Eagle River.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Union Pacific Railroad, Eagle County, CO

WKXW-FM Trenton

Port Authority Says It's Caught A Major Toll Cheat

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says its police have caught a trucker who used a fake license plate to evade tolls.

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Related Topix: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ

KTBS

2 have minor injuries after plane crashes in Ark.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a plane flying from Tulsa, Okla., to Tunica, Miss., crashed in western Arkansas -- leaving two people with what authorities describe as minor injuries.

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Related Topix: Federal Aviation Administration, Tulsa, OK, Air Accidents, US News

Fri May 25, 2012

The State

After closing arguments, bankruptcy judge advises American to make a deal

As American Airlines made its final stand Friday in U.S. bankruptcy court, the judge finished the lengthy hearing on a surprising note by telling the courtroom that the airline and its unions need to work toward a deal.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Airlines, US Airways Group, Fort Worth, TX

KSFO AM 560

Obama and His Pot-Smoking 'Choom Gang'

Unlike Bill Clinton, Barack Obama never tried to say he didn't inhale. In his 1995 memoir "Dreams of My Father," Obama writes about smoking pot almost like Dr.

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Related Topix: Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Holdings, Drugs, Marijuana, Medication

NBC12

10 highest-paid CEOs in AP survey

David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Simon Group, World Trade Organization, Financial Services, Banking, European Central Bank

WXOW-TV La Crosse

Hurricane Bud roars toward Mexican coast

Authorities in New York City say they've cracked a 33-year-old case that helped focus national attention on missing children - the disappearance of Etan Patz .

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Bud, Simon Group, Hurricane Jova

The Huffington Post

CEO Pay: Highest Salaries Equal 3,489 Years For Typical Worker

David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Simon Group, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Joe Biden

The Capital-Journal

Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, David Simon, CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group speaks at the Economic Club of Indiana's speaker series luncheon at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

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Related Topix: Simon Group, Sun Valley, ID

Bellingham Herald

Cheaters, pony up; LA subway's honor system ending

This July 7, 2005 file photo shows Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Shawn Moreno patroling a Los Angeles subway.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Railroads

The Guelph Mercury

CP Rail customers looking at alternatives on Day 2 of Teamsters strike

Companies that rely on Canadian Pacific Railway to move their products across the country are looking at their alternatives on Day 2 of a walkout by 4,800 employees.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Canadian Pacific Railway, North America, Canada, World News

Thu May 24, 2012

Star Tribune

Union Pacific will pay $650,000 to family of Mankato man killed in train crash

MANKATO, Minn. - Union Pacific Railroad and the family of a man killed in a Blue Earth County train crash have reached a legal settlement.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Union Pacific Railroad, Mankato, MN, Blue Earth County, MN

Connecticut Post

Plane door lands on South Florida golf course

Federal authorities are investigating how a private jet's main cabin door became an unconventional hazard at a South Florida golf course.

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Related Topix: Florida, Federal Aviation Administration

Lexington Herald-Leader

Airlines catch a break on fuel, shares rising

Airline stocks rose on Thursday after a J.P. Morgan analyst raised his estimates of the companies' future profits because of the recent drop in jet fuel prices.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Airlines, US Airways Group, Alaska Air Group

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