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3 hrs ago | WAVE-TV Louisville

Bardstown police officer shot and killed

The Bardstown officer was found dead in uniform inside his cruiser. He was on his way home from work, according to KSP.

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Related Topix: Bardstown, KY, Nelson County, KY, Elizabethtown, KY

8 hrs ago | Rock FM

Boat Crash: 48 Saved After Rock Smash

A rescue operation is under way after a passenger boat hit a rock at Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire County, Wales

9 hrs ago | CBS 47

Boaters rescued in Intracoastal Waterway in St. Johns County

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- The St. Johns County Fire and Rescue Department says five boaters are safe and back on dry land after their 15-foot fiberglass boat sank near the Matanzas Inlet Friday night.

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Related Topix: St Johns County, FL

13 hrs ago | Jacksonville Daily News

Tragic trailer accident serves as safety reminder

As boaters take to the area roadways en route to the water, a tragic accident that occurred a year ago in Carteret County serves as a reminder that the trailers they are towing can be dangerous.

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Related Topix: Carteret County, NC, North Carolina, Atlantic Beach, NC

Fri May 24, 2013

Post and Courier

One man critically injured in boat accident; no others injured

Boats search the waters of the Cooper River after a boat capsized sending one man to the hospital Friday, May 24, 2013 in Mount Pleasant.

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Related Topix: Mount Pleasant, SC, Charleston, SC

Click2Houston

Officers on the lookout for drunk boaters

Thousands of people will be out on the water for Memorial Day weekend, but authorities have a message for the people driving the boats.

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Related Topix: Texas

The Gazette

Hayley Bruce wrote a new blog post: In the rescue boat: Mason Ayers-Berry

Ever since Mason Ayers-Berry can remember, he's been on a boat. Whether it was at a job site with his dad's diving service, or just a family fishing trip, he's always been comfortable on the water.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA

WTAJ

Three People Killed in Crash with Tanker Truck

Three people died when a car crashed into a tanker truck. It happened around 9:15 p.m. Thursday on Rt.

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Related Topix: Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA

BBC News

Padstow boat deaths inquest begins

An inquest into the deaths of a father and daughter who died after being thrown from a speedboat in Cornwall has been opened.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'

The director who put Robert Redford in a struggle for survival as a capsized sailor in "All Is Lost" is talking about mortality when a gust of wind lifts a large beach umbrella from its base and sends it and its heavy metal pole sailing straight toward a publicist sitting nearby.

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Related Topix: Margin Call, Movies, Entertainment

Thu May 23, 2013

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Boat sinks at Portsmouth marina

The Coast Guard says it has tried to contact the boat's owner but it was unsuccessful.

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Inside Bay Area

America's Cup: Recommendations unveiled to ensure sailor safety

Two weeks after the deadly capsize of an America's Cup boat, the regatta director late Wednesday issued a list of 37 safety recommendations to make the 72-foot catamarans and their crews safer.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Fisherman drowns in overnight accident

Police from the Lakeview Post responded to Muskellunge Lake in Montcalm County at about 11:30pm Wednesday night on reports of a missing fisherman.

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Related Topix: Montcalm County, MI, Pierson, MI

KVIA-TV El Paso

Cruise passengers get bill of rights

Attention cruise passengers: You now have more protection when things go awry. On Wednesday, Cruise Lines International Association announced the adoption of a new passenger bill of rights.

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Fleet Owner Magazine

Trucker charged with second-degree murder in accident that killed Arizona trooper

The tanker truck driver involved in a collision that killed an Arizona highway patrol officer on Interstate 8 in Yuma on May 6 was charged with 19 felony offenses, including one count of second-degree murder, 13 counts of endangerment and five counts of criminal damage.

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Related Topix: Truckers

The Toronto Star

Mystery swirls around couple's fatal plunge from cruise ship

One of two Australians who plunged from a cruise ship in mysterious circumstances two weeks ago was remembered on Thursday as a hero who died attempting to rescue his girlfriend.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Travel/Tourism, Carnival Cruise,

Chicago Tribune

Glen Ellyn man dies in FBI training accident

As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Glen Ellyn, IL, Wheaton, IL

CBC News

Crew safe after rescue from boat near Baccalieu Island

This vessel, Ocean Negotiator, ran into trouble on Tuesday 42 nautical miles northeast of St.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Wed May 22, 2013

94.3 WSC

Man in sinking boat swims to shore where police arrest him

According to Charleston Police, early Wednesday morning they were called near the Yacht Club on East Bay Street in reference to a man vandalizing cars.

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KXLY-TV Spokane

High winds contribute to fatal boat accident on Sprague Lake

One person has died and a second person has been transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with unknown injuries following a boat accident on Sprague Lake, 41 miles southwest of Spokane Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Weather, Medicine, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Spokane, WA