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43 min ago | Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Boat accident is man's second this year

The owner of a 72-foot sailboat that ran aground in Waikiki early Monday ran into similar problems six months ago with another sailboat.

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5 hrs ago | Amherst Daily News

N.S. fire boat that capsized in calm harbour lacked stability, report says

A small, high-powered fire boat that capsized in Halifax harbour last fall, dumping several firefighters into the water, had limited stability and it took only a small amount of force to tip it over, the Transportation Safety Board says in a report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Canada, North America, World News, Costa Mesa, CA, Mesa, CA

9 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

Candelight vigil planned for woman killed in Venice crash with LAPD cruiser

Devin Petelski's BMW had just entered a Venice intersection shortly before midnight Oct.

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Related Topix: Venice, CA, Santa Monica, CA, UC Santa Barbara

14 hrs ago | KTXL-TV Sacramento

Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stress

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Lance Cpl. Chad Phillips, 20, of Geneseo, N.Y., getting his neck measured while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, Twentynine Palms, CA, Mojave, CA, Life, Veteran Affairs

Thu Nov 19, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Death in the Dark: How a training exercise turned deadly

Loading... Click for full view The William E. Poole, a tug boat that collided with a NAVY inflatable boat and killed Seaman Freddie Porter Jr.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Wooldridge, MO

WTIC-TV Hartford

Police Release Video Of Deadly Cruiser Crash

Police on Tuesday released a chilling video of a June police cruiser crash in Orange that killed two 19-year-olds. The video is from the dashboard camera of a second police car, Milford Chief Keith Mello said Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Orange, CT, Milford, CT, New Haven, CT

Motoring.co.za

Us VP's Blue Light Bandits cause mayhem too

A New York police cruiser driving ahead of US vice-president Joe Biden's motorcade has crashed into another car in mid-town Manhattan, injuring four people 'Hell, I've never driven in New York with no traffic before' - Biden .

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CBC

Fire chief mulls ban on flipped boat maker

The Halifax Regional Municipality rejected the tender for the Firehawk 28 days after it flipped during tests.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Fire

BBC

Fisherman dies after boat fall

A 52-year-old fisherman has died after falling overboard from a boat in the North Sea near the Bell Rock off Arbroath around lunchtime.

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NBC Connecticut

USS Hartford Crew Caused Ocean Crash: Report

Sailors on the USS Hartford that collided with a Navy ship in March were sleeping and spent too much time away from their stations, according to a report that was recently released.

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT, US Military, US Navy, US News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WCBS-TV New York

GE Contractor Dies After Boat Tips In Hudson River

Share + Nov 18, 2009 3:08 pm US/Eastern GANSEVOORT, N.Y. Two General Electric contractors were thrown into the Hudson River after their boat went over an upstate dam, killing one of them.

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Related Topix: Gansevoort, NY, Construction, URS Corporation, Architecture

CBC

Flipped fire boat deemed unstable

The fire boat overturned on the third day of training in Halifax harbour. The Transportation Safety Board says a fire boat that overturned in Halifax harbour last year had an unstable design.

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Related Topix: Fire, Canada, World News,

Chico Enterprise Record

Investigators probe cause of houseboat sinking

The mysterious sinking of the houseboat Midnight Blue at Bidwell Marina is still under investigation by state Department of Parks and Recreation officials.

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SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Body of man, 57, found in harbor

The body of a Pickering Wharf shop owner who often fished along the waterfront was found floating in the harbor early yesterday morning.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Salem, MA

NBC Connecticut

Milford Cops Release Fatal Crash Video

The video shows Officer Jason Anderson's car racing by another Milford cruiser at 94 mph, before it slammed into the car carrying Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin , both 19 .

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Related Topix: Milford, CT, Orange, CT, West Haven, CT

Tue Nov 17, 2009

This Is Exeter

Bus passenger injured as storm wreaks havoc

ONE man was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a bus and lorry crashed near Exe Bridges.

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Related Topix: Weather

Northampton Today

Hero driver saved drowning student

An off-duty ambulance driver who saved the life of a drowning student has been hailed a hero by the girl's parents.

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Related Topix: Somerset County, England, United Kingdom, Buckinghamshire County, England, World News, Northamptonshire County, England, Bedfordshire County, England,

2NEWS.TV

Speed may have contributed to fatal Idaho boat crash

The investigation continues into last week's fatal boat crash. 77-year-old Harold Miller was killed when the boat he was driving crashed into an Interstate Bridge pillar catwalk and sunk to the bottom of the Snake River.

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Related Topix: Nez Perce County, ID, Kellogg, ID

MyKawartha

Pair rescued from lake after boat flips

Two men were rescued from Lake Katchewanooka on the weekend after their boat capsized.

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WisInfo

Man in waters of Green Bay presumed rescued

TOWN OF SCOTT - The New Franken Fire Department and Brown County Sheriff's Department are waiting to confirm that a man has been rescued after his boat capsized in the waters of Green Bay.

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Related Topix: New Franken, WI, Green Bay, WI, Brown County, WI

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