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Investigators looking into high-speed ferry crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 10th

By COLLEEN LONG and DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A high-speed commuter ferry that crashed into a lower Manhattan dock, injuring dozens of people, had recently undergone a major overhaul that gave it new engines and a new propulsion system, and officials were looking into whether

NYC crane collapses at construction site; 7 hurt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

By DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a 200-foot crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom needed to be extricated from underneath the fallen

Injuries Reported As Boat Strikes NYC Dock

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

NEW YORK (AP) - Police and fire officials say 30 to 50 people were injured when a ferry from New Jersey struck a dock during rush hour in lower Manhattan. News reports say the Seastreak Wall Street catamaran ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it

Ferry strikes NYC dock; at least 50 are injured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, injuring at least 50 people, two of them critically. Passengers aboard the Seastreak Wall Street

Fish story lands in NC's high court, $1M on line

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By EMERY P. DALESIOAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - About four hours after the fishing charter boat Citation left dock on the Outer Banks to compete in one of the country's richest deep-sea fishing tournaments, crewmembers were in the fight of their lives. Something huge was hooked, but it

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 25th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The West Coast this winter is bracing for more sightings of debris washed away by the Japan tsunami. Last year's disaster swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that sank. No one knows how much tsunami debris is still adrift. Flotsam has already washed

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 25th

By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log