Monday, February 18, 2013

[U.S.] Coast Guard: Cruise ship fire started with leaking fuel-oil line

Coast Guard: Cruise ship fire started with leaking fuel-oil line
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/18/carnival-triumph-cruise-ship-fire-fuel-leak
Washington (CNN) -- The fire that crippled the Carnival cruise ship Triumph started with a leak in a fuel-oil return line running from one of the ship's engines, the U.S.

Colo. House votes to ban high-capacity ammo magazines
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colo-house-passes-gun-control-measures-18532432
Rifles would be limited to 15 rounds. Another bill seeks ID checks for private sales. Magazines. Legislation approved Monday by the Colorado House would limit ammunition magazines to 15 rounds for rifles and pistols and eight shells for shotguns.

The $570000 JFK bomber jacket bargain
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jfk-bomber-jacket-nets-570k-article-1.1266925
Would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket? Probably not (though I'm willing to give NBA stars and the like an out here). But would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket, complete with presidential seal, once worn by John F. Kennedy aboard Air Force One ...

Warring Peterson lawyers take fight to court
http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/peterson-lawyers-take-fight-to-court_5576703
CHICAGO -- A lawyerly war of words between Drew Peterson's former lead trial attorney and current lawyers is heading to court.

Man accused of slapping crying boy on Delta flight loses his job
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/executive-charged-slapping-toddler-plane-loses-job/story?id=18529437
(CNN) -- An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 2-year-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight is now out of a job.

Texas baby gorilla going to Cincinnati Zoo
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-baby-gorilla-cincinnati-zoo-18531654
A gorilla born at a South Texas zoo last month is headed to Ohio to be introduced to a troop at a zoo there because the baby's mother has been ignoring her.

Obama wraps up 3-day Florida golf vacation, week includes sequester, meeting ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/tigerwoods/9877262/Tiger-Woods-and-Barack-Obama-play-round-of-golf-in-Florida.-No-one-sees-any-of-it.html
PALM CITY, Fla. - President Barack Obama hit the links with a comparatively low-key group of partners on Monday, the third and final day of a Florida golf vacation.

Mississippi Ratifies 13th Amendment Banning Slavery
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mississippi-finally-ratifies-slavery-ban-article-1.1267133?localLinksEnabled=false
Mississippi lawmakers have officially ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned slavery in 1865. 148 years after three-fifths of the states voted to approve the amendment, Mississippi's legislature finally took steps to fix the glaring oversight ...

Woman allegedly bites off piece of boyfriend's tongue after Valentine's dispute
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-bites-boyfriend-tongue-valentine-day-article-1.1266904
Follow @NBCNewsUS. By Andrew Mach, Staff Writer, NBC News. An Illinois woman was arrested after allegedly biting off a large piece of her boyfriend's tongue following a domestic dispute on Valentine's Day.

Michelle Obama Jokes About Bangs, 'Mid-Life Crisis'
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/michelle-obama-jokes-about-bangs-mid-life-crisis/
First lady Michelle Obama is seen as President Barack Obama speaks to supporters and donors at an inaugural reception for the 57th Presidential Inauguration at The National Building Museum in Washington, Jan. 20, 2013.

No comments:

Post a Comment