Navy hopes to move Intrepid next month (AP)

NEW YORK - The Navy is beginning the final stages of its dredging operation to free the USS Intrepid and may be ready to move the grounded aircraft carrier out of the mud early next month, officials said Tuesday. Intrepid Foundation officials got a monthlong extension on a federal dredging permit Tuesday from the New York State Department of Conservation and the Army Corps of Engineers so the Navy's dredging work could be continued uninterrupted in the Hudson River, said Bill White, president of ...