This is very good news for families and current victims of the horrible crash; shame on the city for trying to implement an age-old rule with little current applicability. "A federal judge today rejected New York...
created by mardoux | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 934 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the sentence of a man who was convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
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Ahmed Ressam was arrested near the U.S.-Canadian border in December 1999...
As you may know, Veterans Day is observed on Sunday in the UK. With that in mind, vimto offers this Veterans Day tribute to Aunt Jemima, and the surrender of the French army. A record, I think, even for the...
created by nukegingrich | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 1908 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I just found photos of what looks like it could be breaking news as a fire broke out in San Francisco. Is anyone on the scene? It appears to be happening at Taylors down near the Ferry Building. I am looking...
created by clorenz1 | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 908 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"At least eight people have been killed and several are missing in the Philippines after Typhoon Xangsane brought fierce winds and rain.
Roads were cut off, schools and ferry services closed and flights grounded...
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" NEW YORK - They were different men going in different directions one a visiting Egyptian student on scholarship, the other an ex-cop in a dead-end job as a hotel security guard. But an aviation radio left in a high-rise hotel brought Abdallah Higazy and Ronald Ferry...
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"n his zeal to fight terror, Ferry twisted the truth about the radio — capable of contacting commercial pilots from the ground — and triggered an investigation that needlessly landed Higazy in jail for a month.
Five years later, Higazy, 35, is back in Egypt, where he...
"As many as 13 pedestrians were injured this afternoon by a motorist who drove around western San Francisco running people down before he was arrested, authorities said.
Seven of the 13 people injured were in...
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"The ferry that France chartered to transport French nationals from Lebanon arrived at Larnaca on Cyprus on Tuesday carrying 44 Belgians.
Officials from the French Foreign Ministry who were on board the ship said some 900 foreign nationals were evacuated from Lebanon, 750...
Ever wonder why the city is called the big apple? Well, I learned the answer to that question and many more interesting facts about the city I've lived in for 10 years now all from a wonderful three-hour cruise of...
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"At least 17 people were drowned and 20 missing as a passenger ferry sank in Bay of Benga near Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong Thursday noon amid rough weather.
Official and local sources said the ferry,...
"At least 48 people are confirmed dead after a tourist ferry carrying more than 130 people capsized and sank off the coast of Bahrain, rescue officials say."
created by Area Man | 7 years ago 469 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments