Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex released

The Ubuntu Community has released it's latest 6 months cycle version of the increasingly populair Linux distribution: 8.10 code named the Intrepid Ibex! This new release contains some state of the art technology...

UK bookstore yanks racist Tintin comic

I grew up reading both Tintin and the Asterix comics. My stepmother's family is European, and the Tintin graphic novels have long been a part of the growing up process in many European households. I was handed...

Pirates Premiere at Disneyland: Full Circle

It began as a theme-park attraction and became an entertainment juggernaut: Pirates of the Caribbean. The third film in the series, At World's End, is getting its premiere at its place of birth: Disneyland."Crowds...

The USS Intrepid Slides to Freedom

It has been a long ordeal for the retired aircraft carrier, until today it was stuck in the muck and mud of the Hudson River. But this time the tow to New Jersey was a success for the tugboat operators, and...

USS Intrepid freed from thick NYC mud

"NEW YORK - A month after a failed attempt to move the USS Intrepid, the historic aircraft carrier was finally freed Tuesday from the Hudson River anchorage where it had sat for nearly a quarter of a century as a...

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...

Divers survey Intrepid's hull for damage (AP)

" NEW YORK - Navy divers probed the murky Hudson River on Tuesday to figure out how to free the USS Intrepid from the mud that has stranded the World War II ship at its Manhattan pier. The six divers, who could...

Intrepid partners with Navy to free ship

"NEW YORK - The Navy is coming to the rescue of one of its mightiest veterans, joining the operation to free the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from deep Hudson River mud that has blocked efforts to...

Famous warship museum stuck in the mud (AP)

" NEW YORK - The USS Intrepid, the aircraft carrier that survived World War II bomb and kamikaze attacks, got stuck in the mud in the Hudson River on Monday as tugboats tried to pull it from its berth. The ship — a huge floating military museum that draws hundreds of...

Intrepid museum heads for drydock repair (AP)

" NEW YORK - After 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is overdue for some R&R — restoration and repair. The ship's rehabilitation begins Monday, when tugboats are to take advantage of high tide to extract the World War II...

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