Amber Malkuch, Cruise Passenger Commits Suicide, Found Overboard

Amber Malkuch, a cruise ship passenger on board Holland America's ship the Zaamndam, was found overboard in what authorities believe to be a suicide. The 45-year-old woman was last seen ordering room service just after midnight and then she vanished, and a spokeswoman for...

Bruce O'Krepki Recent H.S. Graduate Falls Overboard From Ship

Update: May 27thThe search for Bruce O'Krepki ended on Tuesday night. There are eyewitness who report seeing  a  teenager jumping off the cruise ship Sunday night. After an exhaustive search effort to...

Spring Break is Here-The U.S. Gov't v. Cruise Ship Crime

"" "What we have found through hearings is truly alarming," says Congresswoman Matsui. "There is little to no regulation of the cruise industry and far too many crimes go unprosecuted each year. When a goliath...

31 chemical containers go overboard off Australia

A ship hit by a tropical cycone today off the coast of Australia lost 31 containers off the side and they could be now leaking chemicals into the ocean. The containters were holding ammonium nitrate, which is a toxic chemical used for making fertilizer and explosives, and...

Cruise ships using Caribbean Sea as dump

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the waste collected while sailing through those pristine blue waters of a Caribbean cruise?  "These are floating cities that go back and forth through our waters,...

Elderly Couple Missing from Carnival Cruise Ship

An elderly couple is missing from a Carnival Cruise ship that sails out of California and are "presumed to have gone overboard." "A statement released overnight by Carnival says the 90-year-old man and his...

Person Overboard on Langdale-Horseshoe Bay Ferry

I just received word from NowPublic contributor ppeggy that someone went overboard on the 7:20 run leaving Horseshoe Bay, heading for Langdale on the Sunshine Coast. Apparently the ferry stopped, and a zodiac was deployed, but they returned to the ferry without having located...

Cruise Ships Don't Have to Report Crimes

Yet another saga of  'the blame game' for cruise ship "accidents".  Deaths, assaults, robbery, drugging, rapes... Who is to blame?  The passengers themselves?  The cruise ships with their...

Overboard--Mindy Jordan's Pictures of Domestic Violence Surface

UPDATE: May 17, 2008:Revealing photographs of the "alleged abuse" by Mindy Jordan's boyfriend, Jorge Caputo.  A picture paints a thousand words."All previous story information located HERE""Mindy Jordan -...

Ghost Boat: Search for crew called off

"Two survivors who say boat was hijacked await legal fate, bail hearing Unraveling what happened aboard the sport fishing boat Joe Cool on Saturday night as it veered off course in the Florida Straits could prove...

Mystery at Sea: Survivor gives conflicting account

 "MIAMI - The Hialeah teenager had a harrowing tale to tell a Coast Guard investigator: Mysterious hijackers stormed aboard a boat on the high seas near the Bahamas and shot and killed four crew members,...

crocs may have devoured man

I fished this place about 20 years ago - remote - no so many crocs there then, but plenty of fish to feed them.  I would not want to be a police diver…. "     Man feared dead in croc-infested river     Northern Territory Police say it...

Today in history - Dec. 16

"Today is Saturday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2006. There are 15 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea...

Today in history - Dec. 16

"Today is Saturday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2006. There are 15 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea...

Today in history - Dec. 16

"Today is Saturday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2006. There are 15 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea...

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