How the ship Bounty fought Sandy, and lost
March 15, 2013|By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times At a Coast Guard hearing, crew members of the tall ship relive its doomed battle with the hurricane PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The ship’s engineer was seasick and spitting up his medication. A…
Another cruise ship having issues, Carnival says – misses Grand Cayman
From cfnews13 Another cruise ship with problems – Carnival Cruise spokesperson says cruise ship Legend is having issues. In a statement late Thursday night, Vance Gulliksen said the ship was experiencing problems with its sailing speed. Below is the full…
Carnival to fly passengers home after another cruise failure
By Ed Payne and Josh Levs, CNN Carnival Cruise Lines will fly all passengers on one of its cruises back to Florida after the ship suffered a generator failure while docked in the Caribbean. The experience on the Carnival Dream…
Arctic ice loss amplified Superstorm Sandy violence
By Blaine Friedlander If you believe that last October’s Superstorm Sandy was a freak of nature — the confluence of unusual meteorological, atmospheric and celestial events — think again. Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography…
What it’s like getting to Guantanamo Bay, the most controversial military base in the world
Robert Johnson and Paul Szoldra, Busienss Insider Guantanamo Bay. The name of the U.S. Naval Base located on a small sliver of Cuba likely brings up many different associations: A relic of the Cold War, or a military prison for…
Foil pans make St Patrick’s Day feasts active
From The Kitchn – Diamonds for dessert Are you looking for a quick dish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Something festive without hours worth of labor in the kitchen? Check out these two tips to turn any quiche (or baked…
‘Deserving Bahamians’ to be honoured with Bahamian awards
From Bahama islands info Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie brings the keynote address at the official launch of The Bahamas’ 40th Anniversary of Independence in Rawson Square, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay) NASSAU, The Bahamas…
Eleventh-Hour law prevents FATF from blacklisting Turkey
By Samuel Rubenfeld, The Wall Street Journal The Financial Action Task Force said late Friday that Turkish legislation signed 10 days ago into law spared Ankara from its blacklist. Turkey’s national assembly passed a bill on preventing the financing of…
InTrade was awesome — here’s what all the critics got wrong
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider Sunday, Irish betting site InTrade announced on its website that all trading was being halted. The language is very ominous. It’s unclear if there will ever be trading again. The site was controversial. It was popular…
South Africa: ‘Over 25% of schoolgirls HIV positive’
BBC World News At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because “sugar daddies” are exploiting them, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said. He said 94,000 schoolgirls also fell pregnant in 2011, and…
