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Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak

Now that investigators have determined the origins of the engine-room fire that paralyzed a Carnival cruise ship at sea for five days, they will try to learn

Cruise passengers became comrades on trip home

Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were checking into hotels early Friday for a hot shower, fresh-cooked food and sleep

Triumph makes slow journey to Alabama port

So close, yet so far away. For the thousands aboard the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph, the sight of a small Alabama island will be the first glimpse of land

Tug boats tow disabled cruise ship toward Alabama

A second tug boat reached a disabled cruise ship that had been drifting without power in the Gulf of Mexico since a weekend fire and was helping tow it Tuesday

Stranded surfer jumps to safety

A stranded surfer found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place Monday in California.

Officers recover $55 million in cocaine off Fla.

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa found more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine in the water Wednesday after smugglers aboard a boat dumped the drugs in

Man's home a 14-foot canoe in Boston Harbor

They say no man is an island, but Michael Richard Smith has been creating his own floating homes in Boston Harbor.

Gulf rig fire leaves 4 workers critical, 2 missing

An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf oil platform Friday as workers used a cutting torch, sending four people to a hospital with burns and leaving two

1 dead, captain missing after Sandy claims ship

The Coast Guard says it has found one of the missing crew members of a tall ship that went down off the North Carolina coast, but she is unresponsive.

Fisherman survives day at sea adrift in fish bin

A fisherman who spent a night adrift in a 4-by-4 foot plastic fish bin after his boat sank off Alaska says he gave himself pep talks and sang "Rudolf, the

Mississippi River closed after barge grounded

The Coast Guard says the Mississippi River is closed to shipping again after a barge grounded near Greenville, Miss.

11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the

Dramatic video: Coast Guard rescues family

The Coast Guard plucked two adults and three children from the waters Thursday after their boat capsized.

Yacht operator says NY boat hit by wave; 3 killed

The man operating a yacht full of fireworks-watchers that capsized on the Fourth of July, killing three children, said Thursday the vessel was slammed by a

Review: Changes needed in Guard pay

America's citizen soldiers, who train in their hometowns for a weekend a month and two weeks a year, receive more money for one day of training at home than

Feds: NJ ship search turns up no stowaways

An extensive cargo ship search that was triggered by a knocking sound ended Thursday without authorities finding any stowaways.

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