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Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 aboard (AP)

AP – Rescuers have plucked 50 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.

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Audio reveals anguish aboard Air Force One after Kennedy assassination

Forty-two lost minutes from the Air Force One recording made right after President Kennedy was assassinated have surfaced — and nearly half a century later it’s a jarring reminder of that dark day.

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Search aboard the Costa Concordia resumes (AP)

In this undated underwater photo released by Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 two Carabinieri scuba divers swim next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship's bell, off the tiny Giglio island, Italy. The $450 million Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-marked rocks off the island of Giglio after the captain made an unauthorized diversion from his programmed route. The ship then keeled over on its side. (AP Photo/Carabinieri)AP – The search for 21 missing after a cruise ship grounded off the Tuscan coast has resumed above the waterline after officials determined the ship has stabilized.


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Coast Guard to Italian captain: Go back aboard! (AP)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, after running aground on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday evening. Italian naval divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship that grounded near a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing passengers and crew while the seas remain relatively calm. The search intensified as prosecutors prepared to question the captain, who is accused of causing the wreck that left at least six dead by making a maneuver that the Italian cruise operator said was 'unapproved and unauthorized.' (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP – “You go on board! Is that clear? Do you hear me?” the Coast Guard officer shouted as the captain of the grounded Costa Concordia sat safe in a life raft and frantic passengers struggled to escape after the ship rammed into a reef off the Tuscan coast.


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Some crew still aboard burning Russian nuclear sub (AP)

In this framegrab image from Ru-RTR Russian state channel, smoke rises from a dock where the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine is for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A massive fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine at an Arctic shipyard Thursday, but there has been no radiation leak, or injuries, officials said. The fire at the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine occurred while it was in dock for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard. The Yekaterinburg is a Delta-IV-class nuclear-powered submarine that normally carries 16 nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told The Associated Press that all weapons had been unloaded from the sub and its reactor had been shutdown to safety before the repairs. (AP Photo/Ru-RTR Russian state channel)  TV OUTAP – Some of the crew of a burning Russian nuclear submarine were still inside and seven others had been evacuated to hospitals after inhaling toxic fumes, officials said Friday.


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Two shot, one fatally, aboard bus in Queens 

A gunman went on a wild rampage in Queens Friday — mortally wounding one man inside an apartment and then shooting two others, one fatally, on a packed city bus, cops said.

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Flyers stranded aboard Jet Blue flight for 7 hours  

Some 200 passengers aboard a Newark-bound Jet Blue flight were trapped on the plane for seven hours without food, water or working bathrooms after bad weather forced the plane to land in Connecticut.

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