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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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Coast guard shouts at capt to go back to help ship (AP)

A scuba diver recovers a body from the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian media say five bodies have been found aboard a cruise ship capsized off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11. Teams have been searching the ship for passengers and crew missing since the Costa Concordia struck rocks Friday evening and capsized. Rescuers exploded four holes in the hull of the ship earlier Tuesday to gain easier access to areas that had not yet been searched. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP – An Italian coast guard official vehemently demanded that the captain go back to his crippled cruise ship to oversee its evacuation, but the captain repeatedly resisted, according to a shocking audiotape made public Tuesday.


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Romney rivals fight for South Carolina coast (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to members of the media after a GOP forum at Byrnes High School, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Duncan, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Call it the fight for the coast.


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Coast guard: 2 survivors found on stricken ship (AP)

AP – An Italian coast guard official says rescuers heard the shouts of of two survivors aboard a cruise liner that ran aground off Tuscany a day earlier and are looking for the man and the woman.

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Cargo ship splits in two off New Zealand coast

A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials said Sunday.

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Flotsam from Japanese tsunami reaches West Coast (AP)

AP – Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast.

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Snow, hurricane-force winds batter Alaska coast (AP)

In a Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011 photo, Nome kids plays in sea foam near the Nome harbor late Tuesday evening, Nov. 8, 2011 as the big Bering Sea storm starts kicking up in Nome, Alaska.   High winds and surging waves pummeled Alaska's western coast Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, churning the Bering Sea and forcing residents of Nome and isolated native villages to seek higher ground inland.   (AP Photo/Peggy Fagerstrom)AP – One of the strongest storms to hit western Alaska in nearly 40 years battered coastal communities Wednesday with snow and hurricane-force winds, knocking out power, ripping up roofs and forcing some residents to board up their windows and seek higher ground.


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