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O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule
Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Layoffs and Downsizing, Martin O'Malley, Air Pollution, Diesel Fuel
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Change will occur in Cuba, but mainly from within
The sequence never changes. Just as night follows day, in the days following a visit by a Hollywood or Latin American star to Cuba, stories pop up demanding the United States lift the embargo on the Caribbean island. They add that Americans should be...Tags: Travel, Politics, Trips and Vacations, Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid
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Klotzbach-Gray continue to call for a busy storm season
Sun SentinelPhil Klotzbach and William Gray are standing pat. In an updated outlook released Monday, they continue to call for a significantly busier than normal storm season with 18 named storms, including nine hurricanes, with four of those major. That's the...Tags: National Hurricane Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters
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Andres Oppenheimer: Xi's Latin America tour a tit-for-tat message to Obama
The most interesting thing about China's new President Xi Jinping's first official trip to Latin America is that he will not set foot in Cuba, Venezuela or any other of China's political allies in the region — which would have received a huge...Tags: Barack Obama, Cuba, Burma, Venezuela, Trips and Vacations
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First passengers from fire-stricken cruise ship return to Baltimore
The first flights carrying passengers from the Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur arrived in Baltimore on Tuesday after an on-board fire forced an end to the cruise. Almost 2,200 passengers were being flown into Baltimore on charter planes after a fire...
Tags: Travel, Royal Caribbean International, Tourism and Leisure, National Transportation Safety Board, Bahamas
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Fire aboard ship brings early end to cruise
A fire broke out at 2:50 a.m. Monday aboard a Royal Caribbean International ship, forcing an end to the Bahamas-bound cruise. "Unfortunately, the damage caused by the fire on Grandeur of the Seas will require us to cancel the rest of the voyage," said...
Tags: Travel, Sprained Ankle, Royal Caribbean International, High Blood Pressure, Italy
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Cruise passengers return to Baltimore after harrowing voyage
They left Baltimore on Friday by cruise ship and came back Tuesday by charter jet. The passengers from the Grandeur of the Seas arrived safely and with sea stories to last a lifetime. A fire near the stern of the 917-foot Royal Caribbean International...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Annapolis, Festive Events, Calicivirus, Cape Canaveral
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Passengers returning to US after cruise ship fire
BALTIMORE (AP) — For the second time this year, a fire at sea has aborted a cruise ship. This time, aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas and the ship's 2,200 passengers were expected back in Baltimore on Tuesday after being flown on charter...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Cruise Line Ports, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), U.S. Coast Guard, Media Industry
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Cruise canceled after fire aboard Royal Caribbean ship
Bang Warren dismissed the pounding on her cabin door early Monday morning as "children playing a prank." Then a horn blared and she heard people running through the halls of the Grandeur of the Seas A fire had broken out in the early morning hours...
Tags: Travel, Royal Caribbean International, Tourism and Leisure, Bahamas, Cruises
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Fire hits Royal Caribbean cruise ship near Bahamas
Another month, another troubled cruise ship. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas -- and its 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members -- saw their trip come to an abrupt end after the ship's aft mooring deck burst into flames not far from...
Tags: Travel, Royal Caribbean International, Sailing, Trips and Vacations, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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The Week Ahead: Biden goes south, classic cars go continental
Monday-Friday, May 27-31 -- “Being Biden” is going on a road trip. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s eclectic blogsite will follow his sweep through Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil this week as he carries out a mission to...Tags: Marketing, Renewable Energy, Colombia, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy
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Southwest offers four new cities from BWI
Southwest offers flights to four new cities from BWI Southwest Airlines is now operating flights from Baltimore to four new cities as it continues its integration of subsidiary AirTran Airways. As of April 14, passengers can book flights on the...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., AirTran, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Fort Lauderdale
Jun 16, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 6, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 3, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 3, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 28, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 27, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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