http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Coast_GuardFind stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Coast Guard from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:48:02 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Coast_Guard14433Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Coast Guard from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/california.midair.searchends/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/california.midair.searchends/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities have decided to call off a search-and-rescue mission for nine people who may have plunged into the Pacific Ocean off southern California after a Coast Guard C-130 plane and a Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter collided Thursday night.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/31/california.midair.collision/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/31/california.midair.collision/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescuers were still searching Saturday for nine people missing in the Pacific off the southern California coast after a Coast Guard C-130 plane and a Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter collided Thursday night.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/30/california.midair.collision/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/30/california.midair.collision/index.html#cnnSTCTextA massive search and rescue mission continued late Friday for nine people who may have plunged into chilly Pacific water off the Southern California coast after a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter collided.Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/potomac.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/potomac.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard promised a "thorough review" Friday after a training exercise intended to have been "normal" and "low profile" wound up instead triggering concerns about the security of the president on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/08/25/maine.wave.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/08/25/maine.wave.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey were there for the view -- spectators awed by a vista of massive waves smashing against the rocky shore.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/haiti.boat.capsized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/haiti.boat.capsized/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for as many as 79 Haitians missing after a boat capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a spokeswoman said early Thursday.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/28/haiti.boat.capsized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/28/haiti.boat.capsized/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe search continued Tuesday for as many as 67 people missing after a boat carrying about 200 Haitians capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/16/cruise.ship.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/16/cruise.ship.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA cruise ship resumed its voyage to Cozumel, Mexico, on Tuesday after the Coast Guard released it from the search for a 50-year-old woman believed to have fallen overboard late Monday.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/14/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/14/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe search continued Thursday for survivors of a boat authorities suspect was used for human smuggling that tipped over off the east coast of Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Thu, 14 May 2009 15:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/13/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/13/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 10 people were killed, and an unknown number remained missing Wednesday, after a boat authorities believe was used for human smuggling capsized off the coast of Florida.Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday night for four boaters who disappeared after a fishing boat sank off the New Jersey coast on Tuesday.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Coast Guard ended its search Tuesday for two professional football players and a third man lost at sea, leaving the families to cope with unknown fates of the men and to organize a private search.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextBad weather, poor planning, a lack of safety equipment. Any one could put a boater in the kind of peril that befell two NFL players and their two friends off the coast of Florida last weekend, Coast Guard officials say.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/02/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/02/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of four missing boaters was found Monday clinging to an overturned fishing vessel off Florida's Gulf Coast, and the search for the other three, including two NFL players, has narrowed, the Coast Guard said.Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/01/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/01/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo NFL players are among four boaters missing since Saturday night off Florida's Gulf Coast, officials told CNN.Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/alaska.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/alaska.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday was trying to reach the stranded four-man crew of an Alaska-based fishing vessel that ran aground in strong winds in the Bering Sea.Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/10/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/10/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescuers have found the body of a man who was one of six people aboard a small airplane that crashed Sunday evening near the northern shore of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextSearch operations resumed Monday for six U.S. citizens missing since their small plane crashed Sunday evening off the north coast of Puerto Rico.Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/18/inauguration.water.taxi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/18/inauguration.water.taxi/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile nearly all maritime activity on the Potomac River will be halted on Inauguration Day, a handful of Mall-goers will sail from Virginia to Washington on water taxis.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/plane.crash.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/plane.crash.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextEveryone aboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived when the plane crash-landed into the Hudson River, and that may be due as much to diligent rescue training as luck.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Navy helicopter whipped the waves as the U.S. Coast Guard closed in on the suspected drug traffickers abandoning their homemade submarine off the coast of Ecuador.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/01/cruise.ship.search/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/01/cruise.ship.search/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship employee who fell overboard early Thursday off Florida's east coast.Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/26/missing.cruise.passenger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/26/missing.cruise.passenger/index.html#cnnSTCTextSearchers looking for a woman believed to have fallen from a cruise ship off the Yucatan coast of Mexico have seen no sign of her, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Friday afternoon.Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/24/alaska.fishermen.email/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/24/alaska.fishermen.email/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo fishermen remain missing after a commercial fishing vessel went down in frigid, treacherous waters off the Aleutian Islands about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/23/alaska.fishermen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/23/alaska.fishermen/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday is searching for two fishermen missing after a commercial fishing vessel went down in remote, treacherous waters off the Aleutian Islands about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/19/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/19/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe capture of two cocaine-laden semi-submarines in the past week has highlighted the increasing use of the vessels, which now transport one-third of illicit drugs in the eastern Pacific, a major route between Colombia and the United States, U.S. authorities said Friday.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/14/drug.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/14/drug.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard seized seven tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of $8.4 million in what one officer called "the most dangerous operation of my career."Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/ike.rescues/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/ike.rescues/index.html#cnnSTCTextEven with Hurricane Ike more than 100 miles away, authorities began rescue efforts Friday, picking up more than 120 people stranded by rising seas along the southeast Texas coast.Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/08/coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/08/coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextA father and son who tread water for more than 12 hours in the Atlantic Ocean before being rescued spent much of the time in the dark seas not knowing if the other was alive, authorities said Monday.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:58:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835134,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835134,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from VenezuelaFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829021,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829021,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released by the Coast GuardSun, 03 Aug 2008 06:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/08/missing.sailors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/08/missing.sailors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe last of six Texas A&M University mariners who went missing in the Gulf of Mexico was found dead Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard said. The other five crewmates were rescued earlier in the day.Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/07/missing.sailors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/07/missing.sailors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard Sunday continues its search for a missing sailor whose five Texas A&M University crew mates were hoisted out of the Gulf of Mexico earlier in the day after their sailboat capsized.Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/21/bahamas.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/21/bahamas.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. and Bahamian rescue workers found the bodies of 20 people floating in open waters Sunday near the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Monday.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/24/alaska.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/24/alaska.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard continued to search Monday night for a crew member missing after his fishing vessel sank Sunday in the frigid waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, killing four others.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/20/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/20/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTextSophisticated submarine-like boats are the latest tool drug runners are using to bring cocaine north from Colombia, U.S. officials say.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/12/california.oil.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/12/california.oil.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText"Human error factors" probably were involved in a ship crash and oil spill that killed nearly 400 birds in San Francisco Bay and prompted a federal criminal probe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:34:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1682981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1682981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFederal investigators were considering Monday whether to file criminal charges in San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decadesMon, 12 Nov 2007 18:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/11/bay.oilspill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/11/bay.oilspill/index.html#cnnSTCTextFederal investigators have launched a criminal probe into a cargo ship collision and oil spill, the Coast Guard said, which killed hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay.Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/10/bay.bridge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/10/bay.bridge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTextA National Transportation Safety Board team was on its way to California Saturday to probe why a container ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earlier this week, spilling 58,000 gallons of oil into the water.Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/ship.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/ship.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextSixty-six passengers and crew were transferred to shore on Coast Guard vessels after their cruise ship was run aground off Virginia on Thursday, U.S. Coast Guard officials and the cruise ship company told CNN.Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/04/coast.guard.nooses/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/04/coast.guard.nooses/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe head of the U.S. Coast Guard and a congressman planned to travel to the Coast Guard Academy on Thursday to speak to cadets about the discovery this summer of two small hangman's nooses on Coast Guard properties.Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/24/ship/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/24/ship/index.htmlThe crew of an Asian ship listing in the North Pacific are preparing to abandon it after the U.S. Coast Guard said it was too dangerous to stay on board.Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/08/migrant.boat/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/08/migrant.boat/index.htmlA woman died after the Coast Guard chased and captured a speedboat carrying 31 Cuban migrants and three suspected immigrant smugglers about 4 miles off the coast of Boca Chica, Florida, on Saturday, the Coast Guard said.Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/20/coastguard.tipoffs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/20/coastguard.tipoffs/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard sometimes alerts large commercial ships they will be searched as they approach port so as not to burden shipping companies financially, the Coast Guard acknowledged to CNN on Saturday.Sat, 20 May 2006 19:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/27/ports.dubai/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/27/ports.dubai/index.htmlThe Coast Guard warned that "intelligence gaps" prevented a broad assessment of any security risks posed by the takeover of some U.S. shipping terminals by a United Arab Emirates company, a Senate hearing revealed Monday.Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/23/seaplane.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/23/seaplane.crash/index.htmlA body found floating off the southeast coast of Florida has been identified as the 20th victim of Monday's seaplane crash off Miami Beach, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/06/marine.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/06/marine.crash/index.htmlThe Coast Guard rescued a Marine pilot Tuesday after his aircraft plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida.Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/13/cuban.boat/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/13/cuban.boat/index.htmlA 6-year-old Cuban boy drowned Thursday after a smuggler's boat carrying him and 30 other people capsized as a U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempted to intercept it south of Florida, the Coast Guard said.Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/coastguard.rescue/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/coastguard.rescue/index.htmlTime is running out for thousands of people awaiting rescue six days after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, rescuers say.Sun, 04 Sep 2005 18:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/02/port.security/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/02/port.security/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard plans to unveil sonar systems and robotic cameras Wednesday that it will use to safeguard cruise liners, merchant ships and other vessels from attacks in American ports.Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/28/florida.migrants/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/28/florida.migrants/index.htmlThirty-two Spanish-speaking people were picked up Friday by the Coast Guard from an islet off the Florida coast near Miami where they had been stranded, said a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol.Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/12/alaska.oilspill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/12/alaska.oilspill/index.htmlWeather conditions improved Sunday as crews continued efforts to clean up an oil spill from a broken freighter off Alaska's Aleutian Islands.Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/09/copter.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/09/copter.crash/index.htmlThe crew of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed Wednesday off Alaska's Aleutian Islands is safe, authorities said Thursday.Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/14/woods.yatch/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/14/woods.yatch/index.htmlA secluded honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean for newlyweds Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren got unexpectedly crowded when armed officers of the Coast Guard boarded the couple's new mega-yacht Privacy.Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/13/florida.boat.rescue/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/13/florida.boat.rescue/index.htmlA ship worker was rescued Wednesday after he fell from a cargo freighter and spent more than 12 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said.Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/05/invaders/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/05/invaders/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard will soon begin enforcing new regulations to try to prevent ships from around the world from delivering unwanted and sometimes destructive cargo.Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/29/port.ship.security/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/29/port.ship.security/index.htmlA week after Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that U.S. seaports and ocean-going vessels were in "full compliance" with new anti-terrorism security standards, a Congressional report is casting doubts on that claim.Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/26/coast.guard.study/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/26/coast.guard.study/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard will not be prepared to handle its traditional mission plus the responsibilities that have arisen after the attacks of September 11, 2001, if it follows its current modernization plan, according to a new study.Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/29/tanker.explosion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/29/tanker.explosion/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard searched in vain Sunday for 18 crew members of a chemical tanker that exploded and sank Saturday evening in the frigid waters 50 miles off the coast of Virginia.Sun, 29 Feb 2004 06:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/28/tanker.explosion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/28/tanker.explosion/index.htmlThree crew members have died when a tanker carrying industrial ethanol exploded and sank with 27 people on board about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast of Chincoteague, Virginia.Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/27/haitian.repatriation/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/27/haitian.repatriation/index.htmlThe U.S. Coast Guard is in the process of repatriating 531 Haitians intercepted on boats as they tried to make their way to the United States, U.S. officials told CNN on Friday.Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/26/haiti.revolt.intl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/26/haiti.revolt.intl/index.htmlThe United Nations Security Council is to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the turmoil in Haiti as the U.S. Coast Guard begins intercepting refugee boats.Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/01/17/lake.erie.plane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/01/17/lake.erie.plane/index.htmlA commuter flight carrying 10 people crashed into the icy waters of Lake Erie on Saturday after the pilot issued a distress call, the Coast Guard said.Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/01/alaska.oil.shipments/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/01/alaska.oil.shipments/index.htmlThe transfer of oil onto tankers at Alaska's port of Valdez resumed Thursday after a temporary shutdown which the U.S. Coast Guard attributed to the nation's elevated threat level, a spokesman told CNN.Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:57:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352854/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352854/index.htmA bit over a year ago, all the ports on the West Coast were shut for 11 days in a contract dispute with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. 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