After Oil Spill Disaster, Maritime Law Is All at Sea

Martin Davies is a man in demand. In the three months since the Deepwater Horizon disaster sent oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the director of Tulane University Law School's Maritime Law Center has been fielding questions from congressional aides, reporters and investors seeking insight into U.S. maritime law -- a complicated, sometimes arcane set of statutes that often bears little ...

100th anniversary Titanic cruise attracts worldwide interest

A 100TH anniversary commemorative cruise retracing the route of the ill-fated Titanic in 1912, including a visit to Cobh in Cork, has attracted massive interest from people worldwide.

Marianne Williamson: Millennium Development Goals: Maybe It's Time to Pay Attention

The entire direction of human civilization is wrong, as we have placed economic principles before humanitarian values and in so doing have placed the very survival of the human race at risk.

Monessen man with link to Titanic disaster turns 100 years old today

This article has been read 0 times. John Senich of Monessen was a mere toddler on a ship named the Carpathia, which rescued hundreds of Titanic survivors from the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

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Whale killed by cruise ship - Today, 07:00 - PA A cruise ship operating in Alaska fatally struck a whale. Princess Cruises said the dead whale became stuck at the bow of the Sapphire Princess,...