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Behind uncertainty, Canada prepares for fight over second oil pipeline
Canada’s recent push for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta to the nation’s West Coast, where it would be sent to China, has been marked by uncharacteristic defiance. And it first flared in the brouhaha over the bananas. Responding to urgings from U.S. environmentalists, Ohio-based Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced in November that it would join a growing number of companies trying to avoid fuel derived from Canada’s tar sands, whose production is blamed for accelerating climate change and leveling boreal forests.
Saturday, February, 25, 2012 - Los Angeles Times/ MCT - News
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Canada’s recent push for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta to the nation’s West Coast, where it would be sent to China, has been marked by uncharacteristic defiance. And it first flared in the brouhaha over the bananas. Responding to urgings from U.S. environmentalists, Ohio-based Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced in November that it would join a growing number of companies trying to avoid fuel derived from Canada’s tar sands, whose production is blamed for accelerating climate change and leveling boreal forests.
Saturday, February, 25, 2012 - Los Angeles Times/ MCT - News
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Divers find 8 more bodies in ruins of Italian cruise ship
Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies today on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.
Wednesday, February, 22, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies today on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.
Wednesday, February, 22, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Minnesota couple lost in Italian cruise ship disaster memorialized today
A memorial Mass for Jerry and Barb Heil drew hundreds of people to the couple's longtime Minnesota church in White Bear Lake, a suburb of St. Paul. The Heils are among 15 people still listed as missing from the Costa Concordia, which rammed a reef near a Tuscan island and capsized Jan. 13.
Saturday, February, 18, 2012 - - News
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A memorial Mass for Jerry and Barb Heil drew hundreds of people to the couple's longtime Minnesota church in White Bear Lake, a suburb of St. Paul. The Heils are among 15 people still listed as missing from the Costa Concordia, which rammed a reef near a Tuscan island and capsized Jan. 13.
Saturday, February, 18, 2012 - - News
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One month after cruise ship disasters, relatives toss roses in sea nearby
Authorities say 15 people remain missing and are presumed dead after the ship hit a reef Jan. 13 when the captain made an unauthorized maneuver. Seventeen people are confirmed dead.
Monday, February, 13, 2012 - - News
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Authorities say 15 people remain missing and are presumed dead after the ship hit a reef Jan. 13 when the captain made an unauthorized maneuver. Seventeen people are confirmed dead.
Monday, February, 13, 2012 - - News
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Service set for Minnesota couple missing in ship disaster
A memorial Mass has been scheduled for a Minnesota couple who are missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster, their family announced Sunday.
Monday, February, 06, 2012 - - News
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A memorial Mass has been scheduled for a Minnesota couple who are missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster, their family announced Sunday.
Monday, February, 06, 2012 - - News
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AT THE MOVIES: Big Miracle...Chronicle...The Woman in Black
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“Big Miracle”: In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend, a Greenpeace volunteer, on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. With Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ted Danson. Director: Ken Kwapis. (1:47) Rated PG for language
Friday, February, 03, 2012 - - Entertainment
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New in GF/EGF:
“Big Miracle”: In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend, a Greenpeace volunteer, on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. With Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ted Danson. Director: Ken Kwapis. (1:47) Rated PG for language
Friday, February, 03, 2012 - - Entertainment
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Oil spreads from wreck of cruise ship off Italy coast
A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered its wreckage off Italy's coast today, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the area's sensitive, pristine waters.
Wednesday, February, 01, 2012 - - News
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A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered its wreckage off Italy's coast today, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the area's sensitive, pristine waters.
Wednesday, February, 01, 2012 - - News
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Family of missing Minnesota couple accepts decision to end search for Italian cruise disaster survivors
In a blog posting Tuesday, the children of Jerry and Barbara Heil of White Bear Lake, Minn., say they are "certainly disheartened to hear the news" but understand. The Heils' children say they "cannot express enough" their gratitude to everyone involved in the search and rescue effort.
Wednesday, February, 01, 2012 - - News
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In a blog posting Tuesday, the children of Jerry and Barbara Heil of White Bear Lake, Minn., say they are "certainly disheartened to hear the news" but understand. The Heils' children say they "cannot express enough" their gratitude to everyone involved in the search and rescue effort.
Wednesday, February, 01, 2012 - - News
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Italy ends search for missing people in submerged part of cruise ship
Italy's Civil Protection agency said today that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it. Relatives of the missing and diplomatic officials representing their countries have been informed of the decision, it said in a statement.
Tuesday, January, 31, 2012 - - News
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Italy's Civil Protection agency said today that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it. Relatives of the missing and diplomatic officials representing their countries have been informed of the decision, it said in a statement.
Tuesday, January, 31, 2012 - - News
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Cruise ship disaster not deterring local ‘cruisers’
Just a few days after the first televised pictures showed the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and lying on its side off Italy’s Tuscan shore, Dr. Eugene and Meredith Byron of Grand Forks booked their fall 2012 cruise.
Saturday, January, 28, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Just a few days after the first televised pictures showed the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and lying on its side off Italy’s Tuscan shore, Dr. Eugene and Meredith Byron of Grand Forks booked their fall 2012 cruise.
Saturday, January, 28, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Costa offers $14,460 per uninjured person for ruined cruise
How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA Friday put the figure at €11,000 ($14,460) plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets and extra travel expenses, seeking to cut a deal with as many passengers as possible to take the wind out of class-action lawsuits stemming from the Jan. 13 grounding of its Costa Concordia cruise liner off Tuscany.
Friday, January, 27, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA Friday put the figure at €11,000 ($14,460) plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets and extra travel expenses, seeking to cut a deal with as many passengers as possible to take the wind out of class-action lawsuits stemming from the Jan. 13 grounding of its Costa Concordia cruise liner off Tuscany.
Friday, January, 27, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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AT THE MOVIES: Movies opening Jan. 27 in Grand Forks, East Grand Forks
“The Decendants”: Matt King (George Clooney) runs a trust of real estate in Hawaii that’s worth millions to him and his cousins when his wife goes into a coma after an accident.
Thursday, January, 26, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Entertainment
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“The Decendants”: Matt King (George Clooney) runs a trust of real estate in Hawaii that’s worth millions to him and his cousins when his wife goes into a coma after an accident.
Thursday, January, 26, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Entertainment
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Solar storm should spark more northern lights (VIDEO)
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The strongest solar storm in six years set off northern lights across much of Europe Tuesday and was said to make potentially dramatic nightime viewing Tuesday night and tonight.
Wednesday, January, 25, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The strongest solar storm in six years set off northern lights across much of Europe Tuesday and was said to make potentially dramatic nightime viewing Tuesday night and tonight.
Wednesday, January, 25, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Workers will pump oil from grounded Italian cruise beginning Saturday
A barge carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the toppled Costa Concordia today, signaling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise ship before it leaks into the pristine Tuscan sea.
Tuesday, January, 24, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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A barge carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the toppled Costa Concordia today, signaling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise ship before it leaks into the pristine Tuscan sea.
Tuesday, January, 24, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Oily film spotted near capsized Italian cruise ship
Italian officials coordinating the rescue and anti-pollution efforts on the Costa Concordia cruise ship say an oily film has been spotted about 300 meters (yards) from the capsized vessel.
Monday, January, 23, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Italian officials coordinating the rescue and anti-pollution efforts on the Costa Concordia cruise ship say an oily film has been spotted about 300 meters (yards) from the capsized vessel.
Monday, January, 23, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Italian official: Grounded cruise ship stable; search for missing people, fuel removel to proceed
A civil protection official says the enormous cruise ship that tipped over off the coast of Tuscany is stable and there is no risk it will drop to a lower seabed.
Monday, January, 23, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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A civil protection official says the enormous cruise ship that tipped over off the coast of Tuscany is stable and there is no risk it will drop to a lower seabed.
Monday, January, 23, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Divers find woman's body in capsized Italian cruise ship
The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.
Saturday, January, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.
Saturday, January, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Family of Minnesota couple in cruise disaster says pair still missing
The children of Jerry and Barbara Heil of White Bear Lake, Minn., say they continue to be "overwhelmed" by all that the U.S. Embassy in Italy and the Italian authorities have done in searching for the missing passengers.
Saturday, January, 21, 2012 - - News
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The children of Jerry and Barbara Heil of White Bear Lake, Minn., say they continue to be "overwhelmed" by all that the U.S. Embassy in Italy and the Italian authorities have done in searching for the missing passengers.
Saturday, January, 21, 2012 - - News
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CEO: Costa cruise ship captain misled company, crew
The chief executive of the company that owns the Costa Concordia cruise ship says the captain who grounded it off the coast of Tuscany did not relay correct information to the company or the crew after the vessel hit rocks.
Friday, January, 20, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The chief executive of the company that owns the Costa Concordia cruise ship says the captain who grounded it off the coast of Tuscany did not relay correct information to the company or the crew after the vessel hit rocks.
Friday, January, 20, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Grounded Italian cruise ship shifts again; halting rescue operations
The cruise ship grounded off Tuscany shifted again on its rocky perch today, forcing the suspension of diving search operations for the 21 people still missing and raising concerns about the stability of the ship's resting place.
Friday, January, 20, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The cruise ship grounded off Tuscany shifted again on its rocky perch today, forcing the suspension of diving search operations for the 21 people still missing and raising concerns about the stability of the ship's resting place.
Friday, January, 20, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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