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COLUMBUS, Kentucky - A 17-mile stretch of Mississippi River in Kentucky has reopened with restrictions after it was closed following a collision between two tow boats that spilled more than 120,000 gallons of oil into the waterway, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ky. (AP) — A 17-mile stretch of Mississippi River in Kentucky has reopened with restrictions after it was closed following a collision between two tow boats that spilled more than 120,000 gallons of oil into the waterway, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. The Coast Guard had closed the Mississippi from mile markers 939 to 922 after Wednesday evening's collision near Columbus, Kentucky, damaged at least one barge carrying slurry oil. Officials said the cargo tank ruptured, causing tens... Читать дальше...

LISBON, Portugal - A Portuguese judge has released former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates from jail where he spent over nine months on suspicion of corruption, money-laundering and tax fraud.

Tomas Monzon
GOSPORT, England, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- IchorCoal crew member Andrew Ashman died during the Clipper Round the World Yacht race after being knocked unconscious aboard the team's CV21 boat.

Margot Wallstrom told reporters in Luxembourg that the Finnish government, which is opposed to EU refugee quotas, needs to remember that thousands of Finnish children were given refuge in Sweden during the Second World War.

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The Army is up to the task of fighting cyberattacks, Georgia's senior U.S. senator says. During a Friday tour of Fort Gordon, Sen. Johnny Isakson said he was confident the Army Cyber Command and related missions remain "on point" in intercepting international hacking operations that have compromised federal databases.

Erik Anonby and Christina van der Wal have dedicated nearly a decade to comprehensively documenting the language of Kumzari in a way no one appears to have done before

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish church on Saturday buried a former papal diplomat who was charged by a Vatican court of sexually abusing minors and possessing child pornography but who died before he answered the accusations.

One of the best fighter aircraft in the world.

Stephen Harper says the government knows it must bring in more Syrian refugees "more effectively." But the prime minister reiterated Friday that military support is crucial to solving the crisis in the region.

Sikhs from across UK are up in arms against a school in England for not allowing two 13-year old girls to wear a turban.

How rival presidential candidates have fared during the summer of Trump.

HILLSDALE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man trying to catch a moving commuter train at a northern New Jersey station was killed when he slipped under the wheels. NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1EHtxpv) reports 50-year-old Daniel Stark, of Hillsdale, had his arm severed and suffered leg injuries in the accident, which occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Friday in Hillsdale.

A woman in her 20s is treated in hospital after the house she was in was set on fire in an overnight arson attack.

Watch Lewis Hamilton's pole lap at the Italian GP at Monza, the world champion's seventh consecutive pole in his Mercedes.

The year 2014 was the worst in recent history when it comes to people forcibly displaced.

ENSCHEDE - Ook voor de Twentse hoofdklassers in het zaterdagvoetbal is het seizoen weer begonnen. Dat ging met wisselend succes. SVZW boekte een forse overwinning op VVOG: 6-2. Nieuwkomer DOS’37 deed het prima tegen CSV Apeldoorn, maar ging in de slotminuut onderuit met 3-2. Excelsior’31 bleef steken op 2-2 bij Flevo Boys.

Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton continued to reign supreme in one-lap speed on Saturday when he secured his 11th pole position in 12 races for Mercedes by topping qualifying for Sunday`s Italian Grand Prix.

We recently released our seventh annual list of the best colleges in America, which included schools from every corner of the US.

Bob Geldof's offer to put up four Syrian refugee families at his homes in London and Kent is impractical "pie in the sky", says leading council official

Nico Rosberg blamed his enforced need for a hasty change of Mercedes engine for the loss of speed that resulted in him qualifying only fourth on Saturday for Sunday`s Italian Grand Prix.

SAN FRANCISCO - Pope Francis' apology for the Roman Catholic Church's crimes against indigenous peoples has not softened opposition among some California Native Americans to his decision to canonize 18th-century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pope Francis' apology for the Roman Catholic Church's crimes against indigenous peoples has not softened opposition among some California Native Americans to his decision to canonize 18th-century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra. Serra is extolled by the Vatican as a great evangelizer, but denounced by some tribal officials as a destroyer of Native culture. Francis made a sweeping apology for the church's sins and "crimes" against indigenous peoples during a visit to Bolivia in July... Читать дальше...

Marilyn Malara
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Boeing's new CST-100 Starliners will be built in the recently repurposed Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility, or C3PF, at Kennedy Space Center.