Some of the most serious ship and submarine calamities in U.S. naval history have happened with a vessel at dock, in construction or under repair.
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Arkansas takes big fall out of AP football poll
The Razorbacks were ranked eighth before Saturday’s shocking loss to Louisiana-Monroe in overtime, 34-31.
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Explosion of personal watercraft injures man
The Maine Warden Service said fuel fumes may have caused the explosion that threw the watercraft operator 20 feet into the air.
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1 dead in crash at entrance to Boston tunnel
Troopers say the person who died in Sunday morning’s accident was driving a pickup truck the wrong way on the highway.
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9/11 memorial magnificent, but costly
The foundation that runs the memorial estimates that once the roughly $700 million project is complete, it will cost $60 million a year to operate.
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Congress returns for short pre-election session
Congress faces a slew of deadlines and the prospect of a debilitating “fiscal cliff” in January, yet are expected to take a pass on the big issues of taxes and spending cuts.
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‘Blue Mass’ honors Maine’s emergency responders
Members of public safety agencies have been invited to attend the Mass in uniform.
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Mainiac Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon set
Athletes from MIT, Northeastern, University of Vermont and more than a dozen states are among those competing in Sunday’s event.
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MLB: After long night, Sox in last place
BOSTON (AP) — Anthony Gose hit his first major league homer and drove in five runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays moved out of the AL East’s basement by beating the free-falling Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Saturday night in a game twice delayed by rain totaling 2 hours, 3 minutes.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Lovely’s 2 goals lift Gardiner to win
GARDINER — Freshman Nickyia Lovely scored the first two goals of her varsity career to lead the Gardiner past Morse 7-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B field hockey game Saturday.