NYC Ticket Says Man Ran Light in Rowboat
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WESTTOWN, N.Y. - According to New York City's traffic office, Russell Falkena ran a red light on Manhattan's West Side, in his rowboat. Falkena, 46, of Westtown in upstate Orange County, recently received a $50 traffic ticket in the mail for running a light in December.
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By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--On a hazy spring morning, George Malone steers his johnboat toward the head of the Back River in Essex, passing the twin golden domes of the sewage treatment plant and gliding under the Eastern Avenue bridge.
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 30, 2004 - A defrocked Irish priest with a history of disrupting sports events was given a one-year suspended sentence and fined $3,600 Monday for grabbing a runner who was leading the Olympic marathon with three miles to go.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 10--GLOUCESTER -- The day before Thanksgiving, John Boon ran down to York River Yacht Haven at Gloucester Point to check on his boat amid the latest nor'easter.
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QUAKERTOWN, Pa. _ Capt. Charlie Roth opened a valve on his powerboat, disappearing in a momentary vapor cloud.
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In an unusual deal that angered some but steers him clear of prison, the captain of the Staten Island Ferry involved in the fatal October 2003 crash has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in return for a dismissal of all ...
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US Olympic cyclist Tyler Hamilton owes someone in an Athens, Greece, laboratory a huge thank you. Hamilton, who was under suspicion by the International Olympic Committee for blood doping, will be able to
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One of the 10 people accused of an anti-Semitic attack on a New York subway train disputes it began after a passenger said "Happy Hanukkah," the suspect's lawyer said Friday.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - In 1985, Brian Calen claimed he was blinded in the right eye in a cruise ship accident. Seven years later, he said a ship's telescope blinded him again. Then, he said, he was blinded on two more trips - by a champagne bottle and a flying disc.  All in the same eye.
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One of America&#39;s most popular live rock outfits, the Dave Matthews Band, was facing a hefty fine after state prosecutors in Illinois alleged that a band tour bus had deposited 360kg (800lb) of human waste on 100 boat passengers taking an architectural
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A member of Denmark's sailing team was charged with manslaughter after he struck and killed a British pedestrian while speeding in his car on the way to see his country's handball team play. The sailor, Niklas Holm, hit the man, identified as Errol Strachan, on a suburban Athens street Sunday night, police said.
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NEW CANAAN, Conn. - A man who told police he wanted to avoid traffic gridlock has been ticketed for landing a helicopter in his back yard...
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By Kenneth C. Crowe II, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Jun. 8--Editor's note: This story first appeared on timesunion.com Wednesday night.
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Prosecutors began their case Friday against a man accused of causing an auto wreck that killed three college students, then fleeing to Ireland when he was charged. Prosecutors plan to argue he was drunk at the time of the crash.
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Â· Motorist denied fitting laser-busting device Â· Businessman is 'first to be convicted' over equipment.
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Ludde Ingvall claimed his second Sydney-Hobart title when his new 27 metre (90 feet) boat coasted across the finish line under spinnaker in the southern island state of Tasmania just before dawn to win in a time of two days 16 hours 00 minutes and 44
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The captain of the doomed Ethan Allen tour boat and the company that owned will face trial in New York on misdemeanor charges, a report said.  While a New York grand jury recently ruled there was no cause to indict both parties for criminal negligence related to the boat's sinking Oct.