Hawaii Ferry Sits Idle Amid Protests and Court Rulings
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An $85 million ferry that was designed to transform transportation among the Hawaiian Islands is sitting idle amid a dispute over environmental safety.
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The cruise ship is called the Pride of Aloha but passengers are saying their trip was a shame. The trouble cruise came to an end this morning.
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Providence leaders from making any land-use decisions until a court can review plans for a housing development project.
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U.S. citizens -- embroiled in a custody battle will remain in Finland while the Supreme Court reconsiders a ruling ordering them to return home.
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The Indonesian navy plans to tow a fire-gutted ferry from the Java Sea toward port on Friday, an officer said, amid confusion over how many passengers were on board and may still be missing.
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A number of ferry crossings have been cancelled today due to adverse weather conditions.
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By Murray Kelso  Yet another hapless driver has been caught out by rising tides at Holy Island causeway - less than a week after shock signs were put up to stop it happening.
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Environmental groups are still angry over an assertion made before the Supreme Court a month ago during arguments in a far-reaching clean air lawsuit.
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On the eve of a $280bn racketeering trial of cigarette majors, political and legal uncertainties are still seen hanging over the US governmentâs long-awaited case.
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A federal judge on Monday denied the city's request to limit the amount of damages it owes in the Staten Island ferry crash that killed 11 people and injured dozens of others in 2003.
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SEATTLE -- A judge has put off a decision on a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument outside the Everett police headquarters until the Supreme Court rules on two similar cases.
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Rough sea and bad weather have hampered efforts to deal with the oil spill from the freighter that split off the Aleutians last week.
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By GILL, Mary Anne  A Hamilton group committed to seeing tui return to the city has decided not to lodge an appeal in the Environment Court against the consent approval of the V8 Supercars.
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By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 17--The courtroom battle over the fate of the Healthy Bay Initiative will be heard Monday before Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Ira Uhrig.
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By Tania Valdemoro, The Miami Herald  Jun. 16--A labor march through Miami Beach -- with drum beating, hip shaking and cries of "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole" -- ended abruptedly Friday night after police arrested a local union member who stormed the Fisher Island ferry.
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Loaded with people paying a discount fare of just $5, the $95 million Hawaii Superferry made its maiden run Sunday with a rushed launch for a three-hour voyage to Maui &#151; the first passenger ferry service between the islands.
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New Zealand authorities are waiting for crew aboard a crippled Japanese whaling ship to decide whether they need to be towed out of the area, or will remain and continue whaling.