Solo Sailor MacArthur Back to Hero's Welcome
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FALMOUTH, England  - Britain's Ellen MacArthur  headed home to a hero's welcome Tuesday after breaking the  record for sailing solo round the world.
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Crewmembers of a Coast Guard helicopter based in Kodiak received an emotional welcome last night when they returned home after their HH-60 crashed during a dangerous rescue operation Wednesday night.
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Ellen MacArthur solves some of the problems threatening to end her bid to break the solo round-the-world record.
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THE captain of the crippled Canadian submarine Chicoutimi, back in a Scottish port after a fatal onboard fire, today said the boat was ready to go to sea when it left harbour eight days ago.
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Britain's Ellen MacArthur completes her solo round-the-world voyage in record time.
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US Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins -- accused of defecting to North Korea 39 years ago -- is back on active duty Saturday after voluntarily turning himself at a military base in Japan.
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NEW YORK -- In an Aug. 17 story about the death of Carl Mydans, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mydans took a photo of Gen. Douglas MacArthur wading ashore on his return to the Philippines in 1944. The photo was taken in ...
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Sailor Ellen MacArthur's bid to break Francis Joyon's 72-day round-the-world record has been thrown into doubt with news her mainsail rigging has been badly damaged.
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Briton Ellen MacArthur has not ruled out trying to reclaim the title of fastest-ever sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe just hours after Frenchman Francis Joyon shattered her previous record.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death.
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Manny Acta receives a hero's welcome as he returns to his home country of the Dominican Republic for the first time since becoming the Nationals' manager.
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Ellen MacArthur became the fastest ever sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe here as she crossed the finish line at Ushant, off the French coast.
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Injured captain is winched to safety at the second attempt as stricken ship rolls in gale-force winds
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A lone tsunami survivor has been rescued from a remote Indian island, officials said yesterday, a rare moment of hope in the Indian Ocean as nations pledged to try to stop such a disaster from happening again.
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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur's was powering ahead in her bid to set a new solo round-the-world record as she navigated 715 miles off the southwest tip of Australia.
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British yachtsman Mike Golding turned back 80 miles in the Five Oceans solo round the world race to rescue rival and compatriot Alex Thomson on Friday.
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The world&#39;s first private astronaut, South African-born Mike Melvill, was jubilant as he returned safely from a harrowing roller-coaster ride into space that stopped the hearts of onlookers.