Disasters

January 18, 2012 2:38 PM

Family: Heils not among recovered passengers

The children of an American couple missing since last week's cruise ship disaster in Italy says their parents are not among those passengers whose bodies were recently recovered.

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January 18, 2012 10:25 AM

Italy lists missing cruise ship passengers

Officials have confirmed 11 dead, including six pulled from the wreckage since Monday. The identification of those six is still under way. No names have been released for the first five people found dead.

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January 18, 2012 7:38 AM

Prayer vigil tonight for missing Minnesotans

Barbara and Jerry Heil are the only Americans among the more than 20 people who remain unaccounted for.

by Matt Sepic

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January 17, 2012 7:41 PM

Family: No word on Minn. couple missing on cruise

The family of a Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the coast of Italy say they have received no word on the couple.

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January 17, 2012 10:55 AM

Italian captain being placed under house arrest

ROME (AP) -- A lawyer says the captain who allegedly abandoned the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner will be released from jail and placed under house arrest.

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January 17, 2012 10:20 AM

Church of missing Minn. couple prays; more bodies pulled from water

Members of a Twin Cities Catholic church are praying for good news about their fellow parishioners who are still missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy Saturday.

by Annie Baxter

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January 16, 2012 3:40 PM

Minn. couple missing after cruise ship wreck are devout Catholics

A Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy are devout Catholics who spent part of almost every day at church, where he taught religious classes and she made baked goods and other sweet treats for parishioners.

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January 16, 2012 1:18 PM

Ill. fisherman rescued from Green Bay ice for the second time

Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Chief Curt Vandertie says the fisherman was unaware the ice had broken away and he was drifting away at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.

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January 16, 2012 7:36 AM

Costa CEO blames captain error for ship grounding

The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the vessel's deadly grounding, the ship's Italian owner said Monday.