Dozens injured when cruise ship tips
Dozens injured when cruise ship tips — A cruise ship listed sharply off Port Canaveral, Florida, injuring at least 93 passengers, 16 of them seriously, according to the Cape Canaveral Fire Department. (CNN)
Tropical Storm Beryl expected to stay offshore — The forecast indicated that Tropical Storm Beryl wouldn’t develop into a hurricane and that its worst wind and rain would remain offshore. (CNN)
Radar outage grounds planes in L.A. — A power outage knocked out radar and forced a halt to all incoming and outgoing flight in the Los Angeles, California, area Tuesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. (CNN)
Power outages hit New York subway, LaGuardia — Searing summer heat wreaked havoc on travel plans for New Yorkers on Tuesday as power outages shut parts of LaGuardia International Airport and the city’s subway system during the morning rush hour. (Reuters)
Heat wave ebbs in parts of U.S. — Relief from the sweltering summer heat is on the way Wednesday, at least for the northeast, as a cold front is expected to lower temperatures to the mid-80s. (AP)
1,000 Americans flee Lebanon on ship — An eight-deck cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 Americans sailed out of Beirut’s port Wednesday, the first mass U.S. evacuation from Lebanon since Israeli airstrikes started more than a week ago. (AP)
US Airways to place ads on air sickness bags — US Airways wants to make the most out of a nauseating situation. The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline plans to sell advertisements on its air-sickness bags — those pint-sized expandable envelopes tucked between the in-flight magazines and safety cards. (AP)
Airbus announces new jet to rival Boeing Dreamliner — Struggling Airbus, the European airplane builder, unveiled a new family of wide-body passenger jets Monday to compete against the USA’s Boeing. (USA Today)
Study finds beaches sicken 1.5 million in Calif. — As many as 1.5 million people are sickened by bacterial pollution on Southern California beaches each year, resulting in millions of dollars in public health care costs, a new study has found. (AP)
Airbus unveils 60 new jet orders — European planemaker Airbus announced more than 60 new jet orders Wednesday, making up some ground on U.S. rival Boeing Co. (AP)
Tsunami death toll rises to 531 — Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic Wednesday in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, and amateur video that captured some of the horror of the disaster surfaced. The death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing. (AP)
Southwest Q2 profits double — Southwest Airlines Co., the world’s largest low-fare carrier, said second-quarter profit more than doubled, exceeding analysts’ forecasts, as it flew more passengers and raised ticket prices. (Bloomberg)
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