Fire department: NYC ferry boat loses power, slams pier while docking, injuring 14 people

October 5th, 2009 Boat plows onto NY marshland; 3 dead, 4 injuredNEW YORK — A powerboat navigating a channel in an area dotted with boggy salt marshes ran aground off Long Island, killing three people and seriously injuring four others, authorities said. The 40-foot speedboat plowed onto marshland on a moonlit Sunday night off the island's southern shore, just south of the hamlet of Wantagh, authorities said.

October 4th, 2009 3 dead, 3 seriously injured in NY boat accidentWANTAGH, N.Y. — Three people were killed and three others seriously injured after their 40-foot boat ran aground in marshland off New York's Long Island.

August 8th, 2009 Mass. boat yard blaze causes millions in damagesIPSWICH, Mass. — A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday.

August 7th, 2009 Firefighters at 3-alarm blaze at Mass. boat yardIPSWICH, Mass.

July 13th, 2009 Boat runs aground off Liberty Island; 8 rescuedNEW YORK — A boat has run aground and taken on water near the Statue of Liberty. All eight people aboard have been rescued.

July 3rd, 2009 Official: Electrical failure caused NY ferry crashNEW YORK — Authorities say a transformer failure caused a Staten Island ferry to lose power and slam into a New York City pier earlier this week. Staten Island ferry Chief Operating Officer James DeSimone said Thursday the transformer helps regulate power to the main propulsion engine.

July 2nd, 2009 Staten Island Ferry boat's hard landing injures 10NEW YORK — Fire department officials say a New York City ferry boat has hit a pier while docking, injuring 10 people. The hard docking happened Wednesday night on Staten Island.

July 2nd, 2009 Staten Island Ferry boat's hard docking injures 15NEW YORK — A ferry boat with about 800 passengers aboard lost power while docking during the Wednesday evening rush hour and slammed into a pier, injuring 15 people. Ferry officials said the boat's hard docking happened as it entered slip No.

May 10th, 2009 12 hurt in pleasure boat explosion in FloridaTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say 12 people have been injured in a pleasure boat explosion in Florida's Tampa Bay.

May 5th, 2009 Pier 1 shares climb to 7-month high after NYSE OKFORT WORTH, Texas — Shares of the home decor chain Pier 1 Imports Inc. climbed to a seven-month intraday high Tuesday, a day after the retailer announced it was no longer out of compliance with New York Stock Exchange trading regulations.

April 29th, 2009 El Paso car wreck kills 3, injures 1EL PASO, Texas — Authorities in Texas say a car carrying four people has crashed into a utility pole after police stopped chasing it, killing three people in the vehicle and injuring one. El Paso police Officer Chris Mears says the four were suspected of stealing beer from a convenience store early Wednesday.

April 26th, 2009 JAKARTA - Nine people have been killed and at least four others missing after a ferry boat sank off Indonesia's Sumatra island, media reports said Sunday. The boat was carrying around 60 people when it went down Saturday afternoon in strong winds a kilometre off the Dumai coast in Riau province, detik.com reported citing survivors.

February 7th, 2009 DHAKA - At least ten people died and 25 were injured when a boat capsized in Bangladesh, 109 km northeast of capital Dhaka, the private news agency UNB reported. The survivors were quoted as saying that the boat with about 50 passengers on board collided with a ferry in Titas river in Brahmanbaria district at noon.

January 24th, 2009 HANOI - Thirty nine people died and five others were missing after a ferry with more than 80 passengers on board sank in Quang Binh province of central Vietnam Sunday morning, said a government official here. The overloaded ferry hit strong winds and sank into a river in Quang Binh province.

January 23rd, 2009 LONDON - British singer Lily Allen slams a few of her ex-boyfriends in her new album 'It's Not Me It's You'. Mirror.co.uk reports that in the song 'Knock Back' she sings: 'You're really mean, you're supposed to care, that you never made me scream...