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  • Breaking News: Unstable Rocky Mount Bridge Halts Amtrak Service (North and South)

    04/12/2006 8:04:25 PM PDT · by Howlin · 37 replies · 1,370+ views
    WRAL ^ | April 12, 2006
    Amtrak service on both north and southbound tracks has come to a halt after a bridge support was damaged in Rocky Mount Wednesday evening. -- Until the repairs are made, no rail traffic north or southbound can happen south of Rocky Mount. All trains between Florida and Rocky Mount will be cancelled as a result, as well as any trains in northern areas headed south of Rocky Mount. There is no current estimate on the number of trains affected.
  • Former DP World Exec's Nomination Held Up

    03/16/2006 5:25:30 PM PST · by ncountylee · 5 replies · 295+ views
    AP/baltimoresun.com ^ | March 16, 2006 | LESLIE MILLER
    WASHINGTON // A Democratic senator said Thursday that he'll prevent an executive with a Dubai-owned company from being appointed head of the agency that oversees ports until he's sure the company is selling all its U.S. port operations to an American buyer. President Bush in January nominated David Sanborn, DP World's director of operations for Europe and Latin America, to head the Maritime Administration. Shortly after the nomination, DP World's planned purchase of a company that runs six major U.S. port facilities became the center of a roiling political controversy. DP World did complete its purchase of London-based Peninsular and...
  • Port of entry

    02/14/2006 8:27:34 PM PST · by Esther Ruth · 44 replies · 866+ views
    www.jewishworldreview.com ^ | Feb. 14, 2006 / 16 Shevat, 5766 | Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
    Feb. 14, 2006 / 16 Shevat, 5766 Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Port of entry http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | How would you feel if, in the aftermath of 9/11, the U.S. government had decided to contract out airport security to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the country where most of the operational planning and financing of the attacks occurred? My guess is you, like most Americans, would think it a lunatic idea, one that could clear the way for still more terror in this country. You probably would want to know who on earth approved such a plan — and be determined to...