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NEW YORK – Federal investigators said both engines are missing from the US Airways jetliner that ditched into the Hudson River as reports emerged that the pilot who safely landed the aircraft had considered an emergency landing at two airports. Police divers were using sonar to find the engines, which was believed to be in the water. As investigators scoured the wreckage of the Airbus A320, many of the 155 people aboard recounted survivor stories and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, was in good spirits and...

Ditched bride gets hitched after finding late stand-in A bride-to-be ditched four days before her wedding found another groom in time and married him instead. Alison Innes, 20, from Arbroath, Scotland, was eight months pregnant when her fiance Peter Knight, 28, texted her to tell her he had got cold feet. But the ceremony went ahead almost as planned on February 20 after her ex-boyfriend Daniel Innes, 18, stepped in to take Mr Knight's place. This is not the first time true love has gone off its course for Mrs Innes. Last year she hit the headlines when her mother,...

<p>Officials strongly deny rejecting a tentative pact to lower costs of an expensive long-term contract.</p> <p>One of California's biggest electricity suppliers blasted the state Friday for walking away from a tentative deal to reduce the cost of its long-term contract.</p>