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The U.S. Navy’s first supercarrier -- the long-decommissioned Forrestal -- has begun its final voyage to a Texas scrapyard, after the Pentagon tried to sell it, found no takers and had to pay a penny to get rid of it. The 1,067-foot ship, which was shut down in 1993 after more than 38 years of service, was being towed Tuesday morning down the Delaware River and along the Eastern Seaboard before crossing the Gulf of Mexico to reach All Star Metals in Brownsville. U.S. Navy officials signed a 1-cent contract with the Texas company in October to dismantle the ship...

Press Release U.S. Attorney District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's Office John Joseph Moakley, U.S. Courthouse 1 Courthouse Way, Suite 9200 Boston, MA 02210www.usdoj.gov/usao Contact: Michael J. Sullivan Phone: 617-748-3139 Boston, MA - Charges were announced today in three federal gun trafficking cases. The cases illustrate three common ways in which guns make their way illegally onto city streets and into the hands of those who could never buy them legally. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; William J. Hoover, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Kathleen O'Toole, Commissioner of the Boston Police...