Coast Guard

Calif. Searchers Seek Survivors After Midair Crash

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS and DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 10.31.2009 | Home


SAN DIEGO — The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Fr...

James Weber, Coast Guard Chief, Disciplined Over Photos Of Hurricane Bill Training

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


MONTAUK, N.Y. — A New York Coast Guard officer has been relieved of command after dramatic photos surfaced on the Internet of two rescue boats t...

F-16 Debris Found In Search For Missing Pilot

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home


CHARLESTON, S.C. — Debris and an oil slick were spotted in the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast as the search expanded Friday for an F-16 f...

God Sues Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy


Maggie Van Ostrand

"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.

Jason Linkins

CNN's Sloppy Reportage Needlessly Panics Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Thanks to CNN's overactive imagination, news consumers experienced a brief dose of 9/11 nostalgia panic as a routine Coast Guard training exercise magically transformed into a touch-and-go bit of terrorist interdiction on the high seas!

CNN Under Fire For Erroneous Coast Guard Shots Report

Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


CNN is under fire for its erroneous report that the Coast Guard was firing shots on the Potomac River. The report was infused with tension given that...

Coast Guard's Sept. 11 Training Exercise Sparks Confusion In D.C.

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise – unfoldin...

Russian Submarine NOT Off Jersey Shore: Coast Guard

MSNBC | Mike Stuckey | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York


The Russians are NOT coming. At least not to the Jersey Shore. That's the word from the Coast Guard about a photograph that some Internet users belie...

Doug Liman, Bourne Identity Director, Saves Three Men In Hudson Boat Crash

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- It wasn't a movie set and there were no cameras rolling, but when the director of the "Bourne Identity'' saw a cargo ship slam into ...

Con Games: Homeland Infirmity

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics


Michael Conniff

There is the real possibility that the Homeland Security Department will miss the necessary clues because they had more important things to do -- like prepare for the next hurricane.

Boat Carrying Haitian Migrants Capsizes, 113 Saved, 85 Missing

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and ...

1,600 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized Near Venezuela: Coast Guard:

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week. Autho...

New Rule: Sea Minus

Bill Maher | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy


Bill Maher

Venezuela Applauds US For Drug Seizure In Rare Gesture

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela gave the U.S. Coast Guard credit on Thursday for cooperation in a large drug seizure _ a break in bitter squabbli...

Mind Over Muscle: What Really Happened to those NFL Players Lost at Sea?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living


Ben Sherwood

How did one man -- not a pro football player -- survive this ordeal while the other three perished? Was it a miracle? Or was it a wrenching case-study of the laws of survival in extreme situations?

Bush's Final Press Conference

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Lest I be accused of "Bush Derangement Syndrome," I'm reproducing some of the most interesting answers Bush gave today, with a minimum of snarky commentary.