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Record-breaking ship visits Hampton RoadsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:58PMPORTSMOUTH — The largest container ship ever to visit Virginia, the 1,105-foot MSC Bruxelles, is not an easy vessel to maneuver.

Austin Nightclub Entrepreneur Bridget Dunlap's Innovative Container Bar Featured in The New York Times: Dunlap's ...Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:18PMThe illustrious bar and nightclub queen of Rainey Street is working her magic again, and this time she's getting attention from the most noted newspaper in the world. Bridget Dunlap â Austin's vivacious nightclub entrepreneur known for developing a mini-empire of hot spots on Rainey Street, the city's coziest new entertainment district â was featured in a recent Sunday edition of The New York ...

Kenya: Piracy - the Somali Natives Tell Their Side of the StoryTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:55AMAs the morning sun casts a lavender hue over Eyl, a village in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, residents are up to eke a living; women sell tea in makeshift kiosks, young boys and girls attend Madrasa- Islamic religious schools. However, the fishermen have abandoned their boats. They are scared of venturing into the sea.

Shipping container fee met with vocal opposition in JolietTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:52AMRepresentatives from the trucking, railroad and grain industry voiced their opposition Monday to a proposed $50 fee on all shipping containers that come through Joliet's intermodal facility.

Joliet council says fees on trucks not answer to budget deficitTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:13AMJOLIET — The idea of putting a city fee on cargo containers shipped through CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Joliet was put on the shelf Monday.The proposal from District 1 Councilman Larry Hug was powerful enough to draw several shipping and trucking industry representatives to a workshop meeting of the Joliet City Council, where the idea of a $50 fee was considered.They told the council that such ...

Port needs more customersTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:20AMThe Port of Tacoma urgently needs to attract new business lest its finances turn from profits to losses by 2014.

New attractions planned for The StrandTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:17AMTwo attractions proposed for downtown promise to play up the mystique of ghosts and pirates while giving families more to do.

Truckers won’t erase deficitMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:38PMJOLIET — The idea of putting a city fee on cargo containers shipped through CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Joliet was put on the shelf Monday.The proposal from District 1 Councilman Larry Hug was powerful enough to draw several shipping and trucking industry representatives to a workshop meeting of the Joliet City Council, where the idea of a $50 fee was considered.They told the council that such ...

‘Mandela is an example to us’Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:37PMJohannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela spent his 93rd birthday with friends and relatives in his rural hometown on Monday, as South Africans paid tribute to the anti-apartheid icon through song and community service projects.