| Thu, 17 May 2012 Crews assess damage on Navy ships that collided | SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived to cheers in San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after it collided with a refueling tanker in the Pacific when the warship's steering apparently failed. | Families of the ship's crew celebrated... | Crews assessing damage on US Navy assault ship and refueling tanker that collided in ocean | SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived to cheers in San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after it collided with a refueling tanker in the Pacific when the warship's steering apparently failed. | Families of the ship's crew celebrated as the... | Crews Assess Damage On Navy Ships That Collided | SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived to cheers in San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after it collided with a refueling tanker in the Pacific when the warship's steering apparently failed. | Families of the ship's crew celebrated... | Flood of refugees hits camp near Sudan border | YIDA, South Sudan — An unexploded bomb sticks out of the earth. Foxholes have been dug by aid workers fearing more airstrikes from Sudan. Streams of hungry refugees are pouring in. Workers unload food for distribution at the Yida refugee camp in Unity State, Sou... | NDAA Authorizes War Against Iran | This week, Congress is considering two pieces of legislation relating to Iran. The first undermines a diplomatic solution with Iran and lowers the bar for war. The second authorizes a war of choice against Iran and begins military preparations for it. | H.Res.568: Eli... | Review: Battleship (2012) | I know I have a lot of writing to do here, but sometimes you have to warm up with something trivial. | I had a screening pass to see BATTLESHIP, which already opened around the world to dire reviews but…well, it was Monday night and I had nothing better to do. I... | Bring the popcorn, have some fun, with BATTLESHIP | BATTLESHIP | I have high anxiety with movies based on games; not only video games, mind you, but board games, too. Remember the fiasco, CLUE? This is why, at the screening for BATTLESHIP, I turned to my guest and said: “If someone says, ‘you sank my battlesh... | 2 US Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries | SAN DIEGO — An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assault ship collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said. | The midmorning accident between the amp... | Two Navy Ships Collide Off Coast Of California Posted: May 17, 2012 | Two Navy ships were damaged on Wednesday when they collided nearly 120 miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean. | Navy officials report that there were no fuel spills or injuries aboard the amphibious assault vehicle USS Essex or ... | | |
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