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• Stranded subway riders forgotten

  December 7, 2011 7:41 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A transit official has admitted that subway passengers left stranded on a train for hours during last year's blizzard had been forgotten. New York City Transit President Thomas F. Prendergast testified Tuesday at a City Council hearing on winter preparedness. Among other things, he... more »

• Troopers: 800 motorists rescued after ND blizzard

  March 12, 2011 3:18 PM

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol says about 800 people have been rescued from vehicles stuck on ice-slicked roads and in drifting snow after a blizzard struck the state, creating white-out conditions. Lt. Jody Skogen says only minor injuries have been reported after pileups and crashes... more »

• Cold blast strands motorists in Indiana

  December 13, 2010 11:01 AM

  WANATAH, Ind. (AP) - Authorities are frantically searching for an untold number of motorists in snow-covered northwest Indiana who have been trapped in their cars in biting temperatures. LaPorte County sheriff's Deputy Andy Hynek said Monday officials don't know how many people were stranded, but that some had been... more »

• Zoo's sky ride fixed, open for business

  August 20, 2010 3:31 PM

  Two days after the Mountaineer Sky Ride at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo came to an abrupt halt, stranding people who had to be rescued, it's again open to riders. A replacement wire was installed Friday morning and all safety inspections were completed without any issues. more »

• US Army begins relief missions in Pakistan

  August 5, 2010 9:25 AM

  U.S. Army helicopters have flown their first relief missions in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest. An Associated Press reporter saw four U.S. Chinooks evacuating hundreds of people stranded for days in a mountain town in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Thursday the choppers... more »

• Spirit Airlines cancels flights through Tuesday

  June 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  Thousands more air travelers find themselves stranded by the pilots' strike at Spirit Airlines, now in its third day. The discount carrier says on its website that all Spirit Airlines' flights have been canceled through Tuesday, June 15. Spirit pilots walked off the job Saturday amid a more than... more »

• Most ash-stranded Europeans to be home by Monday

  April 25, 2010 10:34 AM

  European airlines and government officials says most tourists stranded by the volcanic ash crisis will be home by Monday. A week of airspace closures caused by ash spewed by Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano prompted the worst breakdown in civil aviation for decades, with about 100,000 flights canceled. British authorities said about... more »

• Young whale stranded on NY beach euthanized

  April 9, 2010 8:34 AM

  A young whale stranded for three days at a New York beach has been euthanized. The president of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation said Friday that the whale died overnight. Charles Bowman says a necropsy will be done in an effort to determine what made it... more »

• Two rescued from fair ride

  March 30, 2010 3:03 PM

  Two people stranded high in the air aboard a stalled fair ride have been rescued after nearly an hour. A fire department spokeswoman says a call came in at 1:54 p.m. Tuesday to report the stalled ride at the Miami-Dade County Fair. News footage showed the seemingly calm riders... more »

• Two stuck in stalled in ride over Miami fair

  March 30, 2010 2:59 PM

  Two people are stranded high in the air aboard a stalled fair ride in Miami, and rescue officials are trying to get them down. A fire department spokeswoman says a call came in at 1:54 p.m. Tuesday to report the stalled ride at the Miami-Dade County Fair. News footage... more »

• Search and Rescue warns hikers

  March 23, 2010 5:51 PM

  El Paso County Search and Rescue is warning hikers and recreational 4 wheelers to be prepared for a long wait if they go out tonight or tomorrow morning. An impending snow storm is expected to make conditions hazardous. Steve Sperry with El Paso County Search and Rescue released a... more »

• Gov't imposes 3-hour limit on tarmac strandings

  December 21, 2009 10:52 AM

  The Transportation Department is ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to deplane after three hours. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday announced the three-hour limit and other new passenger protections long sought by consumer advocates. From January to June this year, 613 planes were delayed on tarmacs... more »

• Stranded Palmer Lake hikers found safe

  September 13, 2009 9:28 PM

  It started off as any other day in the woods for Mark Strauch, his son Ethan and brother in law Scott Haring. "We took off Saturday morning for a 20 mile hike loop so my son could fulfill his merit badge." says Mark. That hike turned into something a bit... more »