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Titanic First Class Menus Sell For $160,000 At Auction In Britain

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 11/25/2012 - 09:41

London, U.K. -

The British auction firm Henry Aldridge and Son has said that two first class Titanic lunch menus were sold for over $160,000.

The first class lunch menu pictured below sold for $102,000 while the luncheon menu, pictured above, that was held in Belfast went for $57,000.

The menus belonged to Richard and Stanley May who were traveling to Cork for a weeklong fishing vacation and used the Titanic to get across the Irish Sea.

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Tropical Storm Warning Issued For Parts Of Central Florida, Coastline Expecting Rough Surf

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 11:18

A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of Central Florida, mainly along the coastline. Conditions are expected to begin deteriorating Friday and Friday evening with heavy rains and sustained winds above 35 mph with gust much higher.

For now, Brevard County Beaches remain open, but Friday (tomorrow) the beaches will not be staffed with lifeguards.

So far no school closures have been announced.

Category 2, Hurricane Sandy has been blamed for at least two deaths in the Caribbean as it crossed over Jamaica and Cuba.

United Flight 130 To London Drops 20,000 Feet Over Atlantic Ocean, Diverts To Canada

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 17:26

A United Airlines flight from Washington Dulles to London, Flight 130, unexpectedly dropped 20,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean and was forced to divert to Canada. The Boeing 757-200 was over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean at the time of the incident.

The flight was two hours past St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada over the Atlantic Ocean bound for London when it suddenly dropped 20,000 feet due to an engine problem and turned back, making a safe landing in St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada.

Airports Along Eastern Seaboard Prepare To Close, Major Travel Disruptions Already Beginning

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 13:11

As Hurricane Irene continues to make front page news and spirals closer to the densely populated northeast US, airports have begun preparations to close once the storm is close enough.

While Florida airports readily handle such advance preparations almost as routine business, it is unusual for northeast airports and it has left many managers and emergency officials scrambling to figure it out, calling it on the job training.