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1 Killed, 3 Missing in Coast Guard Chopper Crash

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:32:40 CST

Rescuers are this morning again attempting to access the wreckage of an MH-65C Coast Guard helicopter that went down in Alabama's Mobile Bay last night, having been thwarted by foggy conditions in the search for three missing crew members. Divers overnight failed to gain entry to the wreckage, which rests...

Ike Uncovers Mystery Shipwreck

Rob Quinn — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:44:38 CDT

The waves of Hurricane Ike uncovered a wooden shipwreck on an Alabama beach that experts think could be a Civil War schooner, the Mobile Press-Register reports. The wreck's length matches that of the Monticello, which ran aground in the area in 1862 while trying to sneak past the US Navy...

Man Throws His 4 Kids From Bridge

Will McCahill — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:14:51 CST

An Alabama fisherman confessed to throwing his four young children to their deaths off an 80-foot bridge, the AP reports. Lam Luong, a 37-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, initially told police the children—ranging in age from 4 months to 3 years—were missing before admitting yesterday he had thrown them off...