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                    [Title] => European cruise giant Viking plans Mississippi River tours
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European river cruise giant Viking, already gaining a high profile in the United States with its sponsorship of popular PBS television shows, announced Tuesday that it will make New Orleans its first North American home port for Mississippi River cruises expected to begin by late 2017.

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The New Madrid fault zone in the nation's midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes, scientists reported Thursday.

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Tropical Storm Karen weakened overnight but kept chugging toward the northern Gulf Coast on yesterday, with forecasters predicting rain, potential flooding and a decrease in speed later in the day.

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Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong says fellow riders have been generally supportive of him this week during an annual bike ride across the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company was sitting on $137 billion —and the heap keeps growing.

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As 2012 began, winter in the U.S. went AWOL. Spring and summer arrived early with wildfires, blistering heat and drought. And fall hit the eastern third of the country with the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy.

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Not really. There’s no discernable connection between martial arts and stormwater inundation.

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Tropical Storm Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico on yesterday, interfering with oil and gas production and putting officials on alert for flooding and strong winds from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-24 06:05:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 689666 [Title] => Powerful storms pound several central US states [Summary] =>

Powerful storms roared through middle America again on Wednesday, with weak tornadoes touching down in isolated spots and severe thunderstorms threatening such strikes in several states.

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Floodwaters from the bloated Mississippi River and its tributaries spilled across farm fields, cut off churches, washed over roads and forced people from their homes Wednesday in the Mississippi Delta, a poverty-stricken region only a generation or two removed from sharecropping days.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-12 08:25:34 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => European cruise giant Viking plans Mississippi River tours
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European river cruise giant Viking, already gaining a high profile in the United States with its sponsorship of popular PBS television shows, announced Tuesday that it will make New Orleans its first North American home port for Mississippi River cruises expected to begin by late 2017.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-25 10:18:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440507 [AuthorName] => Kevin McGill [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/20150222/cruise-ship-new-orleans.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282528 [Title] => Study: New Madrid fault zone alive and active [Summary] =>

The New Madrid fault zone in the nation's midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes, scientists reported Thursday.

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Tropical Storm Karen weakened overnight but kept chugging toward the northern Gulf Coast on yesterday, with forecasters predicting rain, potential flooding and a decrease in speed later in the day.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-06 03:35:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440509 [AuthorName] => Kevin McGill and Stacey Plaisance [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1007671 [Title] => Lance Armstrong finds support in Iowa [Summary] =>

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong says fellow riders have been generally supportive of him this week during an annual bike ride across the U.S. state of Iowa.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-24 12:08:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 906785 [Title] => 9 things Apple could do with $137B [Summary] =>

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company was sitting on $137 billion —and the heap keeps growing.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-09 05:00:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 888580 [Title] => 2012 another record-setter, fits climate forecasts [Summary] =>

As 2012 began, winter in the U.S. went AWOL. Spring and summer arrived early with wildfires, blistering heat and drought. And fall hit the eastern third of the country with the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-21 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 838786 [Title] => Using judo to solve floods [Summary] =>

Not really. There’s no discernable connection between martial arts and stormwater inundation.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135764 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620251 [AuthorName] => Nigel Paul Villarete [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 820926 [Title] => Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Gulf [Summary] =>

Tropical Storm Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico on yesterday, interfering with oil and gas production and putting officials on alert for flooding and strong winds from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-24 06:05:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 689666 [Title] => Powerful storms pound several central US states [Summary] =>

Powerful storms roared through middle America again on Wednesday, with weak tornadoes touching down in isolated spots and severe thunderstorms threatening such strikes in several states.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-26 10:52:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 684971 [Title] => Floodwaters rise in the poverty-stricken Delta [Summary] =>

Floodwaters from the bloated Mississippi River and its tributaries spilled across farm fields, cut off churches, washed over roads and forced people from their homes Wednesday in the Mississippi Delta, a poverty-stricken region only a generation or two removed from sharecropping days.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-12 08:25:34 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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