ABOVE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (AP) — Scouring the vast expanse of water off Florida for two missing teen boaters is a long, tedious mission for the eight-person crew of the Coast Guard C-130 Hercules based out of Clearwater.
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it temporarily detained two dozen protesters who formed a blockade with kayaks and other vessels as Royal Dutch Shell's drill rig left Seattle on its way to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Coast Guard helicopter team rescued four men from their sinking fishing boat off Alaska in dramatic fashion, after they plunged into the choppy ocean waters.
LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — Several miles of the Houston Ship Channel remain closed as work continues to clean up after two vessels collided, spilling a flammable chemical into the waterway.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The first of two groups of passengers aboard a casino boat that became stranded off Georgia's coast have arrived back in port aboard a Coast Guard cutter.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship has reached a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast and was preparing to rescue a sick 1-year-old girl.