Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds

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• Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds
• Two years after BP oil spill, tourists back in Gulf Coast
• World War Two battleship USS Iowa sets off on final voyage
• Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast
• Calmer winds help New Mexico forest fire crews go on offensive
• Miami police shoot man found gnawing another's face: report
• Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast
• Calmer winds help New Mexico forest fire crews go on offensive
• Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast
• Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast
• Miami police shoot man found gnawing another's face: report
• Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds
• Calmer winds promise relief to western U.S. fire crews
• Two years after BP oil spill, tourists back in Gulf Coast
• World War Two battleship USS Iowa sets off on final voyage

Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds Posted: 27 May 2012 05:05 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden Gate Bridge was a larger than life engineering project undertaken against dangerous odds and it opened 75 years ago on Sunday against vehement protest, at the cost of 11 lives. One of the most astonishing and admired man-made wonders of the world, gracing millions of postcards, featured in countless films, the bridge was not at first welcomed with open arms. Ferry operators and environmentalists opposed it, and many engineers doubted such a daring leap over a treacherous Pacific Ocean strait could be built. ...

Two years after BP oil spill, tourists back in Gulf Coast Posted: 27 May 2012 10:11 AM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Gulf Coast is a hot destination again two years after the massive BP Plc oil spill made the region a tourist dead zone, with the petroleum giant pumping more than $150 million into promotions to help the region recover. In New Orleans, about 150 miles northeast of where BP's well blew up on April 20, 2010, the period since more than 4 million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico has seen a frenzy of tourism efforts. ...

World War Two battleship USS Iowa sets off on final voyage Posted: 26 May 2012 08:09 PM PDT RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - The battleship USS Iowa, which served the United States through victory and tragedy during six decades at sea, set off on its final voyage on Saturday, a trip to Los Angeles to become a museum. With a cheer, volunteers in hard hats cast off the last of a dozen thick lines that had moored the 175-foot-tall gray dreadnought in the Port of Richmond. Then it slipped slowly into the San Francisco Bay, towering over the three tugboats that pulled it. Throngs of onlookers gathered as the ship sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. ...

Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast Posted: 27 May 2012 06:16 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength as it closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was approaching hurricane strength ahead of an expected landfall later Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The powerful pack of thunderstorms has unleashed tropical storm conditions along the coast in northern Florida and Georgia, disrupting Memorial Day weekend plans for travelers and some beachgoers. At 8 p.m. ...

Calmer winds help New Mexico forest fire crews go on offensive Posted: 27 May 2012 07:25 PM PDT SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Diminished winds helped fire crews take the offensive on Sunday against an 11-day-old blaze burning out of control through the rugged high country of New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but nearly 300 homes in the area remained under evacuation. The so-called Whitewater-Baldy fire, which destroyed a dozen privately owned cabins at the height of its rampage last week, has charred well over 122,000 acres of timber since it was ignited by lightning on May 16, fire officials said. ...

Miami police shoot man found gnawing another's face: report Posted: 27 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami police officer shot and killed a naked man found chewing on another man's face on an exit ramp of a major causeway, local media reported on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday when a woman flagged down a police officer after seeing two men fighting on a pedestrian walkway of the exit ramp near downtown Miami. The Miami Herald reported the police officer approached the scene and saw a naked man gnawing on the face of another man. The officer called for the man to back away but he ignored the order and the policeman responded by shooting him once, the Herald said. ...

Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast Posted: 27 May 2012 03:25 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to make landfall later on Sunday with possible wind gusts to hurricane force, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The powerful pack of thunderstorms has prompted tropical storm warnings along the coast in northern Florida, Georgia and parts of South Carolina, disrupting Memorial Day weekend plans for some beachgoers and travelers. At 5 p.m. ...

Calmer winds help New Mexico forest fire crews go on offensive Posted: 27 May 2012 07:25 PM PDT SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Diminished winds helped fire crews take the offensive on Sunday against an 11-day-old blaze burning out of control through the rugged high country of New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but nearly 300 homes in the area remained under evacuation. The so-called Whitewater-Baldy fire, which destroyed a dozen privately owned cabins at the height of its rampage last week, has charred well over 122,000 acres of timber since it was ignited by lightning on May 16, fire officials said. ...

Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast Posted: 27 May 2012 06:16 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength as it closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was approaching hurricane strength ahead of an expected landfall later Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The powerful pack of thunderstorms has unleashed tropical storm conditions along the coast in northern Florida and Georgia, disrupting Memorial Day weekend plans for travelers and some beachgoers. At 8 p.m. ...

Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast Posted: 27 May 2012 03:25 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to make landfall later on Sunday with possible wind gusts to hurricane force, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The powerful pack of thunderstorms has prompted tropical storm warnings along the coast in northern Florida, Georgia and parts of South Carolina, disrupting Memorial Day weekend plans for some beachgoers and travelers. At 5 p.m. ...

Miami police shoot man found gnawing another's face: report Posted: 27 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami police officer shot and killed a naked man found chewing on another man's face on an exit ramp of a major causeway, local media reported on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday when a woman flagged down a police officer after seeing two men fighting on a pedestrian walkway of the exit ramp near downtown Miami. The Miami Herald reported the police officer approached the scene and saw a naked man gnawing on the face of another man. The officer called for the man to back away but he ignored the order and the policeman responded by shooting him once, the Herald said. ...

Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds Posted: 27 May 2012 05:05 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden Gate Bridge was a larger than life engineering project undertaken against dangerous odds and it opened 75 years ago on Sunday against vehement protest, at the cost of 11 lives. One of the most astonishing and admired man-made wonders of the world, gracing millions of postcards, featured in countless films, the bridge was not at first welcomed with open arms. Ferry operators and environmentalists opposed it, and many engineers doubted such a daring leap over a treacherous Pacific Ocean strait could be built. ...

Calmer winds promise relief to western U.S. fire crews Posted: 27 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Calmer winds and cooler temperatures promised relief on Sunday to fire crews battling blazes in New Mexico and Colorado, where wildfires sweeping across miles of forest, brush and grass have forced evacuations and disrupted holiday weekend travel plans. New Mexico's wildfires - which are torching tens of thousands of acres daily - have proven difficult for fire crews to contain because of the high winds and rugged, inaccessible terrain found in the southwestern part of the state. ...

Two years after BP oil spill, tourists back in Gulf Coast Posted: 27 May 2012 10:11 AM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Gulf Coast is a hot destination again two years after the massive BP Plc oil spill made the region a tourist dead zone, with the petroleum giant pumping more than $150 million into promotions to help the region recover. In New Orleans, about 150 miles northeast of where BP's well blew up on April 20, 2010, the period since more than 4 million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico has seen a frenzy of tourism efforts. ...

World War Two battleship USS Iowa sets off on final voyage Posted: 26 May 2012 08:09 PM PDT RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - The battleship USS Iowa, which served the United States through victory and tragedy during six decades at sea, set off on its final voyage on Saturday, a trip to Los Angeles to become a museum. With a cheer, volunteers in hard hats cast off the last of a dozen thick lines that had moored the 175-foot-tall gray dreadnought in the Port of Richmond. Then it slipped slowly into the San Francisco Bay, towering over the three tugboats that pulled it. Throngs of onlookers gathered as the ship sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. ...

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