Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with 18 family members in the summer of 2011 aboard Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer of the Seas.” Then, the accident happened.

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An autopsy shows that a Virginia woman found dead aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship died of natural causes. FBI spokesman Rich Wolf has identified the woman as 64-year-old Katherine Kennedy, of Midlothian, Va. He says Kennedy died of heart ...

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Autopsy results are expected to be released soon in the death of a woman aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. FBI Baltimore field office spokesman Rich Wolf says the cause of death remains unexplained. He says no one is in ...

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Royal Caribbean says the FBI is investigating a death aboard one of its cruise ships. The Enchantment of the Seas returned to Baltimore as scheduled on Monday after a 62-year-old woman was found dead in her cabin on Sunday. Royal ...

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The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships. But experts say that these new megaships have the latest safety and navigation technology and pose little risk to ...

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DUBLIN  — A century ago, the people of Belfast celebrated one of their proudest days — the launching of the supposedly unsinkable Titanic. The Northern Ireland capital commemorated that bittersweet anniversary Tuesday with cheers from schoolchildren in Edwardian period costumes, ...

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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — The christening ceremony, complete with elaborate musical number, fireworks and a 16-foot champagne bottle, was typical in-your-face Disney. The best attributes of the company’s newest cruise ship, though, aren’t quite so over-the-top. Oh, the 4,000-passenger Disney ...

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Federal agents have found more than two pounds of cocaine and heroin in a locker aboard the cruise ship Enchantment of the Seas in Baltimore. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a drug-sniffing dog found two packages of heroin and ...

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