International Business News - Abandoned http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday an investigation was planned into why staff at a public housing complex apparently left residents without care overnight during Hurricane Ike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/disabled-elders-say-they-were-left-during-ike.htm Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:57:43 EDT New Kids on the Block, your check is ready. The recently reunited band, former Red Sox player Nomar Garciaparra and celebrity chef Todd English are among 40,000 people, businesses and charities on Massachusetts' latest list of owners of abandoned property. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/famous-names-on-mass-unclaimed-property-list.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:27:51 EDT Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan. "It was this incredible, hidden landscape that was invisible from the street that just stretched for blocks and blocks and blocks--as far as you could see," he recalls. "All these grasses and wildflowers and trees, hidden like a secret garden in the middle of the city. And it just made your heart rise." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122540-abandoned-rail-line.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/once-wilderness-amid-bustle-nyc-rail-becomes-park.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/once-wilderness-amid-bustle-nyc-rail-becomes-park.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:15:32 EDT The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97980-abandoned-mines.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/audit-finds-serious-hazards-from-abandoned-mines.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/audit-finds-serious-hazards-from-abandoned-mines.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:25:25 EDT U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., has proposed rerouting $8 million to help the Port of Coos Bay buy a rail line that runs from Eugene to Coquille and is scheduled to be abandoned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/lawmaker-tries-to-help-reopen-ore-coast-rail-line.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:23:18 EDT A Cambodian commercial jet has been sitting at a Vietnamese airport for more than a year after being grounded for a technical problem and abandoned, an official said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/cambodian-jet-abandoned-in-vietnam-for-over-a-year.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:57:50 EDT Developers of a US$5 billion (euro3.2 billion) complex for the Las Vegas Strip have decided not to proceed with the project due to the global credit crunch, one of the developers said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/5-billion-vegas-casino-project-abandoned.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:37:16 EDT Developers of a US$5 billion (euro3.2 billion) complex for the Las Vegas Strip have decided not to proceed with the project due to the global credit crunch, one of the developers said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/australian-developer-scraps-vegas-casino-project.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:23:03 EDT As the bloated bodies rise and fall with the current, women scrub clothes along the river bank, villagers bathe to cool themselves and a lone child sits on a dock staring aimlessly into the water. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45387-myanmar-cyclone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080511/bloated-bodies-litter-myanmar-forgotten-after-the-cyclone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080511/bloated-bodies-litter-myanmar-forgotten-after-the-cyclone.htm Sun, 11 May 2008 13:40:28 EDT Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a Long Island off-track betting parlor. Southampton Town police say the 2-month-old was left unattended for more than 20 minutes during Saturday's race. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/police-2-month-old-left-in-car-while-parents-watch-derby.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 03:17:45 EDT Stray dogs located a baby girl abandoned under mud and leaves in northeastern India and their barking alerted rescuers, a government official said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/dogs-find-abandoned-baby-girl-in-india.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:48:52 EDT Contradicting earlier witnesses, a former captain of a fishing vessel that sunk in the Bering Sea last month sailed carefully through any pack ice it encountered. Steve Slotvig also said that a "fis... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/former-captain-testifies-in-inquiry-of-ship-that-sank.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:51:22 EDT A fishing boat that sunk in the Bering Sea last month had sailed through rough, broken pack ice on recent voyages, concerning crew members and leading to a yelling match involving the ship's captain... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/survivors-say-ship-sailed-through-rough-broken-ice.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:49:11 EDT A livery driver, hailed as a hero then charged as a criminal for leaving a baby girl at a firehouse, will have his case dismissed if he stays out of trouble for the next six months, prosecutors said ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/charges-likely-dropped-in-ny-baby-case.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:29:51 EDT Prosecutors say charges will likely be dismissed against a New York livery driver who claimed an unknown man left a baby in his cab and disappeared. Klever Sailema (KLE-vur suh-LAY-muh) was initiall... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/charges-may-be-dropped-in-ny-baby-case.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:45:30 EDT A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified. Coast Guard Petty Officer Alfred Musgrav... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080406/rescuer-victim-fell-from-helicopter.htm Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:13:20 EDT A rescuer says one of the fishing boat crewmen who died after their vessel sank fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter. Coast Guard Petty Officer Alfred Musgrave told a Marine pane... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080405/officer-ship-victim-fell-during-rescue.htm Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:55:45 EDT As the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger sank to the bottom of the Bering Sea, crewman Byron Carrillo and 1st Assistant Engineer James Madruga struggled to stay afloat in the rough and frigid waves. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/crewmans-disappearance-puzzles-survivor.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:43:50 EDT The call came at 2:52 a.m. Sunday. "Mayday. Mayday. This is the Alaska Ranger ... . We are flooding, taking on water in our rudder room." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36420-alaska-abandoned-ship.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/alaska-ship-rescue-left-no-time-to-spare.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/alaska-ship-rescue-left-no-time-to-spare.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:36:21 EDT The Coast Guard said Tuesday that it suspended the search for the lone crew member still missing after a fishing vessel sank in frigid waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36281-alaska-abandoned-ship.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/search-for-sunken-vessel-survivors-ends.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/search-for-sunken-vessel-survivors-ends.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:56:13 EDT