Hudson River News

Hudson River News.

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  To the Beach! Why Sylvia Earle Wants Us to Get Wet

  By Annie Scott | Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:27 AM ET

  planet you live, but go get wet."For those of us landlocked or city-dwelling (ie: New Yorkers telling our children to stay the heck away from the Hudson River), it's not always possible to get wet, making it difficult to find a passion for protecting our oceans. So, how did a farm girl from Ne Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Water, Planet, Coral Reef, Sylvia Earle, Commercial Fishing, Reefs
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  WTC Steel Appears Ship Shape

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 2, 2009 7:10 PM ET

  684-foot long assault ship and name it the USS New York in honor of the victims. After its emotional stop near Ground Zero, the ship headed up the Hudson River toward the George Washington Bridge, then headed south to Pier 88 for a commissioning ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 7. "I just thought i Read More

  More like this in: New York, Associated Press, Hope, The Associated Press, Military, 9/11, US, Politics & Policy
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  Mustached and Proud

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Oct 7, 2009 10:15 AM ET

  David Axelrod and Eric Holder to heroes like US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III (who safely landed his jet full of passengers on the Hudson River) to athletes including Brendan Ryan of the St. Louis Cardinals and even everyday folks who plug away and make mustachios (we made tha Read More

  More like this in: St. Louis Cardinals, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Culture
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  Sully Takes to the Skies Again

  By Sarah Parsons | Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:11 PM ET

  October 1st.In case you've been living under a rock for the past several months, Sullenberger became famous when he gracefully landed a plane in the Hudson River on January 15th after a flock of geese were sucked up into the engine. Avoiding what could have been a huge disaster, Sullenberger save Read More

  More like this in: New York City, New York Daily News, LaGuardia Airport, US, Entertainment, Regional/Local, Celebrity
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  Angels on the Hudson

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Aug 5, 2009 2:59 PM ET

  killed when a cargo ship slammed into their speedboat.Daniel Rechelbacher was enjoying a late-night dinner cruise with friends along New York’s Hudson River when the scene quickly turned harrowing. The group noticed a black cargo boat speeding along the water headed straight for their whit Read More

  More like this in: New York, Hope, New York Daily News, US, Kindness
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  Big Apple Fireworks

  By David Jenison | Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:49 AM ET

  New York City goes big for July 4th weekend Read More

  More like this in: New York, ESPN, Fireworks, Statue of Liberty, Macy's, Coney Island, East River
• Sully in a Bottle

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:01 AM ET

  investigators heaped praise on Sully for keeping his cool and making quick, prudent decisions to save lives when he guided his Airbus into the Hudson River after the plane hit a flock of birds and lost power in both engines. "I want to bottle your mind-set and make sure everybody is drinkin Read More

  More like this in: New York, New Jersey, Air Traffic Control, US, Politics & Policy
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  Tonic's 50 Most Beautiful People

  By Lisa Germinsky | Mon May 4, 2009 1:50 PM ET

  most beautiful sights to behold: 155 men and women lined carefully along the wings of U.S. Airways flight 1549 as it float adrift the wintry Hudson River. What could have been an epic disaster miraculously turned to a true moment of hope and heroism. 45. Charlie Todd of Impro Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, New York, Facebook, Education, Cancer, Celebrities, AIDS, Iraq, Health Care, Afghanistan, Hair, Veterans
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  Mag Honors Top Green Musicians

  By David Jenison | Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders. This old-school environmentalist has cred dating back 43 years to when he co-founded the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to clean up the storied waterway. Overall, the list was wide and varied. Indie folksters Okkervil River finishe Read More

  More like this in: Jack Johnson, Music, Charity, Recycle, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Emissions, Agriculture, Tanzania, Radiohead, Green Tea, John Legend
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  Bad News is Dead

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Mar 9, 2009 2:00 AM ET

  nothing good is happening - "Good News" performed by Something Corporate When "60 Minutes" interviewed Captain Sully about his now-infamous Hudson River landing, Katie Couric asked him why the story of Flight 1549 is so captivating to Americans. While I would have laughed at the obviou Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Associated Press, Random Acts of Kindness, Katie Couric, Something Corporate, Octuplets, Captain Sully, Brian Williams