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Alaska facing second tough cruise season
SEATTLE – As the Alaska cruise season starts, Seattle’s happy. Vancouver isn’t. Alaska, yikes. A complex brew of economics, regulations, tax fights, politics and the arcane art of predicting what ships should go where has state officials estimating that 140,000 fewer passengers will cross Alaska docks this summer, costing millions in tourist dollars. “Tough, tough, tough,” says John Binkley …

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Drop in cruise passengers to cost Alaska millions
A complex brew of economics, regulations, tax fights, politics and the arcane art of predicting what ships should go where has state officials estimating that 140,000 fewer passengers will visit Alaska this summer, costing millions in tourist dollars.

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FoxBusiness: Three Hot Cruise Bargains
While 2009 broke all records for low cruise prices, today you can still catch a whale of a bargain. Like the rest of our economy, cruise pricing has only partially recovered. Here are some hot bargains right now available from the most popular cruise lines, plus one special sneak preview.

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What A Difference a Cruise Line Can Make
It should come as no surprise that port cities often court cruise lines to homeport there. Case in point? Mobile, Alabama lobbied cruise lines for years and when they finally landed a year-round ship, they lobbied for a larger one.

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Overdose cited in Galveston cruise ship death
GALVESTON — A toxicology report released Wednesday revealed a Brazoria County woman found dead in a cruise ship cabin died of a drug overdose, according to a medical examiner’s office. Kipi Holcomb, 32, was found dead Feb. 15 in her room aboard the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy after it left its home port of Galveston. Holcomb was reportedly cruising with her fiance, who discovered her body on …

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Royal Caribbean cruise ship will leave Port of LA berth in January
Mariner of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships serving the West Coast, will set sail from the Port of Los Angeles for the last time in January, officials announced Thursday.

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Overdose cited in Feb. cruise ship death
A toxicology report says a Brazoria County woman found dead in a cruise ship cabin died of a drug overdose.

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World’s largest ship, Oasis of the Seas, to host poker cruise
The fourth Ladbrokes Poker Cruise will take place on the Royal Caribbean ship in January 2011.

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Bay Area Music Links: Heavy Metal Cruise Ship, DaVinci Doesn’t Dare
New Portraits compilation celebrates local songwriters. [The Bay Bridged] So there’s a cruise ship dedicated to heavy metal, and local longhairs Testament and Death Angel are playing abo…

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First Cruise Ship of the Season Visiting St. John’s
Today marks the start of the 2010 cruise ship season in St. John’s with the arrival of the Silver Spirit. The vessel is part of the Silverseas line and is sailing from New York with 700 passengers and crew.

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