NATION IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : 1,100 Evacuated in Cruise Ship Accident
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A 617-foot cruise ship ran aground two miles off Cape Cod in dense fog, forcing the evacuation of about 1,100 passengers and crew, the Coast Guard said. The Bermuda Star, bound for Nova Scotia from New York City, ran aground in a rocky area as the ship approached the beginning of the peninsula, a Coast Guard spokesman said. None of the 687 passengers or 380 crew members aboard were hurt. The ship was pulled free by tugboats nearly 13 hours after the accident.
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