LOUISVILLE — The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge. The bow of the Delta Mariner was covered in twisted steel and chunks of asphalt from the two-lane bridge. The five-story-high Delta Mariner was too tall to pass through the portion of the bridge that it struck, and the resulting wreck left a 300-foot-wide gap in the bridge. No injuries were reported. Robert Parker was crossing the bridge and said he had to slam on his brakes when he saw a section missing ahead of him. "All of a sudden I see the road's gone, and I hit the brakes," said Parker, who lives in Cadiz.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police are warning occupy protesters that they must soon stop camping at two Washington parks or risk arrest. The National Park Service is distributing fliers at McPherson Square and at Freedom Plaza saying that protesters must comply with regulations that prohibit camping at those sites by noon Monday. The move comes after a House oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday where Republican lawmakers questioned why camping has been allowed since October. The park service has said that 24-hour vigils are allowed.
SEATTLE — A federal judge on Friday sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year international crime spree that ended in 2010. Harris-Moore, 20, hopscotched his way across the United States, authorities said. He flew a plane stolen in northwestern Washington to the San Juan Islands, stole a pistol in British Columbia and took a plane from Idaho to Washington state, stole a boat in southwestern Washington to go to Oregon, and took a plane in Indiana and flew to the Bahamas, where was arrested. Harris-Moore got the nickname because he committed several of the crimes while not wearing shoes.