Whether it’s dinner with Earth, Wind & Fire, champagne toasts on a cruise ship in Salina or watching the ball drop with Darth Vader, there are hundreds of ways to ring in the New Year in Central New York.

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Portuguese authorities are investigating a bus accident that killed five passengers from the Costa Classica cruise ship during a shore excursion on Dec. 23 in the Madeira Islands, according to European news outlets.

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By Tom Bell, Portland Press Herald, Maine Dec. 29–Cruise ships that visit Maine in 2006 will be prohibited from dumping wastewater within three miles of the shore unless they can meet the same water quality standards as municipal treatment plants.
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THE tiny but exclusive cruise liner Island Sky sailed into East London at dawn yesterday to be greeted by dancers and a jazz band. It was the first time East London had played host to the Island Sky, which normally cruises the rest of the African coastline.

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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30 (UPI) — A 600-passenger luxury ship becomes the first cruise ship Saturday to call on the Port of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
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