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With their primary backup site also closed by the earthquake, the air traffic controllers from the tower at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport went with Plan C: guiding in planes at the world’s fifth-busiest cargo hub from the cab of a pickup truck, at one end of the north-south runway.

Kentucky has approved $18 million in new tax breaks for a controversial Christian theme park that is to feature a 510-foot-long replica of Noah’s Ark.

Venezuela’s government began to evacuate a famous “vertical slum” in Caracas Tuesday, bringing an end to a self-made community that became famous for its apocalyptic image, symbolic overtones and appearance in the Showtime series Homeland.

Arthur may have been a Category 2 hurricane, but Richard Neal, of Mint Hill, N.C., stirred up an even bigger storm on social media Thursday by riding out a direct hit from inside an old U.S. Coast Guard Tower about 35 miles east of Wrightsville Beach.

The plan is to be completed by mid-May

With its glittering spire firmly attached, the new World Trade Center became the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere on Friday morning. The building at One World Trade Center now stands at 1,776 feet.

Tower tipped after guy wire anchors failed; Tower and conductor reported still intact.