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Amtrak to run Acela train today

By wire services
Published April 18, 2005

WASHINGTON - Amtrak, scrambling to cover the Acela Express trips between Washington and Boston after brake problems were discovered, will have one high-speed train in service today.

Spokeswoman Tracy Connell said the 8 a.m. Acela Express from New York to Washington will operate today and be turned around to make a 2 p.m. run from Washington to Boston.

She said crews were working around the clock to inspect and repair other express equipment and hoped to be able to place a second high-speed train back in service today. Connell said alternative equipment will cover half the normal Acela trips today.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - A seven-story wave damaged a cruise ship returning from the Bahamas over the weekend, smashing windows, flooding more than 60 cabins and giving four passengers cuts and bruises.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn was diverted from its route when the ship ran into rough weather on the way back to New York on Saturday. The 965-foot-long vessel docked in the Charleston harbor for repairs, and departed for New York early Sunday after a Coast Guard inspection, officials said. It was expected back in New York by noon today.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 50-year-old Providence detective was killed with his own gun at police headquarters Sunday by a suspect who managed to get hold of the weapon, the police chief said.

James Allen, a 27-year veteran, was shot in the detective conference room while questioning Estenban Carpio about the stabbing of an 84-year-old woman who survived the attack, Chief Dean Esserman said. Carpio was not under arrest and had been taken out of handcuffs, he said.

Carpio, 26, allegedly grabbed the officer's gun, shot him, broke a third-floor window and jumped. He was captured a few blocks away.

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