Fire Thwarts Search for Remains Aboard Greek Ferry

Intense heat from a slow-burning blaze is hampering efforts by firefighters and investigators to search a Greek ferry for any more remains of people killed after the vessel caught fire at sea last month. The fire broke out on the Norman Atlantic's car deck December 28 as the ferry traveled from Greece to Italy. The ferry was towed to the Italian port of Brindisi in a 17-hour operation across the Adriatic Sea. The vessel arrived in port on Friday and its data recorder was recovered,...

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