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Captain Sentenced to 4 Years for Fatal Boat Fire

VENTURA— The conclusion of a long-awaited legal saga unfolded in early May as Jerry Boylan, the captain of the ill-fated scuba dive boat Conception, received a four-year federal prison sentence for

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1 boat targeted as possible cause of deadly Alabama blaze

SCOTTSBORO, Alabama—Investigators were focusing on one boat in particular as a possible cause of a massive Alabama marina fire that killed eight people and destroyed 35 boats early Jan. 27

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Search for blame continues in fire aboard dive boat

LOS ANGELES—One of the worst disasters in modern California history has brought a search for blame as investigators decide whether a crime occurred aboard the Conception scuba diving boat that

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Criminal probe underway in fiery California boat disaster

LOS ANGELES (AP)—U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California, two officials said Sept. 9. The FBI,