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(AP) ROME – The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he was distracted by a phone conversation shortly before the cruise liner crashed into a reef off an Italian island and capsized, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino described the collision to private Italian TV channel Canale 5 as a “banal accident” in which “destiny” played a role. More in Concordia Cruise Disaster An Italian judge last week lifted Schettino’s house arrest order, but said he must remain in his hometown near Naples during a criminal investigation in which he is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the liner while many passengers and crew were still aboard. Prosecutors have alleged that the Concordia cruised too close to the island in a publicity stunt, and shortly before it rammed the reef Schettino was on the phone with a retired sea captain on Giglio. Costa Concordia captain free from house arrestSalvage company: Cruise ship will be gone by 2013Costa Concordia to be salvaged in 1 piece “I blame myself for being distracted,” Schettino said when asked about the phone call. Schettino on Tuesday appeared to want to lessen his role, insisting that another official, and not he, was at the helm of the ship at the moment it rammed the reef. “At that moment, I went up to the bridge. I ordered the...

(AP) ROME – The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he was distracted by a phone conversation shortly before the cruise liner crashed into a reef off an Italian island and capsized, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino described the collision to private Italian TV channel Canale 5 as a “banal accident” in which “destiny” played a role. More in Concordia Cruise Disaster An Italian judge last week lifted Schettino’s house arrest order, but said he must remain in his hometown near Naples during a criminal investigation in which he is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the liner while many passengers and crew were still aboard. Prosecutors have alleged that the Concordia cruised too close to the island in a publicity stunt, and shortly before it rammed the reef Schettino was on the phone with a retired sea captain on Giglio. Costa Concordia captain free from house arrestSalvage company: Cruise ship will be gone by 2013Costa Concordia to be salvaged in 1 piece “I blame myself for being distracted,” Schettino said when asked about the phone call. Schettino on Tuesday appeared to want to lessen his role, insisting that another official, and not he, was at the helm of the ship at the moment it rammed the reef. “At that moment, I went up to the bridge. I ordered the...

(CBS/AP) EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials said they will not give in to demands of a Bedouin man who took two Americans and their local translator 원주출장샵 hostage in the Sinai Peninsula. Rev. Michel Louis, an American woman, and their Egyptian guide were taken off a bus on a road between Cairo and Mount Sinai while on a church trip Friday. CBS Station WBZ has identified the American woman as Lissa Alphonse of Everett, Mass. The hostage-taker, Jirmy Abu-Masuh, has said he will not free the two Boston natives until his uncle is released from jail. He said his uncle was jailed for refusing to pay the police a bribe. Abu-Masuh also vowed to take more hostages, of different nationalities, if his demands were not met. Egyptian officials said Monday they will not release the uncle until he completes a 15-day prison sentence for possession of drugs. The officials discuss the negotiations on condition of anonymity. U.S. Embassy spokesman David Linfield said the embassy was looking into the kidnapping and working closely with Egyptian authorities who were doing everything to ensure their safe release. Tourists’ captor to hold “guests” until uncle freeU.S. confirms 2 Americans kidnapped in Sinai Abu-Masuh told the Associated Press that two intelligence officials came to his home Saturday to negotiate the captives’ release. During that meeting, he said, he relocated the pastor and the two other...

(CBS/AP) Lady Gaga’s YouTube account was shut down briefly Thursday after claims of copyright violations. The notice on her account read that the suspension was due to “multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s copyright policy.” Pictures: Lady Gaga By late Thursday, the account had been restored, much to the glee of Gaga’s Little Monsters. The Google Inc.-owned YouTube declined to comment. It’s YouTube policy to remove accounts after three copyright violations. Reports have suggested that the infringing video was a recently uploaded clip of Gaga’s performance on Fuji TV. Messages left with Gaga’s publicist and record label, Interscope, 충청남도출장만남 weren’t immediately returned Thursday. The account, “ladygagaofficial,” is one of two for Gaga. The removed channel is run by Gaga’s camp, while she also has an unaffected Vevo account. The Vevo account, which has more than 1.6 billion views, generally debuts her music videos. Co-owned by Universal Music Group and Sony Entertainment, Vevo is a music video platform that also distributes videos on YouTube. In other Gaga-related news, the pop star’s HBO concert special “Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden” earned five Emmy Award nominations on...

(CBS/AP) EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials said they will not give in to demands of a Bedouin man who took two Americans and their local translator 원주출장샵 hostage in the Sinai Peninsula. Rev. Michel Louis, an American woman, and their Egyptian guide were taken off a bus on a road between Cairo and Mount Sinai while on a church trip Friday. CBS Station WBZ has identified the American woman as Lissa Alphonse of Everett, Mass. The hostage-taker, Jirmy Abu-Masuh, has said he will not free the two Boston natives until his uncle is released from jail. He said his uncle was jailed for refusing to pay the police a bribe. Abu-Masuh also vowed to take more hostages, of different nationalities, if his demands were not met. Egyptian officials said Monday they will not release the uncle until he completes a 15-day prison sentence for possession of drugs. The officials discuss the negotiations on condition of anonymity. U.S. Embassy spokesman David Linfield said the embassy was looking into the kidnapping and working closely with Egyptian authorities who were doing everything to ensure their safe release. Tourists’ captor to hold “guests” until uncle freeU.S. confirms 2 Americans kidnapped in Sinai Abu-Masuh told the Associated Press that two intelligence officials came to his home Saturday to negotiate the captives’ release. During that meeting, he said, he relocated the pastor and the two other...