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January 18, 2012

Suit says cruise ships threaten historic town

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear complaints brought by local residents, preservationists and an environmental group over Charleston's expanded cruise industry.

A lawsuit filed last year against Carnival Cruise Lines alleges, among other things, that the company's vessels are a public nuisance in this historic city, that they amount to illegal hotel operations and that the liner's signature red, white and blue smokestacks violate city sign ordinances.


 
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