| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | World's 'first airport' largely unknown | | An old wooden shack and rows of tilted fence posts: In a way, this deserted little patch of Midwestern dirt was the starting point for every airport in the world. |
| The week in 26 photos | | Deadly and fiery protests, Olympic dreams, dramatic rescues, windy weather. Check out the past week's best photos from around the world. |
| 30-foot waves and 60-knot winds slammed ship | | A ship battered by hurricane-force winds off of France lost about 520 of the huge containers it was carrying. Stacks of other containers collapsed by the time it reached port in Spain. |
| 500 containers tumble off cargo ship | | | A Danish-flagged ship battered by hurricane-force winds off the coast of France lost about 520 of the huge containers it was carrying. Stacks of other containers collapsed by the time it reached port in Spain. |
| Container ship | | | On any day, between 5 million and 6 million containers are on the high seas, carrying everything from potato chips to refrigerators. But not all of them make it to their destination, as the crew of the Svendborg Maersk have just found out. |
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