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The Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD will start shipping on September 14, and the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDs will ship on November 20.
CNN: Hands-on with the new Kindles
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An engine-room fire paralyzed the ship early Sunday, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.
NPR: No Central Agency Oversees, Inspects Cruise Ships
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In the biggest high-profile incident in the U.S. in recent years, more than 3, 000 passengers aboard the Carnival Splendor were towed to shore in 2010 by a Mexican tugboat after an engine-room fire cut off the ship's electricity.
WSJ: Cruise Operators See Shares Fall, Defend Safety
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That was followed less than two months later by an engine-room fire aboard the Costa Allegra, another Costa Crociere ship, which left it adrift and without power in the Indian Ocean.
WSJ: Carnival Cruise Mishap Creates Public-Relations Mess
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In February this year, passengers were forced to spend nearly five days in the Gulf of Mexico aboard a stranded ship operated by Royal Caribbean rival Carnival after the ship was disabled by an engine-room fire.
BBC: Royal Caribbean cruise cancelled in Bahamas after fire
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In March 2012, a Royal Caribbean-owned cruise ship was forced to cancel a trip after fire broke out a day after it left Manila, the Philippines, for Malaysia.
BBC: Royal Caribbean cruise cancelled in Bahamas after fire
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said the fire started with a leak in a fuel-oil return line running from one of the ship's engines.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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The ITV is also an important component of the Expeditionary Fire Support System, which allows a mobile mortar system to provide long-range indirect fire support to infantry forces as part of the Marine Corps' "Ship to Objective Maneuver" doctrine.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The misguided howl'er over the Growler
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One moment, the ethereal white or green curtains of light with a streak of violet take on forms that evoke the ancient mythology of the north - a palace of lights, a Sami fire in the wilderness, the prow of a Viking ship.
BBC: The perfect trip: Norway
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One of the worst disasters in U.S. history involving a form of ammonia occurred in April 1947 when a ship loaded with ammonium nitrate -- a solid fertlizer composed of ammonia and nitrogen -- caught fire while docked in Texas City, Texas, in April 1947.
CNN: What is anhydrous ammonia?