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Merchant Marine Academy chief to step down

After only a year at the helm, the head of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point announced his resignation Tuesday, effective early January, citing a relative's grave illness.

A national search for a successor to Rear Adm. Allen Worley would ensue, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. Shashi Kumar, the academy's academic dean and assistant superintendent...

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