Coast Guard ship collides with ferry The U.S. Coast Guard said it is investigating a collision between one of its cutters and ferry carrying 257 passengers and eight crew on Wednesday

afternoon.    The cutter _Morro Bay,_ a 140-foot buoy tender home ported in New London, Conn., collided with the _Block Island Ferry_ at around 12:15 p.m. in heavy fog.    No serious

injuries were reported.