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14 Jun 2010 11:05

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Culture: Reasons Abby Sunderland’s dad might be a bad parent

  • one He let his son go on a solo sailing trip around the freak­ing world. He came back successfully.
  • two He then let his daugh­ter do the same. She found herself stranded in the ocean. She’s OK.
  • three While his daugh­ter was gone, he signed a deal to do a reality TV show with his family. source
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20 May 2010 12:05

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Biz, U.S.: BP’s at least managing to grab a good chunk of the oil spill

  • 5,000 number of barrels they're
    grabbing each day
  • a lot the amount that's still getting
    into the ocean source
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19 Mar 2010 17:29

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Culture: Coming soon to Nancy Grace: Guy with a photo of blue water

Some guy took this photo in Aruba and claims that rock to the left is murdered teen Natalee Holloway’s skeleton. What do you guys think? source
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28 Feb 2010 11:32

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World: The tsunami that hit Japan wasn’t much of anything in the end

  • 1.2 meter waves in Japan's first tsunami in 15 years source
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01 Jan 2010 18:35

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Offbeat: New Jersey’s water toxic enough for swimming in January

Just kidding. Today, a bunch of pasty white people jumped in the ocean for the Polar Plunge, which sounds really freaking cold. source
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15 Dec 2009 23:00

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Offbeat: This coconut-wielding octopus is a big-time show-off

  • Because, really, why not? This octopus proves exactly how brilliant its species suppos­edly is. It can use this coconut shell as shelter and as a tool for digging. And it also can do some craaaaaazy things with its tenta­cles, too. source
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03 Nov 2009 09:34

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World: Scientists enthralled by giant 20-foot-wide crack in Ethiopia

  • 35 miles – the length of what could be a new ocean someday source
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18 Jul 2009 12:06

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U.S., World: The latest front for illegal immigrant drug-running: By sea

  • 136 people number of illegal immigrants arrested on the oceans in the fiscal year ended Oct. 30
  • 6,300 pounds amount of marijunana confiscated over waters during the same period; see the correlation? source
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15 Jun 2009 01:54

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World: The Air France crash recovery continues slowly but surely

  • 49 bodies have been recovered in the ocean so far source
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06 Jun 2009 13:20

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World: Bodies have been found from the Brazilian plane crash. Sigh.

  • Also found: A seat and suitcase from the Air France jet. Sigh. We knew this was coming, but man, seeing the phrase “bodies” running across a CNN Breaking News Alert is pretty tough to stomach. But at least we’ve confirmed finding something from the crash. source
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