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A magical antidote to poison, once sought by Regality, was till date only an object of fascination and mystery. The majestic spiral tusk grown by the small Arctic whale was known as the narwhal. But, science has shed light on the tusk’s unique...
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Authorities say three Chicago high school students have drowned while paddle-boating on a river during a leadership retreat.
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A car driven by a 16-year-old girl and carrying two younger children plunged into a rain-swollen river Friday morning, and authorities said that the teen managed to...
made popular Nov 7 2008
Authorities say divers have found a car that was swept away in a rain-swollen river near Seattle, but they have little hope for the two children who were inside.
made popular Nov 7 2008
In stories on Nov. 3, Nov. 4 and Nov. 5 about the trial of Phil Spector, The Associated Press reported erroneously that witness Dorothy Melvin is Joan Rivers’...
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A 48-year-old New Yorker who survived almost two days bobbing in the choppy waters of a vast South American river said she was kept alive by a plastic bucket and the...
made popular Nov 2 2008
An American woman survived a deadly boat accident in Guyana by clinging to a bucket that helped keep her afloat in the muddy river for a day and a half, police said...
made popular Oct 27 2008
An improperly licensed and overworked towboat pilot said Tuesday that radar and steering lever problems led him to veer his tug into the path of a tanker along the...
made popular Oct 21 2008
A towboat was so erratic it appeared its operator “had had a stroke” as it pushed a barge into the path of a tanker before a collision that shut a major...
made popular Oct 10 2008
A stretch of Mississippi River near St. Louis is back in business for recreational traffic.
made popular Sep 24 2008
The government and environmentalists have reached an agreement to help the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon spawn for the first time since the 1970s, the...
made popular Sep 3 2008
Poor Bihar, inspite of being a state rich in natural resources and human resources is reduced to a state of helplessness and hopelessness.
For decades it was ruled...
made popular Sep 1 2008
Low water levels on the Mississippi River is causing problems, just weeks after one of the worst floods ever on Ol’ Miss.
made popular Aug 15 2008
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the...
made popular Aug 3 2008
Newly released radio transmissions during a collision on the Mississippi River indicate a tug boat involved in the wreck was repeatedly warned a massive tanker was...
made popular Aug 2 2008
A disabled barge that had already spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Mississippi River leaked again Wednesday, forcing authorities to close a...
made popular Jul 31 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard says a two-mile stretch of the Mississippi River has reopened at New Orleans after a disabled barge leaked about 2,500 more gallons of oil.
made popular Jul 30 2008
A disabled barge spilled more oil into the Mississippi River on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close a two-mile stretch to ship traffic.
made popular Jul 30 2008
The Coast Guard has closed two miles of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after more oil spilled from a disabled barge.
made popular Jul 30 2008
More oil leaked from a disabled barge into the Mississippi River at New Orleans on Wednesday, but the spill did not hamper ship traffic, the Coast Guard said.
made popular Jul 30 2008
Commercial traffic along a stretch of the Mississippi River shut by a massive oil spill should return to its normal pace by Tuesday, the Coast Guard said Monday.
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Over the last 25 years, the sand slowly takes control of the mouth of the Murray River, especially where the Murray meets the surf of the Southern Ocean and close the...
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