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Broad Street Run 2011

Broad Street Run 2011What's the best way to get back in running shape?"PHILADELPHIA, PA - If you are interested in the 32nd annual Blue Cross Broad Street run in Philadelphia, you need to hurry. Registration...

Humpback whale swims a quarter of the world

" In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km. The event, reported in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, is the longest documented movement by a mammal. Its voyage was also twice...

The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored

  The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored over 13 days. Juvenile shark landings raise concern  The ARAP informed that the most often targeted species are the hammerhead,...

Hurricane Fred Strengthens to Category 3 Storm in Atlantic

Hurricane Fred has become more fierce than before, a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean. It was still far from land, the National Hurricane Center said "Earlier, Fred quickly strengthened to a Category 2....

Hurricane Bill a Category 3 Storm: Bermuda on Alert

Hurricane Bill is now a category 3 storm, but it is expected to become stronger and Bermuda has been placed on alert for the approaching storm that will bring very powerful winds and huge ocean swells. A...

Hurricane Bill Update: Category 4 storm in Atlantic

" Hurricane Bill became a dangerous Category 4 storm with top sustained winds near 135 mph early Wednesday, and forecasters said it could get even stronger as it howls over the open Atlantic. The National...

Hurricane Bill Track: August 18, 2009

Hurricane Bill, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, is on track to Bermuda. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength out in the Atlantic and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane. It is expected Bill will bypass the East Coast of the U.S. and make a landfall in...

Missing Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Found

Russian navy has found the cargo ship Arctic Sea that went missing on July 30th. The crew is alive and unharmed, and have boarded a Russian anti-submarine ship, according to Russia's defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov . The Arctic Sea was found 300 miles from Cape Verde in...

Tropical Storms Ana, Bill And Claudette: Update August 16, 2009

Tropical storms Ana, Bill and Claudette are developing in the Atlantic. Weather services are tracking the storms as hurricane watch ensues. T.S. Ana Tropical storm Ana formed on Saturday, August 15, and...

E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria in Beef Recall Expands

Beef products sourced from the JBS Swift Beef Company, Greeley, Colorado may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.  The recall orders started in the US have now expanded to Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada...

Air France Crash Families Get Initial Payout: $24,000 Per Person

Air France will pay initial compensation to the families of the victims killed in the Atlantic air crash of Air France Flight 447 on June 1.The company will pay a "first advance" €17, 500 euros, or $24,000 USD, to...

Newfoundland: Mourners Gather at Prayer Service

"Bells at the largest church in Newfoundland and Labrador tolled Wednesday evening for the 17 people lost last week when an offshore oil helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean." The Roman Catholic Basilica of...

Penguins in peril - marathon food search

Global warming is causing problems in finding food for penguins in Argentina. The fluctuations year to year in weather is leading to them nesting in places that means that they have to swim the equivalent of two...

Tourism is the Gold of the Faroes

"Atlantic Airways hosted the FlyFaroe 2007 tourism convention in Torshavn at the weekend in a bid to persuade the travel industry to increase their promotion of the islands. There is an old Faroese saying; "ull...

Dolphins stuck in ice in Newfoundland growing weaker

Four dolphins are still stuck in ice in Newfoundland, and even though the Mayor has appealed for help, an official from the Federal Fisheries Department is only now on the scene to monitor the dolphins. He says...

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