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http://www.popsci.com/article/2007-10/giant-island-trash By Gregory Mone Posted 10.31.2007 at 3:55 pm A heap of trash that's twice the size of Texas is floating somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii. The Great... Rescued Scuba Divers Recount Ordeal of Floating Lost Overnight in Shark-Infes...
These stranded scuba divers, bobbing in shark-infested waters, had seen "Open Water." The movie recounted the tragic story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who were left behind by a dive boat in 1988 and were never... Cambodia's Kompong Luong (Floating Village)
"It is considered as Asia's version of Venice but instead of gondolas, Kompong is known to their wide range of quality pottery wares. You can buy it there along with other items such as vegetables and handicraft...A Life in the Day: Ozzy Osbourne
"One of my biggest luxuries is that I don’t have to set an alarm. I wake up when my eyes open, usually 9 or 9.30. I couldn’t handle an alarm clock going off in my ear. It’d do my f***ing head in. I try and get...QUAY 16 - NEW FLOATING RESTAURANT ON THE LIFFEY
"Floating restaurant and bar opens in Dublin Docklands The Cill Airne, Dublin Dockland's very first floating bar and restaurant, is now open for business, just in time for the busy Christmas period. The historic ship... IBM Blue Gene Times Three – On The Road To “Petaflop” :: Oblate Spheroid
"Yesterday, IBM announced that its experimental high-speed computer located at the Livermore Labs in northern California just passed by the world’s fastest calculation processing mark. IBM was able to clobber the... Floating Dutch prison for illegal aliens
With building lots hard to come by, and cities reluctant to offer
space for detention centres, the Dutch Justice Ministry has taken to
the water to house illegal aliens awaiting deportation. Stephanie van
den Berg... Plastic bottle saves Japanese sailor
"Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, a 28-year-old crewman on the 2,997-ton tanker Sakura Maru, was lost at sea for 10 hours after he fell in the sea late Tuesday while relieving himself over the side of the vessel. "As an empty plastic bottle was floating by, he used it as buoyancy until he...Sunken freighter off Ibiza leaking oil
"Ibiza, Spain - More than six weeks after a freighter went down off the coast of the Spanish tourist island of Ibiza, the wreck is again leaking oil, reports said Sunday. A 300-metre-long oil slick washed ashore on...Make the ‘Floating Pool’ Permanent
"BROOKLYN WATERFRONT — This past Tuesday morning I had a series of appointments in the Brooklyn Heights area, nothing, alas, having to do with the hunt for breathtaking news. They were all routine medical meetings. Despite crisp scheduling, I found myself with about 30... U.S. Terror Attack — 'Ninety Days at Most'
"U.S. Terror Attack — 'Ninety Days at Most'
Fox News | August 2, 2007
Counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv spoke with FOX Fan Central about what Americans can do to protect themselves in case of a terror attack.
Do... Canadian researchers identify remains of young Titanic victim
"OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian researchers on Wednesday said they positively identified the remains of a young child who died when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. (Advertisement) The remains belong to a 19-month-old English... Curious Cephalopod Capture Creates Controversy :: Oblate Spheroid
"On a day when “Live Earth – The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis” is trying to bring awareness to the perils of the Earth going through its process of climate transition from cooler to warmer to cooler again... Octosquid: Mystery of the Briny Deep
A potentially new species of cephalopod was found off of Hawaii at a dept of 300 feet, which is more than two Empire State Buildings. At that depth a human being would be crushed like an empty soda can."What... Ghostly Plastic Ducks, Adrift at Sea
Cast adrift in shipping accident, thirty thousand little plastic toy ducks have floated the sea for fifteen years, the elements transforming them from playful yellow to ghostly white... Listen close, little children,...
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