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11 min ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

This May, 14, 1942, U. S. Army Air Corps photograph, provided by the National Archives, College Park, Md., shows the burning tanker Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship heading to New York that was sunk on May 14, 1942 by a German U-boat, about 15 miles southeast of Miami's Biscayne Bay.

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Related Topix: College Park, MD, Oil Spill

3 hrs ago | NBC Miami

Boat Pulled to Shore After Capsizing in Pompano Beach

What should have been a leisurely day out on the boat turned into a workout for those pulling and tugging at a small but heavy vessel that capsized in Pompano Beach Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Pompano Beach, FL

7 hrs ago | CBC News

Police find 2 bodies near missing fishermen's boat

Two bodies have been found close to a submerged boat off the coast of New Brunswick, a day after a boat capsized with three crew members on board.

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11 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Bangladesh Says 31 Bodies from Burma Found along Coast

A ship is seen from the shore of the Bay of Bengal before Cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Bangladesh,

Sun May 19, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

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Related Topix: Hofstra University, Train Disaster, Morehouse College

Eastern Shore News

Bodies of 2 missing boaters found in Va. river

What do you first visualize when Ocean City comes to mind? If it's the Boardwalk, you're not alone.

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WFAA-TV Dallas

Body found at Lake Arlington after boater disappears

Dive teams from the Fort Worth and Arlington fire departments began looking for the unidentified man who had been in a canoe that capsized just before 9 p.m. Saturday.

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Related Topix: Arlington, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Fire

KHOU-TV Houston

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat than "Suit and Tie." Timberlake plays a bearded pop folkie in the film, which was to premiere Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival, about the music scene of early 1960s Greenwich Village.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Justin Timberlake, Hip-Hop, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), New York

CBC News

Search continues for 2 missing New Brunswick fishermen

A search team and local residents are combing the shoreline today for any sign of the two men.

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ABC 27

1 hospitalized following single-vehicle crash in Palmyra

At around 10:15 p.m. on Friday night, police arrived at the scene of the accident in the first block of West Main Street.

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Related Topix: Palmyra, PA, Harrisburg, PA, Lancaster, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Mail on Sunday

Bank holiday speedboat death: Unused safety cord 'could have caused...

The widow of a TV executive who was killed in a speedboat crash has had her leg amputated below the knee, it emerged today.

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Related Topix: Fitness, Yoga

Ottawa Citizen

Two men rescued from near-drowning after homemade boat goes 'down like the Titanic'

Two men in a homemade boat barely escaped with their lives Saturday afternoon after their ramshackle, half-canoe capsized in the Ottawa River near Crystal Bay.

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Colombo Page

Navy vessel capsizes in Sri Lanka during victory parade, sailor missing

May 18, Colombo: A medium-sized Sri Lankan Navy vessel taking part in the Victory Day celebrations today capsized in the sea off the coast of Bambalapitiya.

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CBC News

Body found after fishing boat capsizes off New Brunswick

A man's body has been found after a lobster fishing boat capsized off the eastern coast of New Brunswick on Saturday.

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WAVE-TV Louisville

Westbound Gene Snyder Freeway closed after crossover tanker accident

LOUISVILLE, KY A crossover accident involving an overturned tanker has closed the westbound lanes of the Gene Snyder Freeway .

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WPTV Local News

3 people rescued from capsized boat

Three people were rescued after their boat capsized off of the Sebastian Inlet on Saturday morning, according to Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

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Russia Taday

Hamburg 'avoids radiation disaster' as ship loaded with fissile material, explosives burns

The German city of Hamburg likely avoided a major technological disaster on May 1, when a freighter ship caught fire.

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KFSN

Suspect arrested after 2 county chase ends in crash

Police said they were watching the suspect, Kerry Binger, at an apartment complex near Cedar and White.

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Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action

The PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., uses toxic chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid.

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Related Topix: West, TX, World News, India, Asia, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

NewsOn6 Tulsa

911 Calls Paint Frantic Scene After Deadly Boat Crash On Grand Lake

The frightening moments right after a deadly boat crash on Grand Lake were released by the Delaware County sheriff.

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Related Topix: Delaware County, OK