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Maine lobster boat crew saves eagle from Atlantic Ocean

BIRCH HARBOR, Maine (AP) ― A Maine lobster boat crew used some Yankee ingenuity to rescue a waterlogged eagle that it spotted struggling offshore in the North Atlantic. Lobsterman John

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Officials: Look, but don’t touch protected manatees

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officials are warning people to not interact with manatees. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports SCDNR

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California resolves to protect national marine sanctuaries

STATEWIDE — California’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a “national treasure” and must be “maintained for future generations.” Such is the language of a resolution California’s legislators passed in

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Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes vessel impoundment bill

SACRAMENTO — A State Senator’s proposal to allow courts to authorize the impounding of vessels, for up to 30 days, from those convicted of certain boating under the influence crimes

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The Exbury Egg: A Floating, Self-Sustaining Dwelling

ENGLAND ― An egg-shaped vessel once used as a floating residence is now a traveling exhibition. The idea of the egg-shaped floating home was hatched several years ago by British