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Builder Says Plan for New Titanic Drawing Interest

Byline: Associated Press/Kelvin Chan HONG KONG (AP) — The Australian billionaire who’s planning to build a high-tech replica of Titanic at a Chinese shipyard said he has received an “overwhelming”

America’s Cup World Series Race Drew Fewer Fans Than Hoped For
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America’s Cup World Series Race Drew Fewer Fans Than Hoped For

Byline: Associated Press/David Klepper PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Last summer’s America’s Cup World Series sailing event in Newport, R.I., attracted fewer people and generated less economic activity than initially predicted,

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Fight Over $910,000 Marlin Tourney Prize to Get Trial

Byline: Associated Press/Emery Dalesio RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lower-court judge’s summary decision agreeing to disqualify the $910,000 winner of one of the country’s richest deep-sea fishing tournaments didn’t smell

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Weeds Clogging Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Waters

Byline: The Log Staff SACRAMENTO (AP) — State and federal officials are trying to get a jumpstart this year on an annual herbicide-spraying program to combat an invasive plant that

Navy Ship Hits Reef; Declared a Complete Loss
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Navy Ship Hits Reef; Declared a Complete Loss

Byline: Associated Press/Audrey McAvoy HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy plans to dismantle a minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef off the Philippines because the ship is a

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Whale Secretion May Bring Fortune for British Man

Byline: Associated Press/Raphael Satter LONDON (AP) — One very smelly sperm whale secretion may soon make one lucky British beachcomber a very happy man. Ken Wilman told reporters in Great

California Sailor Named ‘Yachtsman of the Year’
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California Sailor Named ‘Yachtsman of the Year’

Byline: Log News Service PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (LOG NEWS SERVICE) — Johnny Heineken, of Larkspur in Northern California’s Marin County, has been named US Sailing’s 2012 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.