Debris from Japan tsunami arriving sooner

Source: United Press International

SEATTLE, May 26 (UPI) -- Scientists and lawmakers say debris from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last year is reaching U.S. shores sooner than expected. Fishing floats, soccer balls, fuel tanks and fishing vessels let lo ...
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Hail Claims for Vehicle Damage Spiked in 2011

Source: Kansas City Infozine

Arlington, VA - infoZine - Insurance losses for hail-related damage to vehicles more than doubled last year compared with the previous three years, an analysis by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shows. ...
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Long-Term Fishery Investments Starting To Pay Off

Source: Think Progress

Earlier this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual “Status of Stocks” report to Congress outlining the overall health of our nation’s fisheries. To the relatively small c ...
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Subtropical Storm Beryl forms in Atlantic

Source: Wilmington Star-News

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows shows clouds off the Carolina Coast associated with Subtropical Storm Beryl. The storm is expected to move slowly southwestward over the next ...
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The great Pacific garbage reality

Source: Los Angeles Times

For months, West Coast residents have been bracing for an onslaught of items drifting toward us since last spring's tsunami in northeastern Japan, which swept apartment buildings, cars, even entire villa ...
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Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

If a picture is worth a thousand words, than one with dutifully data-derived dancing dots doubtless deserves double. So, it is with gratitude to the Department of Commerce and its subordinate agency, the National ...
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Roll Call: Key votes from the Wisconsin congressional delegation this week

Source: Madison.com

Here's how Wisconsin's two U.S. senators voted on major issues this week. The House was in recess. Prescription drugs: Senators authorized by a 96-1 vote $6.4 billion in Food and Drug Administration user fees on firms se ...
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Alaskan crews start the task of clearing Japan tsunami debris

Source: Eideard

Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan’s 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material ...
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Weakened Bud lashes Mexico, new storm forms in Atlantic

Source: Channel News Asia

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico: Tropical Storm Bud lashed the west coast of Mexico late Friday, but the first serious eastern Pacific storm of the 2012 season was rapidly losing strength, giving Mexican emergency officials ...
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