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Bob Bridwell: Avid fisherman excelled in wide variety of jobs
Bob Bridwell had no experience water-skiing when he became general manager of a ski-making company in Winter Haven. So, to fit in with his co-workers at Cypress Gardens Skis, Bridwell agreed to go water-skiing. The result was less than graceful. His...Tags: The Neptune Society Incorporated, Turtle Bay, Gainesville, Altamonte Springs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Coast Guard Helps Deploy Seismic Sensors
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard recently helped placed seismic sensors along a fault near Craig in southeast Alaska. Crew from the cutter Maple worked with U.S. Geological Survey scientists to deploy 12 seismic sensors along a 28-mile section of the Queen...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
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Boat owner faces upward of $100,000 in citations and fines after causing firework cancellation
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhatever floats your boat. In this case it was booze. The boat owner of 'Fuelish Pleasure,' 55-foot Marquis yacht, caused the cancellation of the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival fireworks show Friday night at Fort Walton Beach -- all because the yacht was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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UConn Scores Low On 'Rate My Professors' List
CBS Moneywatch took a look at college rankings compiled by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and pulled out a list of the colleges with the worst professors, at least according to data from the less-than-scientific Rate My...Tags: Howard University, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Education, CBS Corp., Colleges and Universities
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Jersey Shore plans lifesaving museum at 1885 station
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Ocean City has taken 15 years to start restoring its nearly 130-year-old lifesaving station, and it looks like it will take a few more before the property becomes a functioning museum, as many hope it will. Still, members of...Tags: Ocean City, Architecture, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Arts and Culture, Museums
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Boy, 14, rescued from ice floe in Michigan's UP
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year old boy has been rescued form an ice floe at a marina in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A U.S. Coast Guard crew and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat team responded Sunday afternoon at...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Mississippi River reopens after oil spill closure-US Coast Guard
ReutersMay 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard reopened a stretch of the Mississippi River near Hartford, Illinois, early on Friday as the waterway was deemed safe for navigation following a vessel accident and oil spill near the river's confluence with the... -
A battle he'll never forget
South Bend TribuneEven after almost 70 years, Ray Micin-ski, of South Bend, wonders if he was shaking because he was cold or because he was scared. It was the morning of April 16, 1944, and he was a 19-year-old gunner’s mate on the USS Gandy, a destroyer escort....Tags: Navy Yard, New York City, Tampa
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Boca considering expanding civic boards to non-residents
Wanted: more than a few men and women for the most mundane of municipal missions: eyeballing proposed signage or getting mooring buoys installed, to name a couple. Drawing enough people from Boca's 85,392 residents to serve on the city's 27 advisory...
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Multiple explosions, fires reported on barges near Mobile, Ala.
This post has been updated, as indicated below.Three people were hurt in multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges in the Mobile River in Alabama on Wednesday night, according to the Mobile Fire Department. The department said the three victims were taken to a hospital. The Coast Guard said they...Tags: Energy Resources, Fires, Same-Sex Marriage, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Three critically burned in barge explosions in Mobile, Ala.
Three people were in critical condition with burns Thursday after a series of blasts and fires tore through two barges in Mobile, Ala. Officials reported a series of seven explosions on the Mobile Bay that started on one barge late Wednesday night,...
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Fuel barges explode, causing large fire in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Firefighters on Thursday extinguished a huge blaze that erupted hours earlier when two fuel barges exploded in Mobile, Ala., leaving three people with critical burns and forcing the evacuation of crew from a nearby cruise ship....
Tags: Energy Resources, Disasters and Accidents, Cruise Line Ports, Manufacturing and Engineering, Fires
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