U S targets submarine like drug vessels
A U S Navy helicopter spots a vessel just under the water off Colombia and a Coast Guard team boards the craft in search of cocaine. The crew dumps valves to sink the fiberglass craft, while Colombia has not yet arrested anyone.
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Colombia
Pacific
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
U.S
Mexico
Central America
Jay Bergman
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Joseph Nimmich
Joint Interagency Task Force
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Key West
Fla
Guillermo Barrera
Scientists enlist elephant seals in Antarctic climate research
In Antarctica scientists use instrument-equipped elephant seals to gather climate data, arguing they outperform ships for cost and reach. Experts warn that monitoring is sparse with oceans rising if land ice melts. seals travel vast distances between Bouvet Island and the Fimbul shelf aiding long term studies.
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Troll Research Station
Antarctica
Climate Science
Kim Holmen
David Holland
New York University
Jan Gunnar Winther
Norwegian Polar Institute
Bouvet Island
Fimbul Shelf
Holmen
Palm Sunday Observed by Pilgrims in Jerusalem
Hundreds of Christians mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem with Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and a traditional procession from the Mount of Olives into the Old City. Friar Bonaventure Lucien from Boston calls the site a singular privilege as tensions ease before Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Land visit.
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Holy City
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Bonaventure Lucien
Boston
Jesus
Old City
Mount of Olives
Benedict XVI
Holy Land
Safe crossing for salamanders in Vermont volunteers help amphibians cross roads
In New Haven Vermont volunteers escorted 45 animals and counted 589 amphibians including wood frogs peepers and salamanders as they crossed roads to reach vernal pools for mating. Ninety seven individuals were killed by vehicles during a two hour session highlighting conservation efforts and mortality risks.
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New Haven
Vermont
Philadelphia
Warren King
Otter Creek Audubon Society
Salisbury
University of Vermont
Kaitlin Friedman
Friedman
Long Island
New York
Underwood Captures Entertainer of the Year at ACM Awards
Carrie Underwood won entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards becoming the first female to do so since 2000 and the seventh overall. She also claimed top female vocalist as she sobbed on stage, ending Kenny Chesney's four year run. Taylor Swift won album of the year for Fearless, with other winners including Jamey Johnson, Sugarland and Julianne Hough.
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Las Vegas
Carrie Underwood
Dixie Chicks
Underwood
Kenny Chesney
Alabama
Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Barbara Mandrell
Reba McEntire
Shania Twain
The
Dixie
Chesney
Taylor
Winners named at the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards
Carrie Underwood was entertainer of the year and top female vocalist. Brad Paisley won top male vocalist, Rascal Flatts topped vocal groups, Sugarland led as top vocal duo, and Julianne Hough earned top new artist. Taylor Swift's Fearless won album of the year. Trace Adkins performed a somber salute with the West Point Glee Club as John Rich stirred the crowd with Shuttin Detroit Down.
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Carrie Underwood
Brad Paisley
Carrie
Rascal Flatts
Julianne Hough
Fearless
Taylor Swift
Trace Adkins
U.S
West Point Glee Club
John Rich
Detroit
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