Briton completes solo Pacific row crossing to shore at North Stradbroke
Jim Shekhdar 54 from Britain finished an 8060 mile Pacific crossing by swimming the last 200 yards after a 6 foot wave knocked him overboard near Brisbane Australia. He began in Peru last June and arrived 274 days later after a solo unheard of non assisted voyage. He faced a tanker near collision and a shark attack aboard his boat Le Shark. His family greeted him with cheers and a beer on the beach.
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Australia
Pacific Ocean
Jim Shekhdar
North Stradbroke Island
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Shekhdar
Peru
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Great Barrier Reef
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Anna
Media
California becomes majority minority state as growth shifts
New census figures show California's population share of minorities rising to the majority for the first time. Hispanics fuel over three quarters of the state's growth in the 1990s, now about one in three residents, while non-Hispanic whites fall to 47 percent and Asians reach roughly 11 percent. The state gained 4.1 million people in the decade, though growth rate was 13.8 percent, 18th nationally, with California’s population at 33.9 million.
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Golden State
California
Queen Beatrix Announces Willem Alexander Engagement
The Netherlands queen Beatrix announces Crown Prince Willem Alexander's engagement to Maxima Zorreguieta from Argentina in a televised address. The wedding is planned for early next year and her father Jorge Zorreguieta will not attend due to past ties to Argentina's dictatorship.
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Netherlands
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Willem Alexander
Maxima Zorreguieta
Wim Kok
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Jorge Videla
U.N
Kok
Poll finds split on Social Security stock investing plan
A AP survey shows Americans divided over letting workers invest some Social Security funds in stocks, with 49 percent supporting and 44 percent opposing. Regional interviews reflect mixed views amid recent market volatility and concerns about solvency and risk, with partisan and age differences noted.
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Strasburger
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Social Security Administration
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Marilyn Phelps
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Noggle
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Federal Reserve
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