Divers Find Tanker Resting Deep In Monterey Bay
Divers locate a tanker buried 900 feet beneath the sea floor off Cambria California, carrying about 3.1 million gallons of crude. Officials plan further inspection before deciding next steps, warning a rupture could trigger a major oil spill near the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Susan Fineman
New Haven
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Terry Jack
Ain Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Vancouver
British Columbia
Cambria
California
Sunken U.S. oil tanker found deep in Pacific Ocean
The 440-foot Montebello sank December 23, 1941, after being torpedoed by a submarine near Cambria, 170 miles south of San Francisco. Its 38 crew survived in lifeboats. NOAA researchers reported the hull intact and the wreck upright, with oil type influencing spill risk and potential cleanup concerns.
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Son
Montebello
Pearl Harbor
Port San Luis
Vancouver
British Columbia
Cambria
San Francisco
National Oceanic and Atnospheric Administration
Pacific Ocean
Rhodes scholar blends science art and travel at Cornell
Cornell senior Jessika Trancik, a top engineering student, is also fluent in English Swedish and Spanish has painted and sketched studied Italian German and art history and skis competitively. Her Rhodes scholarship follows a path from Swedish Alps to Cornell research including ceramics and magnetic storage work and aims to fuse art and science in a global career.
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Cornell
Jessika Trancik
Lena
Ithaca
Trancik
Anika
Cornell University
Stephen Sass
Sass
Trandie
Roger
College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Jessika
Lena Traneik
Alps
Tranciks
Lena Trancik
Sweden
Roger Trancik
Rome
Corne
University of California At Berkeley
Chile
Transik
Ater
Oxford University
England
Rhodes
Oxford
Homework stresses thinking skills in students
Deb Riechmann reports on a shift from rote to creative homework aimed at building problem solving. Teachers like Gail Purtell assign tasks such as designing a soda can with less aluminum, while experts caution that curriculum quality and support are crucial to real gains.
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Crossroads
Cate Crossroads
Cate
Gary
Maton
Acme School of Stutt
Acme
School of Sturt
Cotege Bigebra
Cortnuss
Cotege Algeora Algiere
Tuwcny-Tv
Time Warner Cane
Channal 11
Syracuse
Caan
Washington
Gail Purtell
Sonoma
Calif
Loveley Billups
American Federation of Teachers
Purnell
California
Chandra Bertrand
Silver Spring
Marisa Arbona
Raquel
Arbona
University of Missouri
Harris Cooper
U.S
Marshall Smith
Japan
D. Hirsch Jr
China
Hirsch
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NOAA
Jack Hunter
Federal Reserve
Rebecca James Haff
Senor
American Ceramics Society
Seattle
Herald-Journal
Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
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