Oil spill near Delaware and Rhode Island roils Atlantic beaches
Thousands of gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled from a tanker and a barge across Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island. Crews contained oil with booms near Pea Patch Island while wildlife officials protected shorebirds and bird habitat. Cleanup included a Liberian tanker owner pledging payment and a Coast Guard hearing planned in Houston after a Texas Bay spill.
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Delaware
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Pennsylvania
mid-Atlantic
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Galveston Bay
Bayport Channel
Te Guard
Bob Moreead
Coast Guard
Houston
Coastal Towing Co
Rhode Island
Narra
Thomas Walsh
Ballard Shipping
Ellen Harrington
Boston
Newport County
Newport
Anita Gillin
New England
Maine
Long Island
Ronnie Fatulli
Aquidneck Lobster Co
Coast Guard rethinking role in guiding ships
Newport Rhode Island reports the Coast Guard, strained financially, reviewed the vessel traffic system after the Exxon Valdez spill and recent oil spills in Narra gansett Bay, the Delaware River, and the Houston Ship Channel ignite urgency. The nationwide study, the first in over 15 years, may shift traffic control practices.
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R.I
Alaska
Valdez
Robert T. Nelson
The
Office of Navigation Safety
Washington
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Delaware River
Houston Ship Channel
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas
Oil spill toll touches Newport and Jamestown coastlines
In Narragansett Bay the World Prodigy spill harms marine life and disrupts tourism across Newport and Jamestown. Snoopy the dog recovers after oil exposure while baby lobsters wash ashore. Officials warn No 2 fuel oil is highly toxic and dissolves in water. local businesses anticipate a slow recovery, with hotels reporting few cancellations and a PR push planned.
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Jamestown, R.I
Narragansett Bay
Edward W. Smith
Snoopy
Brown
Hull Cove
Smith
Jackie Deinerta
Brian Kiracofe
Newport Scrimshander
Kiracofe
Robert P. Rosenberg
Newport County
Newport
Jamestown
Melnceah Pte Dronaren Panee
Joan Thompson
Cove
The African Queen sails again via Key Largo dream
In Key Largo Florida retired lawyer and hotel owner James Hendricks cares for the 77 year old African Queen once co starred with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart He seeks federal permits to let the boat carry tourists along a canal with support from U S Rep Dante Fascell and Sen Bob Graham funded by Hendricks own repairs and a Coast Guard exemption effort.
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Key Largo, Fla
James Hendricks
Key Largo
Hendricks
Katharine Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
U.S
Dante Fascell
Sen
Bob Graham
Key Largo Canal
Key Largo Holiday Inn
U.S. Coast Guard
United States
England
Congress
Fascell
Graham
Senate
House
Coast Guard
Mondricks
John Huston
Huston
Bogart
Hepburn
Charlie Allnut
Ocala
Los Angeles
London Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Cincinnati
Africa
Henarictks
Jore
Anjelica
Golden Pond
Sir John Wolfe
Lottery losers stake a pittance after huge odds
In Tallahassee the Lotto drawing produced a puny payout with roughly 3.6 million in the prize pool. Winners receive 320000 each after taxes, far less than a year of interest, while 2984 second prize winners get the same. The piece notes the odd pattern 5 13 21 33 35 45 and the sideways V on the slip.
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Pea Patch Island
Thomas Malone
University of Maryland Center For Environmental and Estuarine Studies
AP Laserplan
Dave Drapeau
R.1
New York Times News Service
Emerald Ring
Ne Spit
Jim Violet
Violet
Fort Lauderdale
Knight-Ridder News Service
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