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Go Navy! Captain rescued from Somali pirates

Embedded video from &amp;lt;a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”&amp;gt;CNN Video&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; Somalian pirates received payback for their hostilities on Easter Sunday. Members of the U.S. Navy shot and killed…

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Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Son of a Gun

Dr. M April 8, 2009 British Navy Royal navy sun of gun

From this website… The phrase originated as ‘son of a military man’ (i.e. a gun). The most commonly repeated version in this strand is that…

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World’s oldest animal captured alive, on video

Peter Etnoyer April 6, 2009 deep sea deep-sea coral gerardia gold coral Honduras Karl Stanley stanley submarines submarine

Deep Sea News has been following the story of the world’s oldest living animals, the deep-sea Leiopathes black corals and Gerardia gold corals from 300m…

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Lubchenco’s 1st Day at NOAA

Kevin Zelnio April 3, 2009 Jane Lubchenco NOAA Rats Scott Smullen The Washington Post

Was marked by a guest appearance… [From The Washington Post] “She has a fine corner office at 15th and Constitution — nothing fancy, but excellent…

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Can we get excited now?

Peter Etnoyer March 31, 2009 bailout Barack Obama fishing NOAA ocean law ocean management Omnibus Public Land Management Act stimulus

President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 into law yesterday, authorizing sustained funding for ocean exploration, mapping, coastal and ocean…

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