Abilene Reporter-News: Morning state, national, international headlines, Feb. 7
GOLDEN, Colo. — Mitt Romney is hoping he didn’t ignore Rick Santorum’s attacks for too long, as Republicans in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri hold contests to pick the party’s Republican presidential nominee. Santorum was rising ahead of Tuesday’s events after largely bypassing Florida and Nevada.
Services for Ferndale Marine killed in Afghanistan
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at Washington state buildings be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in memory of a Marine captain from Ferndale who was killed in Afghanistan. Daniel B. Bartle was one of six Marines killed in the Jan. 19 helicopter crash. The Marines were based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Fish Out of Water: Five Ocean Species We're Eating to Death
Sea urchins appear to be the lowliest of marine creatures—the painfully prickly echinoderms sit at the bottom of the ocean, feeding on algae far beneath the sea’s majestic swimmers. But there’s one set of landlubbers that can’t get enough of the briny deep’s ugliest residents: Sushi eaters. Green sea urchin populations have plummeted in North America, thanks in large part to rising demands for ...
Retired Mobile Fire Chief H.H. 'Buddy' Edwards Jr. dies; today's coastal Alabama obituaries
Retired Mobile Fire Chief H.H. “Buddy” Edwards, who oversaw the establishment of paramedic service in the city, died Wednesday. He was 88.
Where have all the fish gone?
Australia leads the way in trying to protect the world's fish population. But stocks of jack mackerel, down 90 per cent in 20 years in the once-rich southern seas, point to a wider global calamity.
In Mackerel's Plunder, Hints of Epic Fish Collapse
TALCAHUANO, Chile -- Eric Pineda, a dock agent in this old port south of Santiago, peered deep into the Achernar's hold at a measly 10 tons of jack mackerel -- the catch after four days in waters once so rich they filled the 17-meter fishing boat in a few hours.
Banner Days
by Chris Potter A police officer killed in the line of duty ... a soldier killed by an IED ... a lifelong civil-rights advocate ... a successful football coach. Do any one of these not belong?… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
The inaugural Travelin' Joe Year-End Awards
The previous 12 months have taken me everywhere from South Korea to Myrtle Beach. Here are the Top 10 memories registered along the way. 1. New development I'd retire to (if I had real money): Baker's Bay, Great Guana Cay, Bahamas. Inspired Fazio land sculpting, the Atlantic Ocean and the Sea of Abaco along part of the course, and the now classic Discovery Land on-course "comfort stations" make ...
Costa Concordia shows size does not make modern cruise ships impregnable
The holing of Costa Concordia has raised the spectre of the kind of disaster cruise passengers hoped was long past The Costa Concordia was Europe's largest-ever cruise ship when it launched in 2006, with a giant spa and two swimming pools covered by a crystal roof – a ship, Costa promised, to "symbolise peace and harmony between European nations". Today, it raises the spectre of the kind of ...
