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600 Pound Hammerhead Shark Caught Off Florida Coast (VIDEO)

Dec. 18, 2008
A commercial fisherman reccently caught a 663-pound hammerhead off the Coast of Volusia County, Florida. The...
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Fisherman lands 663-pound hammerhead shark

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A fisherman seeking out marine life off the coast of Volusia County, Fla., said he caught a 663-pound hammerhead shark.

Fla. county sets record for shark attacks

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Officials in Volusia County, Fla., said Monday their county set a record for shark attacks in a year when a surfer was bitten the day before.

Surfer bitten by shark in Fla.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark Thursday morning at a beach on the northeast coast of Florida.

Teenage girl injured in Fla. shark attack

NEW SMYMA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old girl suffered injuries to her leg after a shark attacked her off the coast of New Smyma Beach, Fla., authorities said.

Florida surfer bitten by shark

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., July 25 (UPI) -- A 17-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark off the Florida coast Friday, officials said.

Shark-bite outbreak plagues Florida beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., April 29 (UPI) -- Lifeguards ordered a Florida beach cleared Monday after the third reported shark bite in three days.

Man injured in Florida shark attack

NEW SMYRNA, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Florida man was injured in a shark attack off the state's New Smyrna beach coast.

Man reels in 12-foot shark, really

FLAGLER BEACH, Fla., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A three-hour, "non-stop tug-of-war" between a Florida fisherman and a hammerhead shark ended when the angler reeled in the 550-pound shark.

Shark washes up near Orlando, Fla.

ORLANDO, Fla., April 30 (UPI) -- The same 10-foot long hammerhead shark washed up onto Paradise Beach in Brevard County, Fla., twice, dying the second time, a report said. The female shark reportedly washed up for the first time Sunday night, but a fisherman found the shark still alive a

Great hammerhead shark sets litter record

SARASOTA, Fla., June 29 (UPI) -- A great hammerhead shark caught off the Gulf Coast of Florida last month was reportedly pregnant with 55 "pups" -- setting a record.

Possible record hammerhead shark caught

BOCA GRANDE, Fla., May 26 (UPI) -- A Florida angler may have set a record catching what early estimates show is a 1,280-pound hammerhead shark in Boca Grande Pass.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic