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Restoring Connecticut's historic whaling ship

Jul. 5, 2009
At the Mystic Seaport, the world's last surviving wooden whaling vessel undergoes a three-year, $5-million restoration before the curious eyes of tourists. She has weak knees, her front and rear ends sag, and Quentin Snediker worries about what else he may find when he digs deeper into her stout...
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Japan seeks to slow anti-whaling efforts

TOKYO, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Japanese whalers are trying to disrupt anti-whaling efforts by getting other nations to refuse activists entry to their ports to refuel their ship.

Anti-whaling activist says whaler shot him

SYDNEY, March 7 (UPI) -- A Canadian anti-whaling activist leader told Australian media Friday he had been shot by Japanese whalers in the Antarctic.
Greens say they bugged Japan whaling ship

Greens say they bugged Japan whaling ship

SYDNEY, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Environmentalists say they planted bugs aboard a Japanese whaling ship that has allowed them to dog the entire Antarctic fleet.

Greenpeace chases Japanese whalers

MELBOURNE, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Greenpeace reportedly has chased Japan's whaling ships out of their hunting ground.

Japan suspends humpback whaling

TOKYO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A top Japanese government official said the country is suspending humpback whaling during reform talks at the International Whaling Commission.

Whaling ship moving again after fire

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica, disabled by an engine-room fire 10 days ago, is moving again.

Stricken whaler rejects Greenpeace aid

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A Japanese whaling ship crippled by a fire is refusing an offer from a Greenpeace ship to tow it out of sensitive Antarctic waters.

Fire out on Japanese whaling ship

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A fire aboard a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica has been extinguished.

Global whaling rules may be weakened

TOKYO, June 14 (UPI) -- Japan may win its long campaign for relaxed whaling rules when its allies take over the majority of the International Whaling Commission, it was reported.

Tests: Whaling ship may be home to ghost

MYSTIC, Conn., April 25 (UPI) -- Paranormal researchers say they're convinced a pipe-smoking ghost may be aboard the 165-year-old whaling ship Charles W. Morgan in Mystic, Conn.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler