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Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing

Sep. 3, 2009
It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. Biologists like Matthew Godfrey say one or two such takings can happen every day...
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BEIJING, June 11 (UPI) -- The Chinese government says it's not happy with the actions of the Japanese coast guard after a Taiwanese fishing boat sank in a crash with a patrol vessel.

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Japan blocks U.S. man registering boat

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US seizes Korea fishing boat off Alaska

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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