SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says human activities are destroying the world's oceans and only prompt and wholesale changes will avoid catastrophe.

LOND BEACH, Calif., June 12 (UPI) -- The film "Our Ecological Footprint and Ways to Reduce It," narrated by Harrison Ford, will be shown in Long Beach, Calif., at the Ocean Conservation Awards.

SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Actor David Hasselhoff dominated Club Vegas' VIP section, appearing at the Orange County, Calif., nightclub as a favor for a fellow actor, TMZ.com said.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Conservationists in La Jolla, Calif., say assessments of endangered Caribbean sea turtles are too optimistic.

CINCINNATI, July 21 (UPI) -- The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation reports losing nearly $11 million in an investment account managed by Cincinnati's biggest bank since 2001.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11 (UPI) -- There are new revelations about the scandal-plagued Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, that it borrowed $250 million from money earmarked for the disabled.

A global survey spanning nearly half a century reveals a 90 percent plunge in the population of large ocean fish, from tuna to cod, since commercial fishing vessels took to the high seas, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday.