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Gulf Oil Rig Explodes off La. Coast

(abc) An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.  READ MORE

Iceberg four times the size of Manhattan drifting across Arctic Ocean

(nydailynews)   An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland.  READ MORE

'There was no argument': Giant Royal Navy destroyer looms over yacht carrying £4m worth of cocaine

(dailymail)  With the full might of a Royal Navy destroyer looming over it, the skipper of this little yacht had little choice but to surrender. HMS Gloucester had been called in to intercept the yacht in the mid-Atlantic which was carrying £4million worth of cocaine.  READ MORE

Canada aids cruise ship stuck in the Arctic Ocean

(CNN)  The Canadian coast guard began ferrying passengers on Sunday from a cruise ship that ran aground on an unmapped rock.  Officials aboard the Clipper Adventurer reported their troubles on Friday. The crew failed to dislodge the ship during high tide on Saturday, while Sunday, a coast guard icebreaker arrived to transport the people on board to land.  READ MORE and WATCH THE VIEDO

Coast Guard searching for person in Narragansett Bay

(coastguardnews) The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching Narragansett Bay, R.I., for a 25-year old man who fell into the water, around 2 p.m., Sun., Aug. 29, 2010.  READ MORE

Vessel sinks, fisherman rescued off Gloucester

(boston) A fisherman was rescued by a passing boater yesterday after his boat sank quickly in the waters off Gloucester, the Coast Guard said yesterday.  READ MORE

Coast Guard cites commercial fisherman for fishing in U.S. EEZ without permits

(coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard in cooperation with the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducted a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 25, 2010, and found the vessel did not have a required permit.  READ MORE

Coast Guard ends search for possible missing boater

(coastguardnews)The Coast Guard has ended its search for a possible missing person in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Mon., Aug. 23, 2010.  A Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod ended their search after searching more than three hours and approximately 10 square nautical miles.  READ MORE

Boat Runs Aground In Boston Harbor

(thebostonchannel) For the second time this summer, a large boat became hung-up on Devil's Back in Boston Harbor.Coast Guard officials said a call came in around 2:37 p.m. Saturday that the Weymouth-based Wilhelmina had run aground about a mile from Deer Island. The area is known for its rock formation.  READ MORE

Four missing after fishing boat capsizes in China

(afp) Four people went missing after a fishing boat rented by students capsized on Friday in a river in northeastern China in strong winds, state media reported.  READ MORE
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