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UWT conference: There’ll be some trash-talking (Tacoma News Tribune)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:09:43 GMT
The story of the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” an Africa-sized zone of the Pacific Ocean where tons of discarded plastic bits swirl, comes to Tacoma on Tuesday.

Coast Guard Continues Search For Chopper (KITV Honolulu)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:01:31 GMT
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a man who was aboard a helicopter when it went down in the Pacific Ocean, but they say they have not been able to find much.

Roz Savage Arrives in Hawaii on Quest to Become First Woman to Row Solo Across the Pacific Ocean (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:48:00 GMT
Roz Savage, on a bid to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean, today arrived in Waikiki, Hawaii, aboard her 24-foot rowboat named The Brocade, after title sponsor Brocade® .

CHP: 2 Sea Lions Rescued, Will Be Evaluated (NBC 11 Bay Area)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:55:47 GMT
Two sea lions that wandered from the Pacific Ocean onto Sonoma County land were rescued and will be evaluated by the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, a spokesman says.

Searchers for B-52 wreckage face daunting challenges (The Shreveport Times)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:03:12 GMT
Military searchers looking for evidence in the loss of a Barksdale Air Force Base B-52 in the Pacific Ocean in late July have "got a big, big task ahead of them," says a deep-sea diver and researcher with decades of experience in the field. That work should begin in earnest this week, as the Military Sealift Command's fleet ocean tug USNS Sioux arrives at Guam.

Two sea lions rescued from Sonoma coast (KGO-TV Bay Area)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:58:08 GMT
Two sea lions that wandered from the Pacific Ocean onto Sonoma County land Friday were rescued and will be evaluated by the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, a spokesman said.

LINDA TEEPLE: Walking in Integrity (The Herald Bulletin)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:03:24 GMT
During a recent trip to San Diego, my daughter and I got pedicures at a salon overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Crazed by the sunshine and salty sea air, I opted to have my toes painted blue. Yes, blue. Bright blue. With raised eyebrows, Beth shook her head at her mother’s bizarre behavior.

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