Fatal Shark Attack in North Carolina

By Cindy Clayton Patrick Wilson The Virginian-Pilot © September 18, 2009 KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C.

911 Memories - Pentagon

I was home quietly having breakfast when the first plane hit the WTC. The phone rang, it was the office and the assignment editor was calling to let me know about a jetliner crashing into an NYC building, and request I come in early.

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WWII Ship Sunk by U-Boat Discovered/Photographed

By Catherine Kozak The Virginian-Pilot © September 10, 2009 NEWPORT NEWS A World War II Navy patrol boat, untouched off the coast of Hatteras since it was sunk by a German sub in 1942, has been discovered, NOAA said.

Thunderstorm, Clouds and 'Sparks' - (Photographs)

A recent passing electrical storm, nearly isolated in a clear dark sky, offered me the chance to capture a range of cool colors, with subtle and sensuous tones, and contrast them against the brilliance of the lightning strokes.

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NASA's Minotaur Rocket Launching live on web

WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA – NASA'S Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will be the site of the launch of an Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite and two secondary payloads .........

Storms and Rainbows

A pair of rainbow photos from a recent storm. With constant controversies in the news, and worries over the spread of Swine Flu, it seemed like a good time for a dose of 'counter-programming'.

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Everything you want to know about Swine flu

A basic 'explainer' on the current 'Swine Flu', it's relationship to other strains and a brief history. _________________________________________________________ By Karen Kaplan Los Angeles Times

Axe Falls at Tower of London

(Saturday 1.13.09) (London, UK) (Prevaricated News Service)

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Raising Bluebirds

Our Bluebirds first appeared in mid-February of 2005; at least it was the first time we had noticed them.

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Join Us To Wish Tedd Riggs a Merry Christmas!

As most of you know Tedd Riggs has been away from Newsvine for a very long time. Without disclosing too much personal information, he is doing well and is currently getting the help he needs.

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Photos of Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter

Location, Southeast Virginia, appx 5:30pm, Monday 12/1/08.

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Joint venture will build nuclear reactors in Newport News

By Kathy Adams The Virginian-Pilot © October 24, 2008 Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding is partnering with Areva, a multinational energy company based in France, to construct a $363.4 million manufacturing facility for nuclear reactors in Newport News, Northrop Grumman Corp.

Pet python blamed in Virginia Beach woman's strangulation

By Shawn Day The Virginian-Pilot © October 24, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH "Medicate Diablo." The message, scrawled on a whiteboard, referred to Amanda Ruth Black's pet python. A few feet away, its container was empty. On the floor, Black, 25, lay dead. (more)

'Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel' moves your stuff so Mother Nature can't

By Lon Wagner The Virginian-Pilot © September 26, 2008 It' wasn't a tropical storm that stopped drivers at the north toll plaza of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Thursday morning.

"Nights In Rodanthe', The 'Real' Outer Banks Home

By Catherine Kozak The Virginian-Pilot © September 26, 2008 RODANTHE, N.C. When the movie crew for "Nights in Rodanthe" renovated the house called "Serendipity" for its big screen appearance, nasty storm clouds threatened.

Hurricane Ike - summary article: Map and Overview of my area of involvement

In an effort to organize my updates here is an overview page of the area I am working in to help families and friends in need. This area on the map is northern Galveston county.

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The Carolina bays: New evidence points to a killer comet

By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 9, 2008 Part 3 in a series of 3 CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C.

Carolina Bays Pt 2 - Are the bays related to the extinction of the mammoth?

By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 8, 2008 Part 2 in a series of 3 CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C.

The Carolina bays: Explaining a cosmic mystery

By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 7, 2008 Part one in a series ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The morning began with a brief but vigorous argument - call it a discussion - in the hotel lobby.

Plant blamed for low oxygen levels that killed 125,000 fish

By Hattie Brown Garrow The Virginian-Pilot © August 17, 2008 Tens of thousands of fish have died suddenly in a 760-acre pond in a North Carolina state park, and parks and recreation officials are blaming an invasive aquatic plant species. (more)

New sanctuaries in N.C. reviving scallops threatened by rays

The Virginian-Pilot © August 22, 2008 By Ryan Hutchins Breaking a link in the food chain may be the first step toward reviving a North Carolina scallop population decimated by millions of migrating cownose rays. (more)

Jellyfish numbers difficult to determine in Beach, experts say

By Jim Washington The Virginian-Pilot © August 4, 2008 It turns out local jellyfish numbers can be a little squishy. According to some experts in Hampton Roads, there's not enough evidence to determine whether jellyfish are on the rise locally.

Jellyfish Offer Hint of Oceans' Decline

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Published: August 3, 2008 BARCELONA, Spain

Researchers tag whales, track ships in sonar study

By Kate Wiltrout The Virginian-Pilot © August 5, 2008 NORFOLK Debate has long raged over how the military's use of sonar to detect enemy submarines affects dolphins and whales, which use sound to navigate, communicate and locate food.

To Save Sharks - Shark Repellent

By Joanne Kimberlin The Virginian-Pilot © August 2, 2008 WACHAPREAGUE Out here on the Eastern Shore, where voracious greenhead flies rule the marsh and waves of grass roll to the sunrise, scientists are fishing for sharks so they can learn how not to catch them.

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