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Durrell Summers scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half, Kalin Lucas scored 21 and No. 2 Michigan State pulled away from Florida Gulf Coast for a 97-58 victory Friday night.
The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon, damaging about a dozen homes.
NEW YORK - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday responded to a tanker collision in the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles off Texas that the ship's captain said led to an 18,000 gallon oil spill.
Experts say a magnitude-7.9 quake in the South Pacific is not expected to produce a tsunami along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia or Alaska.
A photograph purporting to show a Russian submarine surfacing off New Jersey actually shows dredging equipment, the Coast Guard says. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
Federal authorities say a boat captain from the Dominican Republic has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants.
At least 16 people have been killed in a poor neighborhood of Abidjan when a mudslide buried their rickety homes.
Reggie Chambers had 14 points, including a three-point play with 35.8 seconds left, as Florida Gulf Coast University rallied for a 64-61 victory over East Tennessee State on Monday night.
DeShawn Sims had 20 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to lead No. 24 Michigan to its fourth straight victory, 76-59 over Florida-Gulf Coast on Monday night.
A body that washed ashore near Key Biscayne may be the fifth victim from a boat carrying migrants that ran aground off Miami last week.
A federal oceanographer says a flip-flop in atmospheric conditions is creating a feast for salmon and other sea life off the West Coast, reversing a trend that contributed to a virtual shutdown of West Coast salmon fishing this summer.
Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans that raised hopes the city would escape the kind of catastrophic flooding brought by Katrina three years ago.
A Brussels Airlines jetliner carrying about 150 people aborted its takeoff from Abidjan's airport Wednesday night, and several passengers suffered minor injuries during making an emergency evacuation.
A deluge of more than 10 inches of rain Monday along parts of the Gulf Coast forced the evacuation of a Louisiana nursing home and stranded motorists on roads flooded up to waist-deep in southeast Texas, where National Guard troops were on standby for more storms.
Once the salt water is in your veins, Louisiana's coastal folk say, it's hard to give up the lifestyle of moonlit shrimping trips, the town "fais do-do" dances and afternoons spent on the bayous angling for catfish. But since last year's catastrophic hurricanes, this swampy land defined by Cajuns, cypress and tupelo gum forests, bayou-side saloons and, more recently, subdivisions may have become too vulnerable for that lifestyle to continue.
Eighth severed foot washes up on Canada's Pacific coast A severed foot has washed up on the shores of Canada's Pacific coast, in the eighth such incident in two years, police said on Thursday.
Waves Big, But No Damage Reported Along California, Oregon CoastsHALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Officials in the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Peninsula are reporting a quiet night after a tsunami advisory was issued Tuesday for the coastal areas of California and Oregon.
MEDIA RELEASE 15 September 2009 "Prove it before you approve it" will be the catch cry of the stall being held at Station Square in Maryborough this Thursday by the Greater Mary Association.
Dean and Frist Debate Health CareLARRY KING: Well, everyone talks about the weather, no one does anything about it. That's an old Mark Twain statement. Right now, that weather is affecting our signal in Vermont, because of those weather storms up along the East Coast.
Naples Italy Travel Guide: Attractions and Sightseeing, Amalfi Coast - TravelMuseNaples is a diamond-in-the-rough, offering stunning landscapes, historical monuments and a burgeoning art scene.
Czechs planned tunnel under Austria to AdriaticCommunist authorities in the former Czechoslovakia planned to build a tunnel under Austria and Slovenia to the Adriatic Sea, it has emerged.
Man Bites Python After Being Hauled Up a TreeA Kenyan man bit a python who wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours... Farm manager Ben Nyaumbe was working at the weekend when the serpent, apparently hunting for livestock, struck in the Malindi area of Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Undersea Volcano: Exploding Thru Ocean SurfaceScientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga -- shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. More Articles
Group seeks more protection on Oregon coastOne of the hallmarks of Oregon's revered and sometimes reviled land use planning system lies in a series of goals established by the Legislature in 1969, long before most had considered urban sprawl or the repercussions of a careless building boom. By 1976, the state had settl …
Malibu's vanishing Broad Beach a sign of rising sea levels, experts sayBroad Beach has long been a scenic backdrop to Malibu's public access wars. The tranquil rhythm of surf has been routinely shattered by security guards and sheriff's deputies bouncing beachgoers who spread towels on the confusing mosaic of public and private sand.
EquuSearch To Open Central Florida OfficeORLANDO, Fla. -- The Texas-based search group that spent time in Florida looking for Caylee Anthony plans to open an office in Orlando. EquuSearch said it is setting up a local office and has an army of volunteers ready to go.
National Sea ChangeTaskforce Report on Climate Change: Aged & Poor at RiskOz Taskforce Report: lower socio-economic groups and the ageing at greatest risk from climate change; those in temporary housing such as caravans at greatest risk from coastal natural disasters.
Crab Rides Giant Jellyfish Off Fla. CoastA large jellyfish with 100-foot-long tentacles was videotaped giving a crab a ride off Florida's Gulf Coast. See more irresistible headlines
After Hurricane Ike, Finding the Coastline Rearranged, AgainIn this article, I really liked the lede. It's a delayed lede and captures what's going on in the form of descriptive imagery/narrative (but it's not in first person). Another thing I found cool was that the sexy quote was a continuation of the lede. It flowed well.
BBC NEWS | Business | House approves US drill-ban liftThe US House of Representatives has approved legislation which would lift a 27-year-old moratorium on drilling for oil in US coastal waters. Drilling would be allowed between 80km (50 miles) and 160km (100 miles) of the coast, but not inside that limit.
Albania to get $1.7b port complex UK-Swiss group Zumax has announced plans to build a US$1.7 billion container port and free zone on Albania's Adriatic Sea coast, with the aim of turning it into a major container hub for the region, Reuters reported.
SAG responds to detractorsA page from the SAG website as a microcosm of the dispute between AMPTP & the Screen Actors Guild, in regards to recent inaccurate reports of insolvency by divisive factions.
Thousands of bloated jelly fish turn up off of German coastScientists are baffled after thousands of bloated jelly fish turned up on the ocean surface off the Baltic Sea coast of Kiel, Germany on Thursday.
Closing The Enron Loophole Would Drop Oil Prices 25% - 50% Overnight; Drilling In ANWR, Not So MuchDrilling off the coast of California, Florida and elsewhere would increase domestic oil production by 7 percent by 2030, according to the Energy Information Administration.
I am a former employee aboard the Spirit of Alaska, We sailed out of Seattle on 05/10/08 On our way to Juneau, Alaska(that that same night, the Spirit of Colombia was distressed!) We ran into some bad weather between Seattle and Friday Harbor for many hours our boat with approxam …
Employers can help with housing: Building costs hurt workers [The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.]Posted by Ben Koshkin - The Gulf Coast is poised to take off. The biggest problem facing the Gulf Coast is the lack of Housing.
New Airport Could Resurrect Florida BeachesMarilyn Theus peddles costume jewelry, chipped china plates and other "junktiques" on the roadside between Port St. Joe and Mexico Beach. On Tuesdays she's joined by a friend who markets fresh shrimp from the site overlooking the turquoise waters of St. Josephs Bay.
current gold coast mayor Ron Clarke messageCurrent gold coast mayor, Ron Clarke vote 0 Ron Clarke Our top 5 reasons to Vote 1 rob4mayor & uniteGC Current gold coast mayor, Ron Clarke is advised he has only about 3 weeks left to prove he...
RI Senators Tout Legislation To Help Coast, Marine LifeRhode Island Democratic Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are praising reauthorization of the The Estuary Restoration Act (ERA) as part of the Water Resources Development Act.
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