Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
Riley extends Alabama's red snapper season Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has extended red snapper season by a month in state waters of the Gulf of Mexico while contending that Florida and Texas have been let off the hook for declining to follow federal regulations in the Gulf.
3 Continental flight attendants injured Three Continental Airlines flight attendants are recovering from minor injuries they received after the Houston to Fort Lauderdale airplane they were working on hit a jolt of turbulence.
Southern MN couple builds boat to fulfill dreams For the past eight years, Ronnie Hanson, 58, of rural Byron has been building the boat of his dreams - a 55-foot-long, 15-foot-wide steel vessel that will weigh 55 tons.
Black bear is rescued by biologist A Florida Fish and Wildlife biologist pulled off a daring rescue Saturday in the Panhandle: He rescued a bear.
Sailboat in deadly capsizing repaired before The keel that broke off the Cynthia Woods sailboat moments before capsizing this month had been repaired in March 2007 after the vessel ran aground and suffered more than $1,800 in damage, records show.
Migrant deaths up sharply in South Texas The number of dead immigrants found in South Texas has already surpassed last year's total heading into the two hottest months of 2008.
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