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Algae bloom is China's latest Olympic nightmare
QINGDAO, China - China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month. Athletes call it the blob, the carpet, the fairway.
Nations:China Source:(AP)
2008-07-03
Poll: A fifth vacation with laptops
Sun block. Beach umbrella. Laptop. One in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, an AP-Ipsos poll released Friday said. Along with the 80 percent who said they brought along their cell phones, the survey shows going on vacation no longer means being out of the electronic loop.
Nations:U.S.
2007-06-03
Fire damages historic clipper ship
Technology, rot and now fire have caught up with the Cutty Sark, the graceful clipper ship built in the 19th century to speed fresh tea from China to Britain's tables.
Nations:U.K. China
2007-05-21
N.Y. duo sets sail on 1,000-day cruise
He's a veteran of long-distance sailing voyages in all kinds of weather. She's never sailed outside the Hudson River. But together, 55-year-old Reid Stowe and his 23-year-old girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad, embarked Saturday on a voyage that they intend to take them three times around the globe and last 1,000 days and nights -- nonstop, with no port calls for supplies or a walk on solid ground.
Nations:U.S. Guyana France Australia
2007-04-22
British teen sails across ocean alone
A British teen seeking to become the youngest person to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean completed his voyage Wednesday when he reached the Caribbean island of Antigua.
2007-01-03
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