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Travel Leaders Hot Vacation Destinations for 2013 – You'll Be Surprised! – Listen to Shows!

John McKay — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:38 +0000

Some of the hottest travel destinations for 2013 are not a big surprise, but others will make you say "hmmm."

Discovery Channel 'Releases the Kraken' on Jan. 27 With Giant Squid Special

John McKay — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:13 +0000

A Kraken is a mythical creature who lived in the depths of the ocean.

Resembling a giant squid, sailors told stories of how it allegedly grabbed ships, wrapped its tentacles around them and dragged them to the bottom

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Best of 2012 June – Huge Japanese 'Tsunami' Dock Washes Up On Oregon Coast

John McKay — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:00:22 +0000

In a few months, these stories will be old hat, perhaps. But for now, it's fascinating to see what washes up next on our shores from the Japanese tsunami from last year.

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Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:00:50 +0000

There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn’t one of them… That’s not because there are people secretly living on the sixty-square-mile land mass. It’s because Sandy, despite appearing on Google maps, doesn’t actually exist. Researchers from the University of Sydney became confused when Sandy popped up on Google [...]

Japanese Tsunami Wreckage – Growing Problem For NW Coast

John McKay — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:00:04 +0000

It's gotten past the novelty stage now, and could be a growing - and expensive problem.

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Japanese Tsunami Dock Removal? Expensive!

John McKay — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:30:12 +0000

The bids are in, and it's not going to be cheap to remove the huge Japanese tsunami dock that washed ashore recently hear Newport OR.

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