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• The Nooz: Record fish caught with Barbie rod
WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A backyard angler has bagged the state’s record channel catfish using a 2½-foot hot pink Barbie Doll rod and reel. David Hayes caught the record-breaking fish from a private pond while fishing early this month with his ...
• Melting Arctic Ocean opens shipping frontier
BARROW, Alaska - Rapidly melting ice on Alaska's Arctic is opening up a new navigable ocean in the extreme north, allowing oil tankers, fishing vessels and even cruise ships to venture into a realm once trolled mostly by indigenous hunters.
• Nintendo sued over Wii remote patent
Unlike old-style games that require players to push a complex combination of buttons, Wii comes with an easy-to-use remote to swing around like a tennis racket or fishing pole.
• On-the-job deaths drop to record low in 2007
Fishers and related fishing workers (with a rate of 111.8 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers), logging workers (86.4), aircraft pilots and flight engineers (66.7) and structural iron and steel workers (45.5)
• August 2008 - Posts
Obama answered "Yes" when a reporter from USA Today asked if he'd made up his mind on his VP choice. He didn't say who, and he demurred when asked if he'd told the individual. "Uh, that's all I'm going to comment on," he said, according to audio on ...