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• Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw
Seth Russell, 15, was cruising Lake Chicot in Arkansas on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp leaped from the water and hit him in the face.
• Cruise lines change course to cut fuel
They've also been using new hull paint that reduces a ship's drag in the water. And increasingly, cruise lines are altering itineraries so ships can slow down and reduce their travel distances, said Lanie Fagan, spokeswoman for the Cruise Line ...
• Hurricane Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba
In South Caicos, a fishing-dependent island of 1,500 people, most homes were damaged, the airport was under water, power will be out for weeks, and every single boat was swept away despite being towed ashore for safety, Minister of Natural Resorces ...
• S. Fla Residents Asked To Donate To Haitian Relief Efforts
U.N. peacekeeping mission plans to bring in more U.N. personnel on helicopters to hand out bottled water, 36,000 water-purification tablets, 16 metric tons of high-energy biscuits and two metric tons of rice, along with cooking oil and other supplies
• Rocket fuel experiment blows up
Advent is trying to develop a spacecraft that launches vertically from water and lands horizontally like a seaplane. The winged rocket is designed to glide down to the ocean surface for a safe, controlled landing.