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2 hrs ago | LA Daily News

Panga loaded with pot comes ashore in Manhattan Beach; two detained

Two Mexican nationals were detained for questioning Saturday after a boat carrying 1,850 pounds of marijuana came ashore at Manhattan Beach, federal authorities said.

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Related Topix: Manhattan Beach, CA, El Segundo, CA, Prison, US Military, US News, US Coast Guard

7 hrs ago | Hispanically Speaking

Undocumented Cuban Migrants Rescued in Puerto Rico

Six undocumented Cuban migrants landed illegally on the Mona islet, in western Puerto Rico, U.S. authorities in San Juan reported Thursday.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military, US Coast Guard, US News

11 hrs ago | WCHS-TV Charleston

3 tied to coal ship detained in Virginia indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted the owner, operator and chief engineer of a Maltese-flagged coal ship that has been detained in Virginia since April over alleged environmental violations.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, US Military, US Coast Guard, US News

15 hrs ago | WTOC-TV Savannah

Tybee Marine Rescue Squadron holds Boston Butts fundraiser

The Tybee Marine Rescue Squadron's annual Memorial Day Weekend Barbeque Boston Butt Sale began Friday.

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Fri May 24, 2013

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Marine patrol begins this weekend on area lakes

The Muskegon County Sheriff's Department's seasonal boat patrols are underway. The part-time officers will be out on Muskegon Lake and other bodies of water five day a week during the summer months.

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KFMB-TV San Diego

Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty

Eduardo Arellano Felix, 56, reached an agreement with prosecutors that will send him to federal prison for 15 years for conspiracy to launder money and invest funds gained from violating drug laws.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison, Drugs, World News, Mexico, US News

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Coast Guard panel questions fuel, crew training and engine operations

The U.S. Coast Guard inquiry into the grounding of the Shell drillship Kulluk continued Friday, with questions on the overall management of the drillship and events that led up to the accident last Dec.

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Point Reyes National Seashore

Special Memorial Day 2013 Commemorative at the Historic Coast Guard Cemetery and Lifesaving Station

The Lighthouse Visitor Center is now only open Fridays through Mondays. The Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center will be closed through late December 2013.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Coast Guard, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Point Reyes National Seashore, US National Parks

Business Journal

Clean Harbors stands by to help with Oklahoma tornadoes

Clean Harbors is on standby and may be deployed to assist in the clean up of the damage, shown here at Plaza Elementary School, caused by the Oklahoma tornadoes.

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Related Topix: Clean Harbors, Environmental, Peak Energy Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Waste Management, US Military, US News, US Coast Guard

DC Military

Hurricane Zihna exercise challenges JBAB, mission partners

WASHINGTON –The challenges presented by tropical storms, hurricanes and other severe weather scenarios were the focus of a two-week exercise that ended this week at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling . Zihna, a fictitious hurricane, began as a tropical storm on May 11, traveled north and made landfall in the National Capital Region as a Category ... (more)

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather, US Navy, US Coast Guard, FEMA

Marine News

US Coast Guard Cutter Transferred to Bangladesh Navy

'Jarvis', a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Alameda, decommissioned & transferred to the Bangladesh navy as the 'BNS Somudra Joy'. The signing over ceremony took place on Coast Guard Island in Alameda.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Coast Guard, US News, US Navy, Alameda, CA, USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), US Military Prisons, Prison

WBUR-AM Boston

Book Details Herorism, Survival Of WWII Plane Crashes In Greenland

An expedition team of U.S. Coast Guard service members and North South Polar, Inc.

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Thu May 23, 2013

WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Coast Guard Simulates Water Rescue Before Memorial Day

HOLLAND, Mich.- Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of summer for some.

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The News Journal

Coast Guard evacuates man from tanker off Maryland

In the Dish column on May 10, we planned to put to bed, for a while, at least, comments and letters about snapper soup and soft-shell crabs.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Coast Guard, US News, Atlantic City, NJ, Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Sun Journal

Openings scheduled at Alfred Cunningham Bridge

As summer nears, motorists are finding themselves waiting in line on the Alfred Cunningham Memorial Bridge as boaters make their way to New Bern and local pleasure craft take to the Neuse River.

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Stars and Stripes

Biden to cadets: Coast Guard faces growing demands

Vice President Joe Biden told graduating cadets Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that the nation will increasingly rely on the service for missions including more remote Arctic operations and fighting maritime crime alongside the U.S. Navy.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Coast Guard, US News, US Politics, Joe Biden, United States Coast Guard Academy, US Navy

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

We continue our month-long Military May with a teenager's heroic...

Our "Why do they call it that?" series continues its month-long Military May with a teenager's heroic sacrifice in the waters of Tampa Bay.

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Marin Independent Journal

America's Cup: Recommendations unveiled to ensure sailor safety

Two weeks after the deadly capsize of an America's Cup boat, the regatta director late Wednesday issued a list of 37 safety recommendations to make the 72-foot catamarans and their crews safer.

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The Miami Herald

Bollinger delivers 6th cutter to Coast Guard

Executive vice president of new construction Chris Bollinger says the 154-foot Paul Clark was delivered to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Fla.

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Patch.com

Woman Entered Water at Breakwall, Rescuers Say

The woman rescued Sunday by passersby Sunday ended up in Lake St. Clair from the breakwall rather than being involved in a jet ski crash as reported by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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