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Air France Plane Crash Parts Found in Atlantic

PARIS - Underwater search teams have located pieces of an Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, French investigators said Sunday, offering a surprising new glimmer of hope in the protracted hunt for clues to what happened. Previous extensive and expensive search efforts proved futile in attempts to shed...

Bitter, Subzero Cold Following on Heels of Big Storm

Massive snowfall, ice accumulation, stopped commerce and stranded travelers are all part of the massive blizzard that has pounded a large portion of the U.S. in the past couple of days, but there's another part of the weather story: dangerous Arctic cold that is spreading. Temperatures will plummet to below zero across...

Man to Row, Row, Row His Boat Across the Atlantic

The third time could be the charm for a New York City man trying to row across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. Victor Mooney, 45, a college publicist, will paddle west from the Cape Verde islands in February after two previous attempts to cross the Atlantic had to be abandoned. The trip is a mission to raise awareness...

Divers Say They've Found 1811 Wreck of Perry Ship

Amateur divers say they've found the remains of the USS Revenge, a vessel commanded by legendary naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry that sank off the coast of Rhode Island 200 years ago. "Our eyes were bulging out of our heads," diver Craig Harger told AOL News in an interview today, describing the discovery. "We were just...

Progress Made on Protecting Sharks, Groups Say

PARIS (Nov. 27) -- An international conservation conference in Paris made progress Saturday on protecting sharks but didn't do anything to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which has been severely overfished to feed the market for sushi in Japan, environmental groups said. Delegates from 48 nations spent 11 days in Paris...

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05/26/12 A cruise with Silversea is the trip of a lifetime Source: Canada.com - Canada A century ago, a transatlantic crossing was a journey completed largely out of necessity.
05/26/12 Beryl Forms, Wiregrass in the Cone Source: WTVY - Dothan AL Subtropical Storm Beryl has formed in the Atlantic.
05/24/12 Senate votes to extend federal flood insurance for 60... Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Pleasantville NJ The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to extend federal flood insurance for 60 days, a welcome move for South Jersey Realtors who say a lapsed program would threaten sales in coastal towns.
05/24/12 US forecasters: 9 to 15 storms in hurricane season Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL MIAMI U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this years Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes.
05/24/12 The Atlantic Names Hayley Romer Associate Publisher Source: Fishbowl NY - Mediabistro.com Hayley Romer , a five year veteran of CondÃ© Nast Media Group, is joining The Atlantic as Associate Publisher.

Background on Atlantic

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area.

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