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Gulf Oil Spill Update: Fishing Resumes in Pensacola, Dispersant Concerns Linger

(Aug. 2) -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced Monday that state waters in the Pensacola region of Florida are now reopened to commercial fishing of finfish and shrimp. "I have heard first-hand from commercial fishermen and seafood processors about not only the importance of getting back...

Fla. Tourism Playground Braces for Oil Slick's Arrival

(June 2) -- With oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill now floating less than a dozen miles from one of Florida's most popular seaside destinations, the Sunshine State is gearing up to defend its pristine beaches as well as its mammoth tourism industry. A slick has been spotted about eight miles off the coast of Escambia...

Deputy Uses Google Earth to Solve Crime

(March 30) -- The sky isn't falling, it's watching. Google Earth, the computer program that allows Internet users to zoom in on virtually any neighborhood or street on the planet, may have solved its first crime. The whodunit involved an unmarked 1-ton, 18-foot boat that had been illegally dumped in an undeveloped...