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Calif., Ore. Sustain Most Damage From Tsunami

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. -- The warnings traveled quickly across the Pacific in the middle of the night: An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan spawned a deadly tsunami, and it was racing east Friday as fast as a jetliner. Sirens blared in Hawaii. The West Coast pulled back from the shoreline, fearing the worst. People were...

Six Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Oil Spill

WASHINGTON -- Of the tens of thousands of people who worked to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, many had competing loyalties and agendas. Unified, they were not. Complicating matters, local, state and federal officials felt enormous pressure to avoid being seen as in cahoots with BP. Because the federal government's...

Rough Seas for Ship Being Towed in Bering Sea

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Dec. 5) -- A cargo ship that broke down in Alaska's Aleutian Islands while carrying canola seeds and nearly a half-million gallons of fuel oil continued its slow journey to a safe harbor Sunday as a tug boat pulled it through rough seas and up to 25-foot waves. The 738-foot Golden Seas with 20 crew...

Golden Seas, Ship Filled With Canola Oil, Adrift Near Alaska

(Dec. 3) -- This could be a slightly different kind of oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the Golden Seas, a cargo ship carrying canola oil, is adrift in Alaska's Bering Sea and could run aground, the Anchorage Daily News said. Unfortunately, edible canola oil is not the only thing being transported in the...

Carnival Splendor Fire: 4 Other Cruise Ship Horrors

Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan McChord, U.S. Navy/AP

(Nov. 9) -- Just a push in the right direction, thanks. Or a pull, rather. A Carnival Cruise Lines ship that drifted off the coast of Southern California is being towed back to shore after an engine room fire caused the 113,000 ton vessel to lose power. The Carnival Splendor, carrying approximately 3,300 guests and 1,100...

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Coast Guard Closes 3 B.C. Communications Centres

The federal government has confirmed it will close three coast guard communication centres in Vancouver, Comox and Tofino by 2015.

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PHOTOS: Coast Guard Nabs 2 Tons Of Cocaine, 2,040 Pounds Of Pot

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has been kicking ass and taking drugs (so to speak) in the Caribbean sea this winter: crew members seized 4,000 pounds of cocaine in one incident, and made two other busts involving 940 pounds and 1,100 pounds of marijuana.

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Kent Morton Falls From Ambassador Bridge Into Detroit Riever, Search Continues

The Coast Guard continues their search for a worker who fell from the Ambassador Bridge into the Detroit River Wednesday afternoon.

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Rocky Kistner: A Storm of Anxiety Over Fresh Oil Batters the Gulf

But the tropical storm Mother Nature has brewed is not the top concern on some resident's minds.

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Canoer Missing In SF Bay Found Dead

Coast Guard officers have recovered what they believe to be the body of Michael Butler, the canoer who went missing in the San Francisco Bay Wednesday, on the shore of Brooks Island by Richmond.

Background on coast guard

A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with search and rescue functions and lacking any law enforcement powers.

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