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-- Mark Twain


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In the News

December 8, 2010
Maine-built ship Raw Faith sinks off Cape Cod coast
Coast Guard rescues 2 men from 118-foot RawFaith, a handicapped-accessible vessel with a troubled past

After a three-day ordeal at sea in rough weather that included a dramatic helicopter rescue of two crew members, a Maine-built sailboat with a troubled history sank Wednesday morning about 80 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
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November 25, 2010
Boys alive after 50 days adrift in Pacific

Three teenage boys have been rescued after drifting in the Pacific Ocean for 50 days in a small boat, according to news reports.
      The three, who disappeared from New Zealand's Pacific territory of Tokelau on October 5, were presumed to have drowned after unsuccessful searches by the New Zealand air force.
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November 22, 2010
Coast Guard rescues man on Suisun Bay's Roe Island

CONCORD -- What appeared to be a harrowing story of survival emerged from Suisun Bay on Monday - that of a wayward rafter who spent five days stranded on a deserted island nibbling on vitamins and native plants and fashioning a crude "SOS" sign until the U.S. Coast Guard rescued him.
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