Workers from New York’s Central Park Conservancy were removing rust from a cannon originally from the British 28 gun frigate HMS Hussar, which sank in New York’s East River in 1780. After removing a concrete plug from the mouth of the cannon, they were shocked to realize that the gun was still loaded with round shot, wadding and a cartridge of powder. The cannon had been donated to the city in 1865 and had been on display before being moved to a shed in Central Park for safe keeping. Almost, though not quite, a “blast from the past.”
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If the reporting is accurate, this doesn’t seem like the argument that Carnival should be making.
On the island of Giglio in Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, relatives of the 32 passengers and crew who died when the 
Last summer, 29 year old Matthew Clark almost won the latest 
At around 5:00 AM local time, the officer on watch of the nuclear submarine, 
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They are the subject of myth and legend, the giant squid who battle massive sperms whales and leave battle scars on the whales’ flesh. Now for the first time in history, a living giant squid has been recorded in its own habitat, nearly a third of a mile below the surface. Dead giant squids have been found washed up on shore or caught in nets but this is the first time that one has been seen live on video. Thanks to 
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The plan was to move Shell’s two drilling rigs from Alaska to Seattle Washington for maintenance and repair. Shell’s tax bill, however, may have also played a role in the timing of the move. Things have definitely not gone according to plan. The drilling ship Noble Discover is still tied up in Seward, Alaska and the drill rig 
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