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Sixty-five years ago today, 135,000 allied troops launched the largest seaborne invasion in history on the beaches of northern France, a move that would eventually decide the outcome of World War II. On Saturday, Obama stood with the leaders of Great Britain, France and Canada on the beach where nearly 4,000 of those men died in a single day, to praise what he called the "clarity of purpose with which the war was waged." (See TIME's video of D-Day's iconic photograph...
Today, the coast is clear and clean. But clean is not the same as pristine. Decades ago, some of the spill found its way to a beach on Knight Island in the Sound, a site that scientists studying the accident would designate KN-102 but which during the multiyear cleanup would earn another name: Death Marsh...
...scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Alaska's Auke Bay, turns over a shovel of sand and broken rock to reveal a glistening pool of brackish oil. The crude can be chemically typed to the Exxon Valdez, and more oil can be found beneath the beach at Death Marsh and at a number of islands around the Sound. "I wouldn't have possibly believed the oil would last this long," says Lindberg. "Studying the spill has been a great learning experience, but if we had known in the years after the spill what we know...
...Although the hotel lacks a formal reception or concierge desk, the staff are Tel Aviv insiders who are well connected with local nightlife and the city's cultural and culinary happenings. They can also arrange after-hours guides and valet service at the nearby beach, making the Montefiore a perfectly positioned addition to Tel Aviv's urban scene. Rates from $280 a night...
...senior in high school, the family had a layover in Paris. While the rest of the family went to historical sites in the city, Losos went to the zoo.Though he frequents the Bahamas for his field research, his sister said that he spends no time sunning himself on the beach. Thus, it is a family joke that Lasos was the subject of a National Enquirer inquiry into government-sponsored luxury vacations parading as cushy research grants.“He had the article up on his refrigerator for a long time,” said his eldest sister, Elizabeth Losos...