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...DIED. ALAIN BOMBARD, 80, survivalist turned politician, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1952 in a 4.2-m inflatable dinghy to prove that long sea voyages had been possible in the past without freshwater supplies; in Toulon, France. Bombard made the journey with a sextant, fishing equipment, books and a plankton filter. He survived on raw fish, seawater, and plankton, which is rich in vitamin C, and drifted into Barbados from the Canary Islands 25 kg lighter after 65 days. He later served as France's State Secretary for the Environment before being elected to the European Parliament...
...Charitable Cruising Check to see if your cruise line is a member of the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation, which provides support for ocean research and preservation efforts as well as scholarships for kids in the areas where the ships do business...
...death was hailed by fellow Justice Felix Frankfurter as "the first indication I have ever had that there is a God." Justice Potter Stewart's friends said Stewart resigned partly because he couldn't stand Warren Burger any longer; Burger, he said, was like the show captain on an ocean liner who entertains passengers in the dining room while the real captain steers the ship...
...rest of Sacramento is firmly rooted in the Bizarro World. The Hollywood-ready wackiness does not come from the Mr. Universe-turned-governor. Instead, it is provided by the legislature, the bureaucrats, and the generally bizarre attitude of California’s two-hours-from-anywhere (including the ocean) center of government...
...growing body of international expertise. Police chiefs in Israel, where more than 500 people have died in suicide bombings in the past five years, describe Britain's Forensic Science Service as the world's best. Scotland Yard's officers have also been gathering experience. After last year's Indian Ocean tsunami, the Yard sent officers to Thailand to help match information about British victims. Others traveled to New York City to observe mass casualty identification procedures after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. There is a protocol to such tasks. Standard international procedures begin by designating the mortuary site and forming...