Atlantic is all watered down
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Paul Pierce may not be having one of the best shooting seasons of his career, but he is right on target with one observation: the pathetic state of the Atlantic Division. After the Celtics' loss Wednesday in Toronto, Pierce called the division "the worst in NBA history." We could well see the first NBA division winner with a losing record ...
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Folks in this lonely frontier town like to say their dreams of becoming the Pacific gateway to Asian riches went down in the Atlantic.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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No tradition this time. No storied rival that dates to the beginning of the 20th century. No ghosts of Christy Mathewson, Rube Marquard, or Enos Slaughter. Not even a Ray Knight in sight.
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Until this week, the mid-Atlantic got the cold shoulder from winter, and area residents just adored the snub. Those lower heating costs were as sweet as playing 18 holes on New Year's Day.
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What does it take? A fireside chat from Nelson Mandela doesnt work. The pleas of pop icons like Bono fall on deaf ears.
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Hurricane Ivan, the third powerful storm to boil up out of the Atlantic this year, bore down on Jamaica today after devastating Grenada.
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By DREW DIXON  An island is literally being removed just south of Atlantic Boulevard between the Intracoastal Waterway and Neptune Beach to make way for a return of wetlands.
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By Dahleen Glanton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--ATLANTA -- North and South Carolina are fighting over a river.  In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniel's  whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers.
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Germany and beer go together like Porsches and the autobahn, but health-conscious residents are turning from the country's traditional beverage in favor of juices and bottled water, sending suds sales down to the lowest levels in 15 years.
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Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Thursday as it churned in the open Atlantic well east of Bermuda, forecasters said.
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Hurricane forecasting experts said the number of named Atlantic storms this year will be lower than initially predicted, following a slow start of the season in which only one hurricane formed so far.
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Helene weakened and was no longer a hurricane Sunday as it moved through the open Atlantic, forecasters said.
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Lakes, rivers and whole regions are drying up dangerously fast. And then there's the floods.
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A Las Vegas shopping center is trucking in water from as far away as Canada to fill its fountains. Reno will have to dip into its drought reserve supply for the first time in a decade. The most popular public ramp on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is closed because there's not enough water to float a boat.
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Cadbury Schweppes, the soft drinks and confectionery giant, said yesterday that the wet summer had dampened sales of its soft drinks in Europe.
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Waves over 20m high are getting bigger, more frequent and are eroding Britain's Atlantic coast, experts say.