EDITORIAL: It's Everyone's Beach
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 8--There is no such thing as a private beach in California. Beaches  are public, but some owners of coastal property apparently aren't above lying  to try to keep away the huddled masses.
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By Erika Slife, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jan. 31--DELRAY BEACH -- With markers, giant sheets of paper and a list of questions, about 100 people put their heads together Tuesday and tried to solve the problems of the city.
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By JAY REEVES  ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - The newest, multibillion-dollar wave of construction on the northern Gulf Coast is along the piney banks of a manmade ditch, protected from the twin threats of storms and high land prices.
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By Patrick Mahaney Giles High School  Pools ... psh. Why bother visiting those chemical-filled holes in the ground when there are plenty of beautiful, pristine beaches to choose from?  Beaches provide joy for all ages.
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Waves and sharks aren't the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade when sand holes collapsed on them, report father-and-son doctors who have made warning of the risk their personal campaign.
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By Anna Jeys  IT wasn't exactly the right weather as rain threatened to put a damp-ener on the launch of Birmingham's latest beach.
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Dude, nothing will harsh your mellow faster than catching a few tasty waves and running into someone else's trash.  The First Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is teaming with the city's Clean it Up, Green it Up department Saturday to clean up the beaches.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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By Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  May 30--Message to camera-packing, sand-loving and wave-riding Daily Press readers: We want to see your best photos from Beach Season 2007.   And so do your Hampton Roads neighbors.
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Should taxpayers pay to safeguard coastal residents from the ocean or should beach towns shovel the sand themselves?
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By Jill Nolin, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 8--CRESTVIEW -- People put campaign signs on the right of way, and Senida Oglesby comes along behind them to pluck each one out of her turf.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- In this hurricane-battered state, living near the coast has always been a gamble.
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By Myers, Mark  There is broad consensus by the marine science community that our world's coastal and ocean ecosystems are stressed and significantly impaired. Each year, about 1.5 million people move to coastal counties.
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Forget South Beach. Letâs party dangerously in Overtown.
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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, Sept. 12:  Labor Day is gone. The coast is quiet now. Most beachgoers have packed away chairs and umbrellas and turned their thoughts to school and football.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 20--Beach restoration in Destin may fi nish early.