Oxygen-starved “dead zones” in U.S. waters growing, report warns

By John Solomon

The number of “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters — where oxygen is so depleted that it can harm marine life — has soared 30-fold over the l

The road gang

By Matthew Lewis

Roadbuilding lobby wary as livability advocates gain momentum

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlantic Ocean":

"… ribes Broward County — constrained by the Everglades to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east — as a place with nowhere left to build. “Public sentiment …"

From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

By Travis Dunn

From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

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"… Virginia, droops down from the mainland between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.A lawyer by training, in 1939 Rouse joined a mortgage banking firm which m …"

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FAA slow to act to improve potentially dangerous airplane wiring

By Nick Schwellenbach

There’s still no clear answer as to what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash in the Atlantic Ocean in June. But there are lots of theories

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"… ll no clear answer as to what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash in the Atlantic Ocean in June. But there are lots of theories. Britain's Daily Mail this week ci …"

Caught between competing interests in Brazil

By Fernando Rodrigues and Marcelo Soares

Plentiful oil, politics, in addition to fast growth, all making it tough to reduce carbon emissions

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"… reserve of crude recently discovered under the salt layer of the Atlantic Ocean some three miles deep and 200 miles off the São Paulo coast. That was on …"

Côte d'Ivoire

By Victoria Kreha

Background, challenges and relief efforts related to the AIDS epidemic in Côte d'Ivoire

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"… kina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Mali, with its southern coast on the Atlantic Ocean.A former French colony, Côte d'Ivoire gained its independence in 1960. At …"

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Big oil wields ultra deep influence

By Laura Peterson

Legislators push for energy industry tax breaks, regulatory changes to hunt for oil at the bottom of the sea

Guyana

By Victoria Kreha

The first case of AIDS in Guyana was diagnosed in 1987. That same year, the HIV infection rate was 1.3 per 100,000 inhabitants

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"… kgroundLocated in the northern part of the South American continent on the Atlantic Ocean, Guyana — an Amerindian word meaning "land of many waters" — is border …"

Nuclear testers can run but not hide

By R. Jeffrey Smith

An expert scientific panel says that signficant, clandestine explosions are just about impossible.

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"… th Africa collaborated on such a blast, over a remote portion of the South Atlantic Ocean, in 1979, according to some U.S. experts. Neither country has ever admitte …"

Hospitals grab at least $1 billion in extra fees for emergency room visits

By Joe Eaton and David Donald

Center probe suggests facilities have taken advantage of government’s failure to set billing standards.

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"… a Virginia Beach General Hospital, a 276-bed hospital a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean, billed the top two emergency room codes for 80 percent of all patients, u …"