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Boat dealers: Gulf oil spill crimped burgeoning recovery

By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Thursday, July 29, 2010 Not only are boat sales down, but recreational use has tailed off, meaning less need for maintenance and parts, as tourists stay away from the water. The gulf oil spill hammered Florida's already beleaguered recreational boating industry during what was supposed to be the start of the industry's comeback this summer. Instead, Florida ...

Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice

TURTLE ISLANDS, PhilippinesThey came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left on board a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs in this protected wildlife sanctuary 1,000 kilometers southwest of Manila.

Gulf states now worry about restoring their image

Louisiana fishermen pray their livelihood will return, hoteliers in Alabama wait for the phones to ring, and New Orleans' finest chefs cook up public relations strategies rather than po'-boys all because oil has touched their shorelines.

IBM Simulates Monkey Brains as Researchers Seek Breakthrough for Revenue

In a small, windowless room in the basement of International Business Machines Corp. s Almaden lab in Silicon Valley, Dharmendra Modha is building a simulated monkey brain using images projected on flat-screen TVs.

UPDATE 4-Brunswick profit tops Street view, shares up

UPDATE 4-Brunswick profit tops Street view, shares up