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More than 100 people rescued from ice floe in Minnesota lake

More than 100 people rescued from ice floe in Minnesota lake

More than 100 people were safely rescued from an ice floe that detached from the shoreline of a northern Minnesota lake Friday night, authorities said. The ice chunk had broken off from a fishing area on the southeastern shore of Upper Red Lake, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Emergency workers were dispatched for an ice rescue just after 5 p.m., local time. Before they arrived at the scene, bystanders attempted to rescue those on the ice using a canoe. However, their attempt failed and four individuals fell into the open water and were brought back to the ice floe......
Marine animal poisonings overwhelm California volunteers

Marine animal poisonings overwhelm California volunteers

Gaviota (United States) (AFP) - Denise Christ regularly comes across injured wildlife in her work rescuing beached or stranded marine mammals along the California coast. But she's been shocked by the hundreds of sea lions and dolphins found on the shore in recent weeks, dead or dying from neurotoxin poisoning. "Heartbreaking, to say the least," said Christ, the Ventura County stranding coordinator for the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute (CIMWI). The animals were sickened by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by algae that are a food source for fish, which are then eaten by sea li......
Japan launches gargantuan quake rescue effort

Japan launches gargantuan quake rescue effort

TOKYO — Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record.

General Motors back in black after rescue

General Motors back in black after rescue

NEW YORK — Leading US carmaker General Motors was back in the black after a massive government rescue, reporting Thursday full year net earnings of $4.7 billion for 2010 after deep losses in the previous year.