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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: stranded

stranded stories: 2 news summaries

 Aussies Can't Save 
 87 Stranded Whales 

But rescuers are ultimately able to save only four

Mar 25, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue crews saved four long-finned pilot whales after a mass stranding in Western Australia’s Hamelin Bay, but scores of others died, the West Australian reports. Eighty-seven whales and dolphins beached Monday, prompting more than 250 volunteers and 100 conservation workers to spend a near-freezing night on the beach nursing... More »

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Australia • rescue • dolphin • animal rescue groups • stranded • dolphins • whales

Snow-Stranded Couple Rescued After 12 Days

Left will for kid, struck out on snowshoes made of car cushions

Feb 7, 08 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A couple stranded for 12 days in a snowy Utah canyon was finally rescued yesterday as they hiked out wearing snowshoes fashioned from car seat cushions, reports CNN. Thomas and Tamitha Garner had taken a trip to photograph wild horses when their truck broke down. They wrote out a will... More »

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Utah • survivors • snow • stranded • Tamitha Garner • Thomas Garner

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