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NEWS ABOUT: underwater

underwater stories: 6 news summaries
travel

 Cool and Weird Places to Swim 


Sep 19, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you love swimming but tire of the ordinary and the chlorine-scented, consider these "unusual or cool places" uncovered by WebUrbanist:
  • The Dead Sea: Lie back and read a good book in the world's saltiest body of water, which will likely keep you afloat while delivering "
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Florida • travel • Zimbabwe • swimming • Black Sea • Puerto Rico • Gulf of Mexico • Dead Sea • jellyfish • underwater • Southeast Asia

 Underwater Billboards? 
 They're Suspicious in Seattle 

Seafood standby heavily promoting 'recently' discovered underwater ad campaign

Sep 18, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - After unearthing plans laid long ago by its founder, a legendary Seattle seafood restaurant is pulling underwater advertising billboards out of Puget Sound—though Ivar’s accompanying advertising blitz and founder Ivar Haglund’s notorious record of self-promotion have residents smelling something fishy, the Times reports. “If I was... More »

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advertising • Seattle • hoax • underwater • Puget Sound • salvage • Ivar's • Ivar Haglund

GLOSSIES

 How Annie Leibovitz 
 Got Underwater 


Aug 17, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Photographer to the stars Annie Leibovitz is in a widely reported financial pickle, but it really comes as no surprise to those close to her, New York reports. Leibovitz is now engaged in baroque legal wrangling over her catalog, but her troubles started earlier. Insiders say a suspected “... More »

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Vanity Fair • bankruptcy • photography • debt • Vogue • photographers • spending • Annie Leibovitz • underwater • economic downturn • Susan Sontag • catalog

 1 in 5 Homeowners Underwater 

Negative equity spikes to 21.9% as prices keep dropping

May 6, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than one in five American homeowners owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, according to a new study. The increase in negative equity has been accompanied by new signs that first-time buyers are taking advantage of lower prices in the housing market. But as prices continue... More »

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housing market • mortgage • housing • negative equity • underwater • upside-down mortgages

Obama Housing Rescue Plan Leaves Many Out in Cold

Criteria keep many who need help from refinancing under the plan

Mar 5, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A large swath of Americans will see no help under the Obama administration’s housing rescue plan, the New York Times reports. While designed to prevent 3 million to 4 million foreclosures through loan modifications, the plan doesn't cover those whose loans aren’t backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie... More »

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housing market • foreclosure • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • mortgage debt • mortgage lender • underwater • mortgage defaults • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama

  Scientists Stumped 
  by Oregon Quakes

Rumbling of 600 quakes in 10 days caught by underwater microphones

Apr 12, 08 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A swarm of more than 600 earthquakes off the Oregon coast has scientists stumped, the Oregonian reports. The activity started around 10 days ago and a research ship has been diverted to the area to look for answers. The earthquakes resemble those that happen before a volcano erupts but there... More »

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Oregon • geologist • Richter scale • tectonic plates • underwater • earthquake

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