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NEWS ABOUT: salvage

salvage stories: 2 news summaries

 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

(Newser) - A California man who used Google Earth to locate a 19th century Spanish treasure ship is suing for the right to excavate on private land, ABC News reports. Nathan Smith drove to Refugio, Texas, after spotting evidence—what it was isn’t clear—from a satellite photo. The case of... More »

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Google • Texas • Spain • Google Earth • federal courts • shipwreck • treasure • satellite images • excavation • salvage

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