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NEWS ABOUT: Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach stories: 3 news summaries

 Shark Kills Man;
 SoCal Beaches Closed 

First area fatality since 1994 sparks fears of great white rampage

Apr 25, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beaches north of San Diego were closed today after a man was fatally injured by a shark, the Union-Tribune reports. While witnesses could identify “the culprit” only as a “big gray shark,” an expert contacted by the Los Angeles Times said, “This almost certainly was a... More »

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beach • Pacific Ocean • ocean • San Diego • Ocean Beach • fatalities • shark attack • San Onofre State Beach • great white shark

7 College Students Die in North Carolina Fire

University of Southern Carolina mourns Ocean Beach loss

Oct 28, 07 10:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven college students perished in an Ocean Beach, NC, house fire this morning, six of them from the University of Southern Carolina, one from Clemson University. There were 13 college students in the house when the fire broke out. Six were hospitalized, including one who jumped from the house, which... More »

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fires • Ocean Beach

Giant Squid Storms Australia

Mysterious 26-foot sea beast is longer than a bus and weighs a quarter-ton

Jul 11, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A giant squid that weighs 550 pounds and measures 26 feet from the tip of its body to the end of its fearsome tentacles washed up on an Australian beach today. The rarely spotted sea creature is the largest specimen encountered since February, when fishermen in New Zealand netted a... More »

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Australia • New Zealand • Tasmania • giant squid • squid • Ocean Beach • Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni

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