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1779 The frigate, Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, engages HMS Serapis. During the battle, with his ship nearly destroyed, he refuses to surrender, shouting "I have not yet begun to fight". With assistance from the Continental frigate Alliance, John Paul Jones captures Serapis. Two days later, Bonhomme Richard sinks under the sea. 1944 USS West Virginia (BB 48) reaches Pearl Harbor and rejoins the Pacific Fleet, marking the end of the salvage and reconstruction of 18 ships damaged Dec. 7, 1941

The team used CRISPR-Cas9 to ‘knock out’ the gene in a Doryteuthis pealeii and in turn eliminated coloring from the eyes and skin cells. The procedure involved clipping the egg’s tough outer layer with micro-scissors and delivering the reagents inside the embryo. Cephalopods, which includes squid, octopus and cuttlefish, have been a mystery to researchers, as their nervous systems are capable of camouflage – but the breakthrough should ‘address a host of biological questions.’ For the first time in history, scientists have genetically altered squid embryos by removing a pigmentation gene that resulted in transparent creatures. The team used CRISPR-Cas9...

Something strange is happening to the oceans. As coral reefs wither and fisheries collapse, octopuses are multiplying like mad... cephalopods—squids, octopuses, cuttlefish—are booming, and scientists don’t know why. An analysis published today in Current Biology indicates that numerous species across the world’s oceans have increased in numbers since the 1950s. “The consistency was the biggest surprise,” said lead study author Zoë Doubleday of the University of Adelaide. “Cephalopods are notoriously variable, and population abundance can fluctuate wildly, both within and among species.”

While trying to get some dinner, a cat got its just desserts after picking on the wrong squid. In this crazy video, it first appears that the mischievous kitty has the upper hand on its prey. With feline claws and definitely a size advantage, it dips into a pool with the cephalopod. But surprise for the cat because the squid just attaches itself right onto its hunter, turning the tables of the food pyramid. Unable to see because of a face full of tentacles, the regretful cat stumbles backward and all around. And while the cat is eventually able to...

In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids. A series of studies tracking this mysterious migration has scientists rethinking not just what the big shark does with its time but also what sort of creature it is. Few sea denizens match great white sharks and giant squids in primitive mystique. Both are the subject of popular mania; both are inscrutable. That these two mythic sea monsters might convene for epic battles in the stark expanses...

3 Die In Motorcycle Crashes; 2 Were Brothers UPDATED: 12:50 pm EDT June 20, 2008 BALTIMORE -- Three people were killed in the last week in motorcycle crashes. Two of the victims were brothers, officials said. Maryland State Police said that Frederick Bruce Dolly, 57, of Westminster, was killed at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when a truck hit the rear of his vehicle on Interstate 795. The crash occurred on the highway north of Owings Mills Boulevard, troopers said. According to state police, a pickup truck hit the rear of the motorcycle and Dolly was ejected. The collision is under...

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A Suzuki racing bike screaming at 80 mph in a 25-mph zone slammed into Gigliotti on Oct. 4 as she was leaving her job at Long Beach City College, igniting a fireball inside her Ford Escort. "It is not uncommon to see these kinds of accidents with motorcycles, particularly high-powered super bikes," said Raymond Dennison, the Long Beach detective who investigated the crash. "The whole function is to go as fast as they can."

KENOSHA, Wis. - Two members of the U.S. Navy face charges after a woman called the 911 emergency number with a chilling message. "A woman came to my house and she stabbed me in the back," 31-year-old Rachel Wolf told the dispatcher. Then she gave the woman's license plate number. Wolf's husband, Eric Wolf, 31, and Kristen Warnakulasuriya, 26, both of Alexandria, Va., now are accused in Kenosha County Circuit Court of a murder plot. Warnakulasuriya, arrested later Sunday at the Pleasant Prairie home of her mother, was charged Monday with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery. She was...

My Navy son, God Bless him, is very upset and frustrated right now. He has been in a two day conversation with a couple of liberals (yes liberals)in the Navy. There has been many heated discussions whereas one of the sailor, father of a two year old or should I say sperm donor, informed my son he would prefer his daughter have an abortion without him knowing it than for her to have one with a "Clothes hanger". The conversation ended today with one of the liberal sailors getting into my son's face and calling him a "Pus.y". They have...

August 22, 2003 Hackers Tap Navy Credit Card System By dc.internet.com Staff A Department of Defense (DOD) investigative team is researching the recent hack of a Navy system that gained access to 13,000 purchase cards issued by Citibank. The Navy has subsequently cancelled all of its approximately 22,000 purchase cards. According to a statement issued by the DOD Purchase card Management Program, "Vendors who accept the purchase card and do business with the Navy should be aware that all card accounts have been cancelled and that Citibank is working quickly to re-establish new accounts and cards. In the meantime, emergency...

LUARCA, Spain (Reuters) - Global warming could be behind the mysterious deaths of giant squid off the north coast of Spain, a marine biologist has said. Experts at a marine life protection centre in the northern region of Asturias said that of the 40 giant squid recorded in the area since 1962, three had been found in the past month. "The increased sightings of dead giant squid could be due to various factors, from (military) manoeuvres to pollution and global warming," Angel Guerra, of the Spanish Institute of Scientific Research, told Reuters on Friday as he dissected one of the...