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WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries …

Facebook Tweet Email Link As powerful waves surged across the vast Pacific on Wednesday, people around the world remained glued to their phones, tracking the tsunami’s fast progress. But in China, more than a million people were searching for an unusual term: “Prophecy.” That’s because, for some, the natural disaster had seemingly been foretold four years earlier, in a Japanese …

The Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Deal Could Get Train Stocks Chugging Again. Picking Winners.  Barron’s Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal  The New York Times Rail deal will open new markets for top US container port  FreightWaves Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad  Union Pacific Top Senate Democrat criticizes Union Pacific deal to …

Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific  The New York Times Hawaii Cruise Ships Leave Passengers Behind Amid Tsunami Warnings  The New York Times Kamchatka earthquake is among top 10 strongest ever recorded. Here’s what they have in common  PBS Utahns share experience in Hawaii amid tsunami warning  KSLTV.com Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don’t mean the forecast was inaccurate  NBC News Source link

A ‘vibrant oasis’ of chemical-eating creatures found in the deep Pacific  Reuters ‘Communities’ of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean  yahoo.com Fields of worms and snowy microbial mats: Deep-sea submersible discovers flourishing ecosystem  NBC News Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches  Nature Scientists discover a whole new type of ecosystem 30,000 feet deep  The Washington Post Source …

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake has triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with reports of waves up to four metres high in the remote region. The earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck at …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s vast rail network in the West with Norfolk’s rails that snake across 22 …

Union Pacific to buy Norfolk in $85-billion mega US railroad deal  Reuters America’s first transcontinental freight railroad is planned after a megamerger  CNN Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal  The New York Times Even the railroad barons never did this: an $85 billion merger stretching from coast to coast  Fortune The rail mega-merger that could transform American supply chains  The …

Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal  The New York Times The rail mega-merger that could transform American supply chains  The Economist Union Pacific Bid Values Norfolk Southern at About $320 a Share  Bloomberg Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad  Business Wire Union Pacific announces bid for Norfolk Southern to create transcontinental railroad  Newsday Source link

The US Coast Guard has confirmed with KSBW 8 that three bodies have been recovered off the coast of Pacific Grove following a confirmed private plane crash on Saturday night.The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deceased as 60-year-old Steve Clatterbuck of Salinas, 36-year-old James Vincent of Monterey, and 44-year-old Jamie Tabscott of Monterey.The community in Pacific Grove is …