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Friday, July 06, 2012  Georgetown County deputies say they have found a dead dog whose legs were bound with tape not far from where firefighters rescued a tied up dog who was tossed into a canal.

Friday, November 26, 2010  In Lake Erie towns, struggling commercial fishermen fear Asian carp could deliver fatal blow

Friday, June 25, 2010  The local bounty of fresh shrimp and oysters that once kept the only restaurant in this rural Louisiana town bustling can no longer be culled from the Gulf of Mexico because of the massive oil spill that has fouled the water.

Friday, June 18, 2010  BP has paid less than 12 percent of claims submitted by people and businesses harmed by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the federal government said Friday, while the new chief of the independent payment office promised to speed the process up.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  Obama, speaking alone in the State Dining Room of the White House, also announced that BP had voluntarily agreed to establish a $100 million fund to compensate laid-off oil right workers affected by his six-month drilling moratorium.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  The reefs that David Walter makes for anglers to drop into the Gulf of Mexico are fake, but his frustration as he tries to win compensation from BP for lost income is real.

Sunday, February 08, 2009  The fishermen were stranded after the portion of ice they were fishing from broke and floated away.

Monday, October 27, 2008  The Coast Guard says it has rescued four fishermen from a life raft about 65 miles southeast of Savannah.