Dodgers Defeat Rays to Claim World Series Title

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Dodgers Defeat Rays to Claim World Series Title

  WASHINGTON – The Los Angeles Dodgers won their first Major League Baseball World Series in more than three decades Tuesday night, shaking off a slow offensive start to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6.  For five innings, the Rays appeared to be in control in their bid to force a deciding seventh game in the series with […]

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays

It has been almost a decade since the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil oozed into the Gulf of Mexico, severely degrading the marine ecosystem immediately surrounding the spill site and directly impacting coastal habitats along 1,773 kilometers of shoreline. […]