Oil-laden ship finally sunk WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) - Three hundred miles offshore, the oil-laden wreckage of the New Carissa finally sank Thursday after being fired upon by a Navy destroyer, explosive charges and even a torpedo. First, remote-controlled explosive charges blew holes in the hull of the wreck that has plagued the Oregon coast for more than a month, fouling miles of beaches. When that failed to sink the ship, the destroyer USS David R. Ray opened up a barrage of 70 shots from its 5-inch guns, and then the nuclear sub USS Bremerton fired a torpedo shot that exploded just below the hulk. Finally, two hours after demolition experts began their efforts, the stubborn wreck slipped under the water back-end first and began its descent two miles to the sea floor. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558771756-c8a> Iceland moves to resume whaling REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - The Icelandic parliament has moved to resume commercial whaling after a 10-year hiatus. The island nation of 250,000 people grudgingly stopped its hunts in 1989, three years after the International Whaling Commission imposed a global ban on commercial whaling to protect the giant sea mammals. However, in 1992, the same year Norway announced plans to resume its own commercial whale hunts, Iceland quit the whaling commission, claiming the organization set up to manage whaling had become one devoted only to preventing all hunts. On Wednesday, Alltinget, Iceland's parliament, passed a resolution to resume hunting, saying the country has the right to use all marine resources within its territorial waters. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558773297-c4b>
