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Researchers using sonar to map old shipwrecks
NORFOLK, Va. -- World War II shipwrecks off North Carolina and Civil War shipwrecks in Virginia are being analyzed with sonar technology so sophisticated that the public could one day view near photographic images in detail even better than diving at some of the sites could provide.

Tucker Torpedo Model 48
Was Preston Tucker a visionary or a charlatan, a promoter or a huckster, a saint or a sinner? Five decades after he introduced his amazing car upon an unsuspecting public, those questions are impossible to answer. But the fact is, he was probably all of these things and more, for the story of Tucker and his Torpedo is the story of America in the wonderful, dreadful aftermath of World War II. It's the story of hoping against hope and daring to be different and, ultimately, the story of failure either unfairly thrust upon him or richly deserved.

In the Spotlight: USS George H.W. Bush is $6.8B insurance policy
OFFSHORE FROM NORFOLK, Va. - If the Navy tells you to buckle up, you'd best cinch the strap as if you were Rambo going into action. When the wheels of the C-2 Greyhound touch down on the USS George H.W. Bush, there's no time to fiddle with the harness.

Navy school's UGA transfer a smooth sail
The Navy's transfer of its Prince Avenue supply corps school to the University of Georgia is going well, even though the federal government has not signed off on it, Athens officials said Thursday.

Cicero: Joe Froggers truly were a sailor's delight
It's a bit of an oddity that we've had two requests in recent weeks for recipes that had the word frog in them - but did not in any way involve amphibians. First we learned of a Hungarian crepe that was nicknamed frog's eyes, and now readers have inundated us with recipes and anecdotes about Joe Froggers, a big New England spice cookie that dates back to colonial times.