Shark Week

Joel Stein At Sixth And I: HuffPost DC Top 5 For May 22, 2012

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.22.2012

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TOP 5 PICKS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 22 1. Joel Stein At Sixth And I Time columnist and sometimes VH1 talking head, Joel Stein's first book was written a...

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Reggie Watts At 9:30 Club: HuffPost DC Top 5 For May 21, 2012

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.21.2012

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TOP 5 PICKS FOR MONDAY, MAY 21 1. Reggie Watts at 9:30 Club The comedian just released his newest album/DVD, recorded live in Central Park. He doe...

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2,000-Pound Shark Caught Off Mexican Coast

Posted 04.23.2012

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Duh nuh... Duh nuh... Duh nuh, duh nuh, duh nuh, duh nuh DUH NUH! A great white shark nearly 20 feet long and weighing 2,000 pounds was caugh...

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Shark Week Is Officially Headed Back To TV

Posted 04.05.2012

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Discovery Channel has just announced its 2012-2013 slate, and "Shark Week" is back for another run, promising to be even more exciting than last year'...

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Shark Week? 3 Bites Off Florida Coast In 2 Days

AP | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Video, Florida News, Shark Week, Jensen Beach, Florida Animals, Atlantic Ocean, Martin County, Shark Bite, Florida Shark Attacks, Sharks, Miami News

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- A man was bitten in the arm by a shark off Florida's eastern coast amid several reports of sharks in water. Martin County offic...

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Shark Week Is Over, but Sharks Still Need Our Help

Ian Somerhalder | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: California, Marine Reserves, Shark Week, Discovery Channel, Conservation, Shark Finning, Oceans, Sharks, Green News

Sharks deserve to be part of our lives for more than one week each year and many shark populations are on the verge of collapse due to a destructive practice called shark finning.

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Shark vs. EVERYTHING

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Video, Deadly Shark Attacks, Shark Attacks, Shark Week, Shark Attack, Shark Attacks Human, Animals, Shark Videos, Great White Sharks, Sharks, Green News

Shark Week is underway, and with it comes the mass-broadcasting of gory, terrifying videos of sharks attacking ... well, pretty much everything. S...

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WATCH: 'Jersey Shark' Does What We All Want It To Do

Posted 10.03.2011

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It's finally happened. See, "Jersey Shore" didn't need a trip to the old country to spice it up, it just needed to partner with Shark Week to add a li...

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WATCH: Why You Really Shouldn't Try To Kiss A Shark

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Video, Scuba Diving, Dave Marcel Shark, Diver Kisses Shark, Shark Kiss, Shark Week, Dave Marcel, Shark Attack, Shark Bites Diver, Animals, Shark Bite, Sharks, Green News

We thought this was a pretty obvious rule of thumb, but to be clear: Never kiss a shark on the lips. Shark Week may help promote understanding and ...

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PICTURE: Shark Week Drinking Game Will Have You Swimming

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Shark Week 2011, Shark Week, Shark Week Drinking Game, Shark Week Discovery Channel, Great White Sharks, Drinking Games, Sharks, Comedy News

Looking to add a little twist to your Shark Week? Introducing the Shark Week drinking game! Not that the the wildly popular Discovery Channel se...

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Shark Week Conservation Roundup (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

Matt Rand | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Shark Conservation, Shark Week, Sharks, Slideshow, Shark Fin Soup, Shark Finning, Animals, Overfishing, Shark Fishing, Pew Environment Group, Green News

"Shark Week" has become such a phenomenon that it has drawn more than 20 million viewers each year since 1995. Unfortunately, sharks are increasingly scarce across the world's oceans due in large part to the appetite for shark fin soup.

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FLASHBACK: The Kids In The Hall Sing 'Skoora The Gentle Shark'

Posted 10.02.2011

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Shark Week always inspires a lot of excitement as well as a lot of discussion. In popular culture, sharks are often portrayed as bloody-thirsty beasts...

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This Week, Don't Just Watch Sharks, Save Them

January Jones | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Shark Week, Shark Protection, Ocean Life, Shark Finning, Endangered Species, Shark Protection Act, Oceans, Endangered Sharks, Sharks, Green News

If even just a fraction of all Shark Week viewers took action to protect sharks, it would equal millions of people speaking up for the ocean's top predators. We shouldn't be scared of sharks, we should be scared for them.

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10 Reasons Why Bear Week Would Be Better Than Shark Week

CollegeHumor | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: College Humor, Bears, Shark Week, Bear Week, Comedy News

Since 2000, bears have been responsible for 34 human deaths in North America. Sharks have only been responsible for 13, and some of those are debatabl...

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I'm A Shark! Shark Week!

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.01.2011

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Americans have many opportunities to get up close and personal with the wolves of the sea from the discomfort of outside their homes. From Long Island...

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WATCH: Shark Lunges Out Of Water

Posted 10.01.2011

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Sharks are a pretty captivating species. A surprisingly large number of movies have even been made based on our fear of them. As Shark Week kicks off,...

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Andy Samberg Hosts Shark Week, Apes Attack And More

Posted 10.01.2011

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July 31 - August 6 Shark Week! We felt that deserved an exclamation. Sunday marked the first day of this yearly event on the Discovery Channel. Thi...

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Shark Week Producer Jeff Kurr Talks Frisky Sharks And The 'Great White Invasion'

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.30.2011

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Jeff Kurr knows a thing or two about sharks. During his two-plus decades with Discovery Channel's Shark Week, the LA-based filmmaker has captured s...

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WATCH: Andy Samberg Talks Hosting 'Shark Week'

Posted 09.28.2011

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"Live every week like it's Shark Week." -Tracy Jordan, poet and prophet Shark Week, which starts on Sunday, July 31 at 9 p.m., upon us. Soon, we wo...

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The Hidden Lives of Sharks

Simone Lewis-Koskinen | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Conservation, Marine Life, Finning, Ocean, Sharks, Slidepollajax, Shark Finning, Shark Week, Green News

More people die while driving to the beach than while at the beach, let alone from shark attacks. In fact, more people die every year from toilet-bowl products or run-ins with a bucket than shark attacks.

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Paddling Within Inches Of A Great White Shark

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Paddling With Sharks, Paddling Surfboard Sharks, In Water With Sharks, Video, Animals, Shark Week, Paddling Surfboard, Paddling Next to Sharks, Green News

Chris Fallows is hard-core. As you can see in the video below, Fallows really loves sharks (and has faith in his paddle surfing abilities), enough ...

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The Strength and Success of Shark Week

Elizabeth Griffin Wilson | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Oceana, Discovery Channel, Shark Week, Shark Conservation Act, Sharks, Green News

Our fear of sharks is simply irrational considering that you are more likely to be killed by a toaster than a shark. Unfortunately, we tend to fear what we do not understand. The fact is, we should be scared FOR sharks, not of them.

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Andy Samberg To Host Shark Week

Posted 06.20.2011

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The sound you just heard was the internet exploding in joy. Two of its comedic treasures are set to come together in an epic, water wedding. Discov...

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Sarah Palin vs. Admiral Mullen over New START

Rob Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah "Barracuda" has done it again. In her 24/7, at-any-cost quest to stay in the media spotlight--and thus, by her calculation, relevant--Sarah Pal...

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The Shark Ate My Homework: NRDC Submarine Attacked by Shark

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulfspill, Whaleshark, Oil Spill, Shark Week, WALDO, Florida Keys, Oil, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit when I read Ali’s recent post about “Waldo,” the autonomous submarine launched by NRDC, Oce...

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