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Photo courtesy Joey Ciaramitaro www.goodmorninggloucester.org This albino lobster, sitting next to a normally colored lobster, recently passed through Captain Joe & Sons, Inc.
1 in 100 million albino lobster caught in Massachusetts
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — A rare albino lobster has been caught in this oldest of American fishing ports.
Lobsterman Mike Tupper trapped the 2 1/2-pound white crustacean four days ago, and it quickly became a celebrity, appearing on local cable television shows.
Bill Murphy, senior biologist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, described it as a 1 in 100 million catch.
Lobsters, scavengers that prowl the ocean floor, are usually reddish brown.
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Details for this story provided by the Gloucester, Mass., Daily Times.
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Another rig explodes off La. coast; oil spreading
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Another oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the site of BP's massive spill. All 13 crew members were rescued.
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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
GRAND ISLE, La. — An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
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Palestine woman wins $1 million in Lottery scratch-off ticket
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Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel
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Large crowd at Athens Intermediate School ribbon cutting
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Tyler landlord dead, tenant apparently shot self
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Obama ends Iraq combat effort: 'Time to turn page'
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Commissioners set burn ban
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Flight instructor killed by plane's propeller
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Leading the cheers
The TVCC softball team, along with cheerleaders, basketball and football players were among the near-capacity crowd at the first ever home volleyball game at the college. Tosha Spain’s Lady Cardinals won three straight sets in a match against Eastfield College. For more on the game, see Sports page 6A.
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