Now, the whales migrate through a channel of ocean that's heavily trafficked by cargo and fishing ships, earning the species a new nickname: the urban whale.

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The storm cut a channel between the ocean and Barnegat Bay, severing the town in two before repairs filled the breach.

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Two researchers (separated by the Atlantic ocean, rather than the English Channel), have used gravitational perturbations that affect comets, rather than planets, to predict the existence of something that might be a planet, or might be a star depending mainly on how you define a planet or a star.

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When it came to conventional album sales, Frank Ocean's debut, "Channel Orange, " didn't crack the top 50 of 2012's best sellers.

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