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Island's harbor.
• The goal is to raise it from its side by 65 degrees to vertical, as a ship would normally be, for eventual towing. The operation was expected to take some 10-12 hours, with the initial hours winching the ship off the reef imperceptible to the unaided eye.
• The operation, known in nautical parlance as parbuckling, is a proven method to raise capsized vessels.
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Ocean frolic on tap for 1st day of new Miss America's reign

• ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- The new Miss America will start the first day of her reign the same way most of her predecessors did -- with a frolic in the Atlantic City

surf.
• Nina Davuluri will speak at a press conference earlier in the day at Boardwalk Hall, where she became the first contestant of Indian heritage to win the crown Sunday night.
• The 24-year-old Syracuse N.Y., native wants to become a doctor.
• A planned visit later in the day to the scene of last week's devastating boardwalk fire in the New Jersey communities of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights was canceled when pageant officials realized it would interfere with

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