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http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47860 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: For the past several months Canada has been a major focus for the Bermuda Department of Tourism (BDOT). News Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:06:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47858 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1: An overturned powerboat was towed into St. George’s this afternoon after it was spotted bobbing up and down out at sea. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:37:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47856 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: Lifeguard services have been suspended across Bermuda today following the death of 20-year-old Geoffrey Burns. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47854 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: Fugitive Alvone Maybury has pleaded guilty to escaping from custody. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:45:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47837 Poverty-stricken single moms are moving their families to the U.K. to take advantage of the country’s generous benefits system. Many have several children with different fathers and are owed thousands of dollars in unpaid child maintenance. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47838 A man has been convicted of shooting a teenager in the back during a bar brawl. Dwayne Signor, 29, fired the gun at Shawn Williams, 18, after a drunken fight broke out between a group of men at the Royal Artillery Association Club in St. George’s. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:53:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47835 Islanders who continue to flout planning laws could be in for a rude awakening. Moves are afoot to ensure that abuses of the system — which carry fines of up to $25,000 — are policed more aggressively. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:34:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47832 A task force set up to investigate why dead fish washed up on Bermuda’s beaches last summer has asked the public to help find out what caused the mass of marine deaths. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:30:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47831 Bermuda’s kiteboarders say the sport can be safe despite a Canadian rider being left in a coma in a horrific accident at the weekend. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:25:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47827 Filmmaker Andrew Stevenson has won an international award for his documentary Where the Whales Sing. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:15:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47825 The recent spate of unusually low tides in Bermuda is due to a large cyclonic eddy in the Sargasso Sea, according to scientists. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:09:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47823 Only the ‘pros’ got to compete in this year’s International Beach Tennis Tournament due to the passing of hurricane Danielle. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:01:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47821 BHB consultation period extended. Agricultural camp gathers for awards. Missing person. Burglary in Smith’s. Traffic collision. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:55:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47820 UPDATE - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: The second motorcyclist involved in the accident remains at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and is currently on a general ward. News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:41:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47819 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31: The Berkeley Institute officially opened its doors today to the one hundred and forty seven (147) new students who will commence senior secondary studies at the School next week, and this evening, after a full day or orientation they were joined for the official welcome by their parents. News Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:21:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47817 TUESDAY, AUG. 31: A man was convicted of shooting a teenager in the back at the Royal Artillery Association Club in St. George’s. News Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:54:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47810 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31:  The unusually low tides in Bermuda over the last several months are caused by a large cyclonic (anticlockwise) eddy in local waters. This eddy has caused a lowering of the sea level around Bermuda. News Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:35:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47808 MONDAY, AUGUST 30: Around 11pm Saturday two cars crashed on Roberts Avenue, Devonshire. One car left the scene of the accident and was later found unattended. News Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:55:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47807 SUNDAY, AUGUST 29: At 3:29pm yesterday (Saturday) police responded to a marine incident that took place at Somerset Long Bay Beach in Sandys. It appears that a 35-year-old Paget man (contract worker) was kite surfing on the shoreline around Somerset Long Bay when he apparently lost control of his kite-board and was dragged onto the rocks resulting in the Paget man suffering hand, leg and severe head injuries. News Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:09:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47804 FRIDAY, AUGUST 27: The public are advised that while Danielle is expected to pass in excess of 200 nautical miles of the Island, it is still being closely monitored until it has passed on Saturday. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:54:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47803 FRIDAY, AUGUST 27: The Commissioner of Education would like to inform members of the Clearwater Middle School family that while recently preparing for the 2010/2011 academic year, asbestos has been discovered in the ceiling within an isolated area in the kitchen. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:51:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47802 The family of a popular Bermudian bank manager has been left searching for answers after his death in a boating accident. Shane Kelly was described as a “sweet soul” and an intelligent, Godly man who loved fishing, gardening and the ocean. His body was discovered floating close to his boat, with the engine still running, just after 7pm on Wednesday at Green Bay dock in Hamilton Parish. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:32:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47801 An increasing number of young men are fleeing Bermuda’s gang scene to seek refuge overseas. Lawyer Llewellyn Peniston revealed this week that two teenage brothers who were due to face drug charges had left the island because they feared they were top of a gang “hit list”. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:18:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47800 Visitor spending is up more than $27 million, Government figures revealed yesterday. The increase relates to the second quarter of this year when compared with the same period in 2009. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:10:00 GMT http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=47799 Cruise ship passengers aboard NCL’s Norwegian Dawn have had their stay in Bermuda cut short due to engine problems. The ship was today leaving Bermuda about 11 hours early as extra time was needed for the ship’s return journey. News Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:07:00 GMT