31.   By late Wednesday, the dissipating spill appeared to be isolated in the waters off Westchester.

32.   Canada says the U.S. is over-fishing Pacific salmon in Canadian waters off islands along the coast of British Columbia.

33.   By lobbing missiles into the waters off Taiwan, Communist China is committing open, deliberate international terrorism of enormous danger.

34.   China recently conducted military exercises, launching missiles into the waters off Taiwan.

35.   Canada and Spain seemed finally willing Wednesday to substitute diplomats for gunboats in their bitter dispute over fishing rights in international waters off the coast of Newfoundland.

36.   Climatologists are blaming the trend on La Nina, a cooling of Pacific waters off the coast of South American that affects global weather.

37.   Coast Guard crews who patrolled the waters off Atlantic City said they found no evidence of a chemical spill or any other occurrence that could explain the smell.

38.   Dozens of surfers held hands in a circle in the waters off Malibu as they floated on their boards and dropped flower wreaths into the sea.

39.   Drawing energy from warm waters off the Carolina Coast, the storm developed rapidly late Monday.

40.   El Nino occurs when waters off South America elevate to warmer-than-normal temperatures, changing weather patterns around the world.