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SOUTHPORT, England — The last time a golfer did what Greg Norman has a chance to do in the British Open, this name was Old Tom and the American Civil War had recently ended. So it is fitting that here in the land where 100-year-old golf courses are regarded as new, Norman is one step from rewriting his own history, and one of golf’s oldest records.

A SURFER wrenched his teenage brother from the jaws of a huge white pointer shark yesterday. Zac Golebiowski, 15, was body boarding at a remote West Australian beach when the 5m shark struck, biting off his right leg below the knee and part of his left calf. Zac's brother Sam, 25, wrestled him from the shark and dragged him to safety. A New Zealand couple who were passing saved Zac's life by quickly stemming the heavy bleeding. Amy Worling, 26, and Pete Hickmott, 32, heard screaming and saw Zac in distress in the water. They called an ambulance to meet...

Diver’s Courage Saves Bandit, the Great White Shark Aboard Solmar V, Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico - It was another beautiful, sunny day at the island. The clear, crystal blue ocean provided divers over 150 fsw visibility. A white shark slowly approached the surface, leveled off and swam directly underneath our feet on the swim-step. The shark was in trouble. Something was wrapped around the shark’s back, just forward of the dorsal fin near the gills. Lawrence Groth, owner and operator of Great White Adventures, suited up quickly and got in the cage for a closer look. The shark was just...

Fresh sightings of a monster great white shark close to North Taranaki's shoreline have prompted a warning to swimmers. The Conservation Department warning comes after two more close encounters with the shark, estimated to be six metres long. Fishermen on a charter boat got the fright of their lives when the great white swam directly under them last Friday. And two competitors in a yacht race off Port Taranaki watched in horror as the shark – its fin clearly out of the water – swam between their much smaller craft. These sightings follow numerous incidents involving a very big shark...

in France of course...

EW YORK –– A teen surfer in New Jersey needed 60 stitches after being bitten by a great white shark in the state's first recorded shark attack in 30 years. In interviews with local press Thursday, Ryan Horton, 17, said he had been surfing off New Jersey's Surf City on Sunday when he felt a stabbing pain in his right foot that he likened to being hit with a baseball bat. When he lifted his leg out of the water, he found a deep gash just above his ankle and a smaller wound on the other side of his leg....

MONTEREY, Calif. - A great white shark that survived longer than any other in captivity was released back to the wild early Thursday because it was growing too large for its tank and beginning to prey on other fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The shark, captured off the coast of Orange County on Aug. 20, was kept in captivity for 198 days and was the first to regularly eat outside the wild. Despite a half century of attempts to keep a white shark, the previous captivity record was 16 days. "The larger she grew, the more that human safety...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Great White Shark has gatecrashed a tuna research project in Australia, mysteriously appearing inside a fishing pen containing around 100 tuna. The 13-foot shark, weighing about 1,500 pounds, is thought to have either bitten its way into the tuna pond or leapt a 7.5 foot electrified fence while chasing a seal last Thursday. Scientists at the pen off the coast of the South Australian tuna fishing town of Port Lincoln said Tuesday the shark had swum contently around the pen, but they were not sure how the tuna felt about their uninvited guest. A head count...

Fisherman reports encounter with 20-foot great white off Point DefianceBob Mottram; The News TribuneA retired aquarium worker and well-known Tacoma angler, Bob Salatino, encountered what he says was an 18- to 20-foot great white shark in Puget Sound off Tacoma's Point Defiance. Salatino worked for 20 years at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. John Rupp, the aquatic animal curator there, described him as "a knowledgeable fisherman." Salatino said Friday he encountered the shark while fishing alone for salmon Dec. 6. He was several hundred yards north of Point Defiance. "The sun was shining, no wind, the water was clear....