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Stocking Tourniquets At Cape Cod Beaches May Be In Order To Help Shark Attack Victims

Matthew McDonald

Allowing enough seal hunting to reduce the draw of great white sharks to Cape Cod isn't likely because animal rights activists and environmentalists put such emphasis on the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, federal officials said this week.

That federal law outlaws hunting of seals. The explosion of seals in recent years on Cape Cod has drawn large numbers of great white sharks who eat them – and who on occasion attack swimmers.

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Democrat Declared Winner in Maine U.S. House Race Because of Ranked-Choice Voting

Matthew McDonald

Jared Golden lost the election for Congress in Maine on first-choice votes on election night but won it on second-choice and third-choice votes nine days later, Maine's secretary of state said.

Golden, a Democrat, on Thursday, November 15 was declared the winner of Maine's Second Congressional District race over the incumbent, U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, a Republican.

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