Leander Paes and Martin Damm crowned their first year as a pair on Saturday as they beat Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win the men's doubles title at the 2006 U.S. Open tennis tournament. A mid-air collision has taken the life of Swedish aerobatics champion Gabor Varga . Shortly after the in-flight tangle, the two planes crashed into the sea as co-competitor Eddie Goggins of Ireland parachuted into the sea where Maltese Armed Forces rescued him. An earthquake struck in the Gulf of Mexico with a magnitude of 6.0, a strength very rare for that region of the world, at 10:56am EDT (14:56 UTC) on September 10. Although no damage has been reported, it has been reported that tremors were felt in Orlando and Ocala in the state of Florida. According to the U.S. Geographical Survey , the quake's epicenter was 260 miles (418 km) WSW (240°) of Clearwater , Florida, and 329 miles (529 km) southeast (145°) of New Orleans, Louisiana, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km). USGS officials stated that the quake was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami . Tremor intensities as high as Force IV on the Modified Mercalli scale were felt throughout Florida.
and crowned their first year as a pair on Saturday as they beat and 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win the men's doubles title at the tennis tournament. A mid-air collision has taken the life of Swedish aerobatics champion . Shortly after the in-flight tangle, the two planes crashed into the sea as co-competitor Eddie Goggins of Ireland parachuted into the sea where Maltese Armed Forces rescued him. An earthquake struck in the with a magnitude of 6.0, a strength very rare for that region of the world, at 10:56am EDT (14:56 UTC) on September 10. Although no damage has been reported, it has been reported that tremors were felt in Orlando and in the state of Florida. According to the , the quake's epicenter was 260 miles (418 km) WSW (240°) of , Florida, and 329 miles (529 km) southeast (145°) of New Orleans, Louisiana, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km). USGS officials stated that the quake was not strong enough to trigger a . Tremor intensities as high as Force IV on the scale were felt throughout Florida.
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Leander Paes and Martin Damm
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Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi
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2006 U.S. Open
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Gabor Varga
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Ocala
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U.S. Geographical Survey
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Clearwater
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