The sound of water is relaxing until you feel the water pulling you. Then you notice a whirlpool near you in the middle of ...

Shares of Whirlpool Corp. fell to their lowest point of the year Tuesday after the appliance maker issued a profit warning and Sears Holdings Corp. stopped carrying its products. The stock dropped ...

IT'S no wonder people once thought the Corryvreckan whirpool was controlled by a sea witch. The gulf can seem a fickle stretch of water. There are times, on a slack tide, when strong swimmers can ...

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