The North Carolina House of Representatives axed a bill that would put a ban to shrimp trawling along the state's coast.

David Carr highlights the birds, mammals and marine life you might see on vacation from the mountains to the coast.

The 44-foot, 77,000-pound male sperm whale died Monday on Venice Beach after becoming beached on a sandbar over the weekend. Crews used two boats, a rope and a crane to move the whale off the shore.