Court wrestles with case on Navy sonar, whales

October 9th, 2008 By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over how to resolve a long-running dispute over whether environmental laws may be used to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales.



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