Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) -- Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: oysters....

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