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Fox River, Chain O' Lakes residents cope with piles of used sandbags
Chicago Tribune reporterWith the flood waters gone, residents along the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes have a new problem: What they do with the 80,000 sandbags left behind? The lumpy, rotting barricades in northern Lake County contain an estimated 4 million tons of sand....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Floods, Natural Disasters
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Mets beat Phillies in 12th inning, 4-2
anthony.rieber@newsday.comSurely the baseball gods are just messing with the Mets and their fans, right? Is it supposed to be this hard? What could have been a delicious rain-shortened victory over the Phillies was denied to the Mets when umpires decided to wait through a...Tags: Pedro Feliz, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Beltran, New York Mets, Steve Trachsel
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'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights
AP Internet WriterRant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed....Tags: Sexual Assault, Rape, Sex, AT&T Corp., Computing and Information Technology
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After Midwest floods--a mosquito invasion
The Associated PressFour times the usual number of mosquitoes are swarming across central Indiana this summer on the heels of the state's recent bouts of flooding and heavy rains. Rains over the past six weeks have spurred insect reproduction, and it's not just mosquitoes....Tags: Purdue University, Diseases, Floods, Retroviruses, Natural Disasters
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Online free speech has its limits
The Associated PressRant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed....Tags: Sexual Assault, Rape, Sex, AT&T Corp., Computing and Information Technology
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Tropical Storm Bertha approaching warmer waters
Associated PressTropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days. At 5 p.m. Sunday, Bertha was 1,055 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and was moving west-northwest near 20 mph. Maximum sustained...Tags: Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center
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Bug out at La. insectarium
Associated PressRon Forman wants to change grown-ups' views of bugs and spiders from "ewww!" to "cool!" After all, such critters clean the earth, pollinate plants and form a huge chunk of the food chain. "Without insects, nature doesn't exist," said Forman, chief...Tags: Hurricanes, Wildlife, Meteorological Disasters, Tour Operations Industry, Natural Resources
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Baby girl survives landslide in southern Bangladesh
A baby girl was pulled from the rubble unharmed Sunday after a landslide destroyed her family's home in southern Bangladesh, killing her parents and two older siblings, an official said. Rescuers found the three-month-old infant in the family's destroyed...Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Local Authority
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Baby survives landslide in Bangladesh
A baby girl was pulled from the rubble unharmed Sunday after a landslide destroyed her family's home in southern Bangladesh, killing her parents and two older siblings, an official said. Rescuers found the three-month-old infant in the family's destroyed...Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Local Authority
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Rethinking the grand plan for the Everglades
South Florida Sun-sentinelThe original plan for restoring the Everglades would tighten human control over the battered, shrunken South Florida wilderness. Artificial wells drilled 1,000 feet into the earth. Walled, aboveground reservoirs. Diesel-powered pumps. The land of...Tags: Wetlands, Defense, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Health and Safety at School
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