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Cleanup of mine runoff renewing state waterways
Capital News ServiceA brand-new gift is how Gary Yoder, 64, describes the 30 miles from Westernport to Cumberland on the North Branch of the Potomac River. For the 30-year resident of Garrett County, fly fishing is a religious experience when he stands in the river...Tags: Aquaculture, Health Treatments, Chesapeake Bay, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Metal and Mineral
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Worker killed in Va. warehouse accident identified
Authorities have identified a worker who was killed in an industrial accident in Martinsville. Martinsville officials say 54-year-old Carl Wayne Turner of Danville was killed Friday morning at a warehouse owned by Lester Properties. City spokesman...Tags: Danville (Danville, Virginia), Disasters, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Health and Safety at Work
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Chemical leak sparks evacuation
| A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 to flee. At least three residents were believed to be injured. A...Tags: Petrolia Incorporated
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About 2,500 who fled homes after chemical leak at western Pennsylvania plant allowed to return
PETROLIA, Pa. (AP) _ About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities determined that no toxins remained in the air. A material called...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Petrolia Incorporated
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How To Keep Flood Bailouts At Bay
The National Flood Insurance Program was established to help communities afford the cost of insuring against inevitable floods and flooding, but in many respects it has only made things worse. Sub-market insurance rates send false signals about the...Tags: Richard Shelby, Floods, Natural Resources, Government, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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east hartford: Mayor Seeks Residents' Aid With Drainage
Mayor Melody Currey is asking residents to clear debris from their neighborhood catch basins to help prevent flooding. Voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether to approve spending $10.5 million on road improvements and improvements to a drainage area off... -
Man dies in Va. warehouse accident
Federal safety investigators are looking into an industrial accident in which a man was killed. A spokesman for the city of Martinsville, Scott Coleman, says the accident occurred as the man was attempting to remove an air conditioning unit from a...Tags: Danville (Danville, Virginia), Disasters, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Health and Safety at Work
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SCREEN SCENE: Louis Sullivan gets his due
Chicago Tribune reporterFor the film, Mark Richard Smith made pilgrimages to St. Louis and New York, even to small towns such as Grinnell, Iowa, and Owatonna, Minn. But Louis Sullivan's architecture always brought the documentarian back to Chicago. "Although Chicago was...Tags: Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Star Trek, Roosevelt University, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Recess will never be the same
Special to The Baltimore SunThe playground at Havre de Grace Elementary School wasn't very inviting. It contained metal bars and slides, and it didn't engage the children when they played outside during recess. There were safety concerns, and the play areas were not accessible to...Tags: Illnesses, Climbing, Obesity, Metal and Mineral, Physical Fitness
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Advantages of medevac transport challenged
Even as emergency medical officials in Maryland consider stricter criteria for flying patients, in the wake of last weekend's fatal medevac helicopter crash in Prince George's County, some trauma specialists think they should be exploring a more...Tags: Research, Injuries, Road Accidents, Prince George's County, Air Transportation
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HARTFORD: Fire Destroys Laundromat
A two-alarm fire destroyed a Maple Avenue laundromat late Friday. Firefighters were called to the building at 739 Maple Ave. about 11:30 p.m. As the first fire crew arrived at the Sunshine Laundry Co. building, the roof was collapsing as flames shot...Tags: Fires
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Contractor disputes collapse report
The contractor for a construction project in Chester is disputing an engineering report that faults the company for the fatal building collapse last month. An engineer hired by Chesterfield County to review the collapse, said in a report that the...Tags: Chesterfield County
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