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Sinkhole terrifies Belmont Heights residents	24.5.2013	Chicago Tribune: Popular
Sinkhole terrifies Belmont Heights residents
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Roadshow: What's going to happen to the Bay Bridge's old span	24.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: News
Plus: I-580 expansion doesn't leave median for BART to Livermore; and how gas stations get away with charging more for credit.
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Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge	24.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means.
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No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash	24.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed.
No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash	24.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital.
Wash. State Patrol: I-5 bridge collapses into Skagit River; sends vehicles, people into water	24.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Wash. State Patrol: I-5 bridge collapses into Skagit River; sends vehicles, people into water
NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch	24.5.2013	Yahoo: US National
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that. ...
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Part of Washington state freeway span collapses into river: dispatcher	24.5.2013	Yahoo: US National
(Reuters) - Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher said. Washington State Patrol dispatcher A.J. Cooper could give no further details and said she did not know if people were in the water under the portion of Interstate 5 that collapsed over the river. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water	24.5.2013	Yahoo: US National
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
Stories of Resettlement and Resistance Along the Lancang River	24.5.2013	International Rivers Sitewide RSS Feed
By: Songqiao Yao Village above Gongguoqiao Reservoir International Rivers Below is a guest blog by Songqiao Yao, China program consultant for International Rivers, describing her March 2013 trip to the Lower Lancang River. You can read about her trip to the Upper Lancang in October 2012 here. “Now we can still sell some vegetables and feed ourselves, but how are we going to live without land?” Those were the words spoken by several women selling vegetables at a morning market, whom I met during a recent trip to the lower Lancang River . The market was at Biao Cun, a township by the river. The township and its nearby villages would all be inundated by the Miaowei Dam reservoir, which China plans to build by 2016. China plans to build and operate ten additional dams on the Lancang River as part of its 12th Five Year Energy Plan . If all are built, more than 30,000 people will be relocated away from their ancestral lands. 10 years of unsettled life Biaocun morning ...
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WSU squares off against golf course opponents	24.5.2013	AP Washington
A lawyer representing residents near Washington State University says the state failed to consider whether the school should have relinquished a water right it uses to irrigate a golf course....
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Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list	24.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday.
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. ...
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In La., Families Still Searching For Storm-Scattered Remains	24.5.2013	NPR News
In August, Hurricane Isaac's 12-foot storm surge plowed through cemeteries in Plaquemines Parish, ripping tombs off their foundations and displacing the remains of almost 200 people. About 60 are still unidentified, and at least one is missing.
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'A Divine Sunday' film event to benefit Trevor Project for LGBT teens	23.5.2013	MinnPost
Two partners in a top law firm, a drag queen and a documentarian walk into a bar ... OK, so the late, iconic performer can be there in spirit only, but the other characters hope you will join them for a film premiere and reception being billed as “A Divine Sunday.” Yes, that Divine. The actor also known as Harris Glenn Milstead, the star of “Mondo Trasho, “Pink Flamingoes,” “Polyester” and — who can forget? — “Hairspray.” Jeffrey Schwarz For $50, attendees will gain admission to the Minnesota premiere of the newly released biopic “I Am Divine,” a chance to mingle with its director, Jeffrey Schwarz, over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Pracna on Main between screenings, and to see another of his acclaimed films, “Vito,” a portrait of Vito Russo, whose presence at the Stonewall riots propelled him to prominence as an early gay-rights advocate. Proceeds to Trevor Project All proceeds will go to the LGBT youth crisis and suicide intervention effort the Trevor Project . The benefit ...
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3 Mpls. Locks Close To Recreational Traffic	23.5.2013	WCCO: National
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed three locks on the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities to recreational boats due to high water flows Thursday.
Jonathan Gold's best 101 restaurants in L.A.	23.5.2013	L.A. Times - Food & Dining
Queue up at a taco truck. Sip cocktails where Charlie Chaplin and George Clooney quenched their thirst. It's all part of why we love L.A. Queue up at a taco truck. Sip cocktails where Charlie Chaplin and George Clooney quenched their thirst. It's all part of why we love L.A.
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff	23.5.2013	World
TOKYO (AP) — Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. ...
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Portland’s Decision to Forgo Fluoride May End Up Costing $11.3 Million a Year	23.5.2013	Yahoo: Politics
Oregon is ranked the fifth-worst state for tooth decay, and on Wednesday voters of Portland may have missed an opportunity to change that.
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