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Colleen Castille: The right path for Florida's water future
Every day, news outlets highlight Florida's water challenges: Rising sea level, drought, and concerns about water quality. Today, Florida is over-pumping our groundwater aquifer — a finite water source — and consuming water at an...Tags: Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters, Water Supply, Droughts, Environmental Politics
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
ABORTION PILL Pence signs bill for tighter abortion pill rules INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood officials say they anticipate a court challenge to a bill signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence that tightens the state's regulations on...Tags: Family Planning, Transportation Accidents, Mike Pence, Government, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Here is the latest Indiana news from The Associated Press
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man whose pregnant wife and 10-month-old son were killed in a car-train crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two railroad companies. Thomas Janero's lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from Norfolk...Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Abusive Behavior, Norfolk Southern Corporation, School Examinations
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Heavy rains blamed for opening sinkhole along Indy road, causing damage to 4 cars
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis city official is blaming recent heavy rains for opening up a sinkhole along a street and causing damage to four vehicles. City Department of Public Works spokeswoman Lesley Gordon says April's heavy rainfall...Tags: Government, Public Officials, Politics
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South Side sinkhole swallows 3 cars
As a relentless rainstorm battered the Chicago area early Thursday morning, Laide Giwa watched her Dodge Charger drop into a sinkhole. The hole — which had already swallowed two vehicles before claiming Giwa's car —was not caused by the...Tags: Physical Conditions, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prosecution, Chicago Mayor, Witnesses
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Widespread flooding closes expressways, many streets
Flooding spawned by as much as 5 inches of rain closed the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways this morning as a second wave of thunderstorms moves through the Chicago area. The Edens Expressway was closed between Foster and Touhy avenues and...
Tags: Metra, Midway Airport, National Weather Service, Highway Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority
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Possible sinkhole disrupts Florida families near where man died
A possible sinkhole has forced two Florida families from their homes, officials said, in the latest example of the geological phenomenon that has frequently struck the Sunshine State. About 5 p.m. Tuesday, an emergency telephone call to Hillsborough...
Tags: Television Industry, Television Stations, American Red Cross, Hillsborough County
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Golfer is swallowed by 18-foot-deep sinkhole in middle of fairway
Note to Mark Mihal: That's not what they mean by a hole in one. Mihal was playing golf with some friends at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill., on Monday. On the 14th fairway, Mihal was trying to gauge the distance from his ball to the hole when a...
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That sinking feeling
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsGolfers are used to hazards, but this is something out of the ordinary. A huge sinkhole opened up on the 14th fairway of a southern Illinois golf course. Golfer Mark Mihal had to be rescued from it by a rope. The sinkhole swallowed him and... -
Pictures in the News | March 5, 2013
FrameworkIn Tuesday's Pictures in the News: Kenyan men watch early election results on a television in the Kibera slum of Nairobi as the nation held its first presidential election since 2007 (more photos); a fire burns at Naples' museum park; workers remove... -
Florida sinkhole visible after victim's home demolished
Demolition crews in Seffner, Fla., on Monday knocked down walls of the house where Jeff Bush, 37, was living before a sinkhole swallowed his bedroom on Thursday night. The hole was not visible outside the home before an 80-foot excavation arm knocked...
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Sinkhole Damage Isn't Covered By Standard Homeowner's Insurance In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantIf a home is swallowed by a sinkhole, the damage is not covered by a standard homeowner's insurance policy in Connecticut, according to the state Insurance Department. Sinkholes have alarmed the public recently since a man and his bedroom fell into one...Tags: Insurance
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