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Chicago commuter headache as 'L' train line shut for five months
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 18 (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit...Tags: Commuting, Forrest Claypool, Technology, Chicago Transit Authority, Education
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...Tags: Everglades, U.S. Senate, Lobbying, Wetlands, Politics
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Behind the scenes of a decision to shut down speed cameras
The emailed directive went out midmorning April 16 from a Baltimore City traffic engineer: No more speed camera tickets are to be issued from the camera in the 3900 block of The Alameda. Less than five hours later, an engineering supervisor wrote...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Technology
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Watch: Space rock strikes moon with force of 5 tons of TNT
The biggest explosion ever recorded on the moon was caused by a space rock roughly the size of a beach ball. It weighed 80 pounds and was just over 1 foot wide, but it was going incredibly fast, traveling through space at speeds of 56,000 mph. And...
Tags: NASA, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Amid frenzy over map apps, new focus on 16th century world view
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As online titans compete to deliver instant maps to smartphones, the Library of Congress in Washington is focusing attention on an antique "cosmology" printed in 1507 that serves as America's birth certificate. The black-and-...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Mountains, Politics, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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HCC graduate aims to 'pay it forward'
alnotarianni@aol.comWhen Kathy McKenzie took to the podium Saturday to present graduate remarks at the Hagerstown Community College 66th Commencement, she said she was there as the result of a life change that made her want to “pay it forward.” On March 9, 2004,...Tags: Chemotherapy, Leukemia, Marketing, Colleges and Universities, Nursing
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Greenhouse gas
On May 9, for the first time in millions of years, the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere reached above 400 parts per million. What these numbers tell us is that within 25 years, if we continue to produce CO2 at our present rate, we can...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Wait before buying new OLED TVs
Q. Do you think the new OLED TVs will be better than the best plasmas? -- S.E., Minneapolis A. If OLED TVs are going to be commercially viable, they will have to be better. What would be the point of paying between $5,000 and $10,000 for a 55-inch OLED...Tags: Sony Corp., Technology
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: DARPA, White House, National Security, Politics, Michael Chertoff
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Frozen pizza purchase pays off in a big way
South Bend TribuneMark Howie, of South Bend, recently had to make a decision about what to do for dinner. His wife, Molly, had a nephew’s ballgame to attend. He had to fly solo through cuisine-land. So he went to CVS, 51467 U.S. 31 North, to pick up a frozen pizza...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), University of Maryland, College Park, Identification Technology, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities
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FAU president's new salary to cost taxpayers more
Mary Jane Saunders may be stepping down as president of Florida Atlantic University, but she will remain as one of the school's highest paid employees. And her new $276,000 salary will actually cost taxpayers $76,000 more. Saunders, who resigned...
Tags: Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Science
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Amenities for new Nazareth pool discussed
Poolside climbing walls, humongous inflatable floatables and oversized slides built to mimic the racetrack at the Indianapolis 500. All of those are possibilities for future family outings at the Nazareth pool, just not this year. And, maybe not next...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Swimming, Indianapolis 500, Diving, Sports
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