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Wash. I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load
A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries. It happened about 7 p.m. Thursday on the four-lane Interstate 5 ...
Ohio House wants to ban lottery sales on Internet
Ohio House members want to make sure the Ohio Lottery doesn't start selling tickets on the Internet. A provision in the state budget proposed by the Ohio House would prohibit the lottery from following the lead of other states and selling tickets directly to players via computers and hand-held devices. ...
Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California's 1,100-mile ...
Gov. Dayton signs solar energy standard
Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton. The solar energy standard also sets a statewide goal of reaching 10 percent by 2030. The proposal was championed by the Minnesota Clean Energy and ...
Welch backs bill to support energy efficiency
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is joining Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia to back legislation designed to promote more energy efficiency in homes and other buildings. One of the bills, The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, would provide rebates to homeowners who invest in energy efficiency improvements. Homeowners ...
Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup
The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington DC-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected, with nearly 1.5 million pounds in California alone. The top items found during the cleanup: 1. Cigarettes/Cigarette Filters: 2,117,931 lbs. 2. ...
I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway. Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure that ...
Sen. Cowan to address BC Law School commencement
Massachusetts U.S. Sen. William "Mo" Cowan will be delivering the commencement address at Boston College Law School. Cowan will be addressing the graduating class Friday morning at the school's Chestnut Hill campus. He was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat on an interim ...
Senate votes to establish Cellucci ALS Registry
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov. Paul Cellucci. The amendment to the Senate's version of the state budget would create the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive ...
South Carolina Senate approves $6.3B budget plan
The South Carolina Senate approved a budget proposal late Thursday that would allow hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of road and bridge construction, let more poor 4-year-olds go to school for a full day, and buy hundreds of school buses. The 31-6 vote followed seven days of floor debate ...
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