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Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup
The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington D.C.-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected globally, with more than 769,000 pounds collected in California alone. The top items found during the cleanup: 1. Cigarettes/Cigarette Filters: 2,117,931 ...
APNewsBreak: Co. says it has permits to cross span
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse beneath him. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but ...
Personal finance expert Suze Orman speaks at UF
Graduates of the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive one final lesson before they get their diplomas. Personal finance guru Suze Orman will give advice on debt and money management during a commencement speech on Saturday. Orman, who lives in Boca Raton, also has a personal reason ...
Hungry TennCare eating more of state budget
State Treasurer David Lillard says expanding health care costs could absorb funding the state used to spend on other needs. The Jackson Sun (http://bit.ly/16eqTpT) reported Lillard talked about the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on Tennessee finances as he spoke to the West Tennessee Association of Health Underwriters ...
Jersey shore reopens for 1st post-Sandy summer
New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun. In fact, they even hired fun. — ...
Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members. Union leaders warn that unless the problem is fixed, there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year. "It makes an ...
W.Va. joins fight to EPA greenhouse gas rules
West Virginia is joining two other states that are seeking to challenge federal rules governing greenhouse gas emmissions. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Friday the state has filed a friend of the court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Environmental ...
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