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Stories told of historic home at Rackliffe HouseSunday, August 1, 2010 @ 12:22AMASSATEAGUE, MD. — Even as the restoration of South Point's historic Rackliffe House nears completion, researchers continue to learn more about its former inhabitants.

City plans attack on sewer woesSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:23PMMany Fort Dodge homeowners dread the rain. Years of bad experiences have taught them that water will come up through drains and into their houses as fast as it falls from the sky. To make matters worse, sewage also bubbles up.

::: Headline NewsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:03PMNippon Steel and Autralian BlueScope Steel Agree to Long-term Technical Collaboration (July 30, 2010) Nippon Steel (NSC) and BlueScope Steel (BSL) have signed a comprehensive and long-term technical collaboration agreement to develop next-generation coated steel products for the global building and construction market.

Oil-Soaked Waste Worries Gulf Coast Landfills' NeighborsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:43PMby Lesley Clark and Fred Tasker MOUNT VERNON, Ala. - At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped. read more

Oil-soaked waste worries Gulf Coast landfills' neighborsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:14PMMOUNT VERNON, Ala. — At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped.

Is the Michigan oil spill sealed?Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:38AMCleanup efforts along the Kalamazoo River accelerated amid conflicting reports of the extent of the slick and an abject apology from the oil company that created the mess.

Devil's Slide crews dig for homeThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:12PMWith an over-exaggerated rounding of his headlamp, a tunnel worker deep inside the belly of the Devil’s Slide excavation signals right of way to an approaching big rig. Once the worker stops the circular motion, the sticker on his helmet comes into focus: “I love explosives.”

Can you dig it? Show at library features fossils from local areaThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:13AMCynthia Thrasher was ecstatic when she found a trilobite as a child and even more enthused when she dug up a crinolin as an adult.  read more »

BNSF consultants explain clean-up plansThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:37AMClean-up work on the upper reach of the Whitefish River will have a completely different look this year, as BNSF Railway continues to remove sediments contaminated by diesel spilled at the railroad's locomotive refueling station.