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• Is Chicago supposed to apologize?

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 126
  It almost seemed like a double hit on the perception of Chicago, as provided in recent days by two of the nation’s prominent newspapers. Both the New York Times and Washington Post published pieces of copy in the past couple of days that seem to put the Second City in a negative light – the Times ran a ...
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• Graffiti, the Los Angeles River, and the Federal Stimulus

  
  L.A. Creek Freak — Authority: 115
  Graffiti pieces reflected in the waters of the mighty Los Angeles - photo copyright Urban Photo Adventures - click for info on their tours “Glad to see drab concrete restored back to its pristine condition” writes one presumably-sarcastic commenter on today’s informative L.A. Times article about recent ...
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• US Cutting Gaza Lifeline

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 139
  By Ann Wright December 10, 2009 – No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza. In March, 2009 the United States provided the government ...
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• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District PUBLIC NOTICE No. (2009-00100-GG)

  
  KFFB 106.1 FM -- Arkansas Radio -- Online Radio--Arkansas Politics — Authority: 140
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District PUBLIC NOTICE No. (2009-00100-GG) Applicant:  US Army Corps of Engineers Project Name:  Proposed issuance of Regional General Permit for regulated activities associated with the exploration for and subsequent production of hydrocarbons The Little Rock District has ...
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• Wetlands to Rock Mines: Destroying the Everglades at 25 cents per ton ... by gimleteye

  
  EYE ON MIAMI — Authority: 486
  The following appeared yesterday in Counterpunch, the online political newsletter. Unlike rock mining, it only scratches the surface ...In early December, on an unseasonably hot and humid Florida day, I sat under a large tent in a crowd of hundreds at the edge of a man-made canal draining the Everglades. On stage, ...
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• Editorial: Hope for the Everglades

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Federal cash and high-level interest have helped re-establish momentum for restoring the Everglades, and the financing should not be cut next year.
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• Hurdles remain in county’s bid to manage Dworshak State Park

  
  Talk Radio 950 KOZE-AM — Authority: 446
  The Clearwater County Commission says plans to take over management of Dworshak State Park are not final and some hurdles remain before any agreement is signed.  Commissioner Don Ebert says one of the biggest obstacles the county faces is the state’s decision to begin removing vital park equipment.Clearwater County ...
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• Corps of Engineers building Iraqi Navy berthing facility

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 132
  According to Jim Hynum, a construction representative with the USACE Gulf Region South Basra Area Office, the state-of-the-art facility will serve the Iraqi Navy for years to come. “The pier and seawall project will provide a state-of-the-art berthing facility for the Iraqi Navy and support patrol vessels charged ...
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• Dworshak State Park to stay open

  
  Talk Radio 950 KOZE-AM — Authority: 446
  Dworshak State Park will not close afterall thanks to an agreement reached between the state, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Clearwater County Commission.  State Parks and Recreation Director Nancy Merrill says the new agreement will transfer management of the park over to the county.Nancy Merrill, Idaho ...
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• Copper-mine meetings extracted opinion without polluting public discourse

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 654
  A massive proposal to mine for copper and other metals in Northern Minnesota underwent exactly the amount of public debate at two meetings last week that government agencies had planned for: none , according to Lake Superior Mining News. Citizens wishing to speak on PolyMet Mining’s plans did their business with a ...
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• Tal Afar Asphalt Plant Fully Operational Again

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 132
  "This project brings the Asphalt plant to full production capabilities and provides a means for the district to transfer and install asphalt product," said Marilyn Kwentus, project engineer, USACE. "The asphalt Plant is a facility that can support the continued growth of this city. In the short term, the plant can ...
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• County waits for the BRAC boomPlanning for the equivalent of four Pentagons on a shoestring budget

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The job surge at Fort George G. Meade will turn the sprawling west county Army installation into one of the largest workplaces in the nation, making it well more than double the size of the Pentagon. By Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital Bob Hodge, a safety inspector with the Army Corps of Engineers, has kept a watch on ...
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• The Value of a Spring & How to Measure It

  
  Lynchburg Real Estate — Authority: 125
  In many areas of Campbell County and Bedford County springs are the primary source of water, because we are so close to the Blue Ridge Mountains.  A spring occurs where water seeps to the surface from a crack in the rock formation or where a road cust through a water vein.  Artesian wells are like springs, ...
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• TCEQ Gives Green Light to Another Texas Coal Plant

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 563
  The dramatic irony of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) decision this morning to grant the NRG Limestone Coal Plant an air permit (and therefore permission to begin construction on a third smokestack) is painful.  At the very moment that leaders from around the world are meeting to come to an ...
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• Revisiting the Chicago River

  
  Twelve Mile Circle — Authority: 120
  Many months ago I posted an article with a somewhat cryptic name, "They Reversed the Chicago River." The story centered on an early twentieth century engineering marvel that actually changed the direction of a waterway so that sewage from the burgeoning City of Chicago wouldn’t foul the city’s drinking water.They ...
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• INVASIVE SPECIES: Asian carp threaten Lake Michigan, State of Michigan may take legal action to close Ship Canal

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 115
  Recently, DNA evidence by Notre Dame University scientists seems to confirm that Asian carp have breached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ electrical fish barrier, which protects Lake Michigan from invasive species such as the Asian carp. As a result of the recent evidence illustrating a possible barrier ...
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• ACE not ready to close locks to keep Asian Carp out of Great Lakes

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 154
  CHICAGO (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s not ready to close shipping locks to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.The commander of the Corps’ Chicago district, Col. Vincent Quarles, said Wednesday that the agency is considering all options. But he says it must study the issue first, including ...
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• Answers From an Army Colonel

  
  City Room — Authority: 777
  Taking Questions: Col. John R. Boulé II responds to readers questions about Army Corps of Engineers projects in the area.
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• Mean old levee

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  >>>>>Its a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan >>>>>Its a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan >>>>>Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home
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