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U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:50am neoform

BBC News -- US emergency teams are searching for bodies a day after a bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed, killing a number of people. At least four people are confirmed dead with up to 30 missing. US officials are not linking the collapse to terrorism... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:32am neoform

Washington Post -- The entire span of an interstate bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour Wednesday, sending vehicles, tons of concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water. The Interstate 35W bridge, a major link between Minneapolis a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Scientists hope recordings of orcas attacking a mother whale and her calf will persuade a pair of ailing humpbacks meandering in a freshwater river to head back toward the ocean. The tactic is the latest that increasingly concerned marine biologists ha.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 10:28pm neoform

CNN -- Two whales that lost their way more than a week ago spent a second day circling near a Sacramento River bridge Tuesday, about 70 miles from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. Both whales are wounded, apparently from a run-in with a boat's propeller... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 9:56pm neoform

Canada.com -- A Canadian man was rescued from the Niagara River after trying to cross into the United States in the middle of the night in a rubber raft, telling U.S. authorities it was all so he could pay a credit card bill in person... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 4:53pm mrmdc

CNN -- Five suspicious packages planted throughout Boston Wednesday forced the shutdown of major roads, a bridge and a stretch of the Charles River... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- The Mississippi river has burst through one levee in the US state of Illinois and threatens to break many more throughout the American Midwest. Three feet of water flooded the area near the town of Gulfport, closing a bridge and cutting commuters off... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- A federal appeals court threw a roadblock in the path of the government's restoration and development plans for Yosemite National Park on Thursday, ruling that the National Park Service has failed to take adequate steps to protect the Merced River. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 25, 2007 @ 11:21am neoform

CBS News -- The whole bridge fell into the river," one shaken woman told a 911 dispatcher seconds after disaster struck on an interstate over the Mississippi. "Everything you've got!" a male caller said five seconds later. "The whole bridge over the river fell dow.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 14, 2007 @ 8:05am neoform

USA Today -- As politicians wrangled over the future of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, more heavy rain pelted the area, threatening to delay recovery work. New storms moved in overnight after weekend thunderstorms slowed divers still seeking the bodies of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 4, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

Washington Post -- Feeling their way forward in murky water with barely six inches of visibility, teams of divers Friday located more vehicles that plunged into the Mississippi River in Wednesday evening's collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge, but they failed to find any b.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:32am neoform

CNN -- Searchers in Minneapolis combed the Mississippi River Thursday looking for victims of an interstate bridge collapse. Four people were confirmed dead. Officials said at least 62 people were injured in the Wednesday evening rush-hour disaster. Twenty people.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 9:58pm neoform

CNN -- MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A four-lane interstate bridge spanning the Mississippi River collapsed during evening rush hour Wednesday, sending vehicles and tons of concrete crashing into the water. The entire span of the Interstate 35W bridge colla.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 9, 2007 @ 1:00am neoform

FOX News -- Rain returned to parts of sopped Texas on Sunday as a third day of searching began for a missing rafter who capsized on the rain-swollen Trinity River. But despite more showers, forecasters said the rainfall lacked the intensity of storms that have flo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 7, 2007 @ 8:19pm neoform

USA Today -- A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey on Saturday, and at least two people were rescued, police said. No deaths or injuries were immediately reported, police said. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter, whic.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

CNN -- A fisherman looking to catch a catfish for dinner instead reeled in a fish that flashed its teeth and bit his knife. Jerry Melton, 46, was fishing in the Catawba River last week when he caught what state wildlife officials later identified as a piranha, a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 11:06pm neoform

FOX News -- An oil spill added to the misery caused by widespread flooding Monday as thousands of evacuees in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas waited for water to recede from their homes. Kansas got a break from the weather Monday, but more rain was scattered over Texas.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 11:32am neoform

FOX News -- Officials expected the Brazos River in North Texas to rise above flood level on Sunday, a cause of concern for residents who evacuated once already last week. The Brazos was expected to swell to around 26 feet — a foot above flood stage — after off.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:45am neoform

FOX News -- Storm-weary residents back home after heeding evacuation orders this week kept watch Saturday night on the Brazos River, which officials expected to swell again Sunday after opening a fourth flood gate at a nearby lake. And punctuating one of the wette.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:19am neoform

USA Today -- A few hours after the Brazos River subsided enough to allow residents to return to their homes, a new threat of flooding on Saturday may force them to leave again. The river was expected to rise over flood stage after Brazos River Authority officials o.. Read More