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Lake dwellers dealing with low water levels
WSBT-TVMichiana summertime fun often includes spending time outdoors at area lakes. They are a big part of our life, and for some, a source of income. "This is the lowest I have seen the lake was last summer with the drought," says Vaughn Nickell of...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Droughts
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Obama budget seeks $300M for Great Lakes cleanup
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to continue a program that has spent more than $1 billion dealing with some of the Great Lakes' longest running environmental problems. Obama's budget for the 2014...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Lakes and Ponds
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Notre Dame researcher: Asian carp may have reached Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing...Tags: Chemical Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Lakes and Ponds, Nature Conservancy, Environmental Issues
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Judge tosses Asian carp suit; states can amend it
TAMMY WEBBER,Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by five states that want barriers placed in Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes, but said he would consider new arguments if the case were filed...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lakes and Ponds, DNA, Laws, Trials
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Lake Michigan water level near record low
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron barely missed a record low in October, continuing a downward trend caused by drought and evaporation, federal officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which...Tags: U.S. Army, Lakes and Ponds
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Low Lake Michigan water level means some boats are stuck
Boat owners on Lake Michigan are trying to get their vessels out of their slips and onto land in time for winter, but this year that ritual is especially difficult, because the water level is so low. In some places boats are stuck in mud and sand. Those...
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Feds back research to stop Great Lakes invasions
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal grants will support stepped-up research into ways to prevent invasions of the Great Lakes by foreign animal and plant species, with special emphasis on refining techniques that detect their DNA in the water,...
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Four arrested in alleged government bribery case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two other men have been arrested in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors say involved more than $20 million in illicit payments. An indictment unsealed Tuesday...Tags: Bribery, Political Corruption, Washington, DC, Prosecution, Corporate Crime
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Calif. headstones marked with N-word replaced
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Workers have begun installing new markers at a Northern California cemetery where relocated Gold Rush-era gravestones were marked with the N-word. California prison inmates who are part of a work program on Tuesday were...Tags: Cultural Development, Arts and Culture, Culture
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John E. Barger, 93
John Edward Barger, 93, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Coffman Nursing Home in Hagerstown, Md. Born Sept. 11, 1919, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late John Franklin and Maude Estelle Barger. He was preceded in death by his wife of...Tags: Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), American Legion, Ellicott City, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)
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Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor to an Illinois-based company on Thursday, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle larger ships coming through the expanded...Tags: Panama, Global Expansion, Port of Baltimore, Port Everglades, Rick Scott
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Illinois River lock reopens to some barge traffic -Coast Guard
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - A northern section of the Illinois River reopened to restricted vessel traffic late on Wednesday after a five-day closure for emergency repair and salvage work at a dam that was damaged during historic flooding last month, the U.S....Tags: U.S. Army
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