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Daily water quality monitoring to expand to all Chicago beaches
Wondering if it’s safe to dip your toes into the water along Chicago’s lakefront this summer? A pilot program started two years ago to predict water quality at select places in Lake Michigan will expand to all of the city’s 24...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Issues, Beaches, Environmental Politics, Water
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Modern Dodge Challenger sports a retro attitude
The 2013 Dodge Challenger lives up to the muscle car standards it has been setting since the 1970s, starting with the retro-styled exterior and, depending on the model, a beast of an engine under the hood. Among its cool design features are a sculpted...
Tags: Robin Williams, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Automotive Equipment, Car Guides and Reviews
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Condensers in danger zone
Q: I recently had to replace the A/C condenser on my 2008 Honda Accord at a cost of $700 as a result of a small rock puncturing the casing of the condenser. Apparently this issue is considered to be a road hazard and not covered under warranty. The...
Tags: Honda, Chrysler, Petroleum Industry, Whitehall, Tire Pressure Checks
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For Illinois counties, fracking taxes could be too little, too late
Tribune reporterIn Illinois counties with large Amish communities, a $50-a-year buggy license plate tax pays for repairs caused by horse hooves and buggy wheels cutting into roads' soft tar surfaces. Kelly Murray is trying to imagine how those same communities...Tags: Energy Resources, Conservation, Laws, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resource Industry
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E.W. Jackson becomes focus of Democratic attacks on GOP ticket
From comparing liberals to slave masters and saying Planned Parenthood is worse than the Ku Klux Klan to calling homosexuals "sick" and "perverted," E.W. Jackson has given Democrats plenty of fodder for attacks. And the state Democratic Party has been...
Tags: Government, Ken Cuccinelli, Elections, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Planned Parenthood
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2013 Hyundai Elantra GT: Family Checklist
KickingTiresAfter my weeklong test drive of Hyundai's brand-new 2013 Elantra GT hatchback, my school-age kids were complaining about the backseat legroom and wishing I had a "different kind of job." Whenever my family of four was in the compact Elantra......Tags: Car Engine Repair
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Quick Spin: 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel
Autoblog.comFiled under: Budget, Sedan, Chevrolet, Diesel, Quick Spins Volkswagen has gotten pretty comfortable hogging the - admittedly small - non-premium diesel car market in the US. With Golf and Jetta, the German automaker has been the one and only choice for... -
Furlough Friday: Budget cuts mean an unpaid day off for many at IRS, HUD and other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5...Tags: Government, Small Businesses, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Additional PCB Contamination Found At Wethersfield High School
The Hartford CourantNew testing has revealed still more PCB contamination at Wethersfield High School, substantially increasing cleanup costs for the school's upcoming $75 million renovation. The ballooning abatement bill forced the building committee earlier this month...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, High Schools, Wethersfield, Schools, Environmental Issues
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State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft environmental report. The department...Tags: Politics, Elections, Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Environmental Issues
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Public Comment Period on Pebble Report Nearing Deadline
Channel 2 NewsThe public comment period is scheduled to end next week on a federal study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set May 31 as the deadline for comments on its revised watershed assessment. The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Across-the-board budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency,...Tags: Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Government Debt, Unemployment
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