Venice tests mobile dike to shield lagoon from rising seas
Italian engineers plan a 56 foot high by 66 foot long mobile dike prototype at the Lido entrance of Venice lagoon in fall. The project by Venezia Nuova consortium aims to stem tides, seal the lagoon during floods, and protect the city’s canals, monuments and economy.
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Libya
Venice
Lido
Venice Lagoon
Maurio Fabris
Venezia Nuova
New Venice
Fabris
Adriatic
Mediterranean
von Italy
Laws leave unhealthy gap in medical waste disposal
The Brooklyn district attorney warned that infectious medical waste remains unaddressed by federal law after 10 years of EPA inaction. States vary, dumping continues, and waste ends up land and water as hearings call for stricter controls and a federal framework.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Centers For Disease Control
Long Island
Elizabeth Holtzman
House
New York
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Lake Erie
Cleveland
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Ohio
Indiana
Robert Shaw
Browning-Ferris
EPA
Jeffrey D. Denit
Wyden
Denit
Courts seek fixes for juror sleep during long trials
In a Washington civil trial against former attorney general Griffin Bell jurors nodded and dozed as lengthy testimony dragged on. Judges and lawyers propose strategies to keep jurors awake, from brisk pacing and humor to selective questioning and clearer explanations of complex banking and brokerage topics.
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Washington
United States
U.S. District Court
U.S
Thomas A. Flannery
Earl J. Silbert
Griffin Bell
Silbert
Charles F.C. Ruff
District of Columbia
Covington & Burling
White House
Lyn Nofziger
Mark Bragg
Bragg
Dozes
Jacob A. Stein
Kenneth M. Robinson
Maryland
E.F. Hutton
Greta C. van Susteren
John M. Pearce
van Susteren
Two arrested for selling counterfeit Disney three day passes
In Kissimmee Florida police seized about 500 bogus Walt Disney World three day passes at gates and filmed two suspects selling tickets from a hotel room. Patricia Trippensee age 45 and Charles Evans age 58 were charged with grand theft and held on 25000 bail each.
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Kissimmee
Fla
Walt Disney World
Patricia Trippensee
Charles Evans
Osceola County
Chuck Lavender
Florida
Lavender
Disney
Trippensee
Evans
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