Levees at risk as sandbagging rush continues on Mississippi
The Mississippi banks shift to cleanup as 27 Iowa levees could overflow if sandbags fail, with BNSF bridge at Fort Madison closed to rail and car traffic due to seepage. Ice and flood debris linger in Des Moines and Oakville, while officials urge avoidance of contaminated floodwaters as repairs proceed.
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Mississippi
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Fort Madison
Lee County Emergency Management
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BNSF
Associated Press
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Missouri
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Birdland
Gloria Ruiz
Ruiz
Bob Lanz
Lanz
LeRoy Lippert
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Distracted Dining Behind the Wheel Sparks Safety Warnings
As summer travel and harvest approach, driving while eating emerges as a major food safety hazard. Surveys and NHTSA data link eating and other distractions to most crashes. Hagerty Insurance names coffee soup and tacos as top car offenders, with spills morning commute a key issue.
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NHTSA
Insure.com
Hagerty Classic Insurance
Department of Motor Vehicles
Hagerty
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McKeel Hagerty
Appetite for distraction from eating while driving
A Response Insurance Agency survey from 2000 ranks eating while driving as the second top distraction, with 57 percent of drivers eating on the go and 62 percent tuning radios as the first. The piece lists ten messy foods and offers three tips to avoid eating behind the wheel.
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Response Insurance Agency
Same-Sex Marriage Goes Live In California Partners Tie The Knot
California begins issuing gender neutral licenses as hundreds rush to wed on the first full day of legal same sex marriages. In San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom presided at a City Hall ceremony for Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, pioneers of the movement, while counties extend hours and dozens more couples secure licenses statewide.
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Massachusetts
Tennessee
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Memphis
Derek Norman
Alameda County
San Francisco Bay Area
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Oakland
Mar Stevens
Danielle Lemay
Woodland
Angie Hinrichs
Gavin Newsom
del Martin
Phyllis Lyon
Newsom
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Southwest
Kurt F. Martin
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Craig E. Miller
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