Artificial tire reef disaster off Fort Lauderdale coast
A tire reef off Fort Lauderdale, built in 1972 to attract marine life, has become an ecological blunder. Up to 2 million tires litter the seabed, many broken loose and scouring the ocean floor. Tires wash ashore, block coral growth, and threaten marine life as officials plan a costly cleanup through 2010.
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Thomas Katona, longtime Alcona County treasurer and accountant, is jailed on 1 million bail after investigators accuse him of wiring 186 500 of county funds to banks in London Taiwan and New York as part of a Nigerian advance fee scheme. Police say total losses may exceed 1 2 million with 72 500 of his own money also gone.
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