Abandoned housing boom sites pollute waterways nationwide
Residents near Edenmoor in Indian Land complain roads and fields promised with two story brick homes never materialized. Deluges crumble ground, creating huge potholes and sediment floods streams. EPA settlement targets Hovnanian for runoff at nearly 600 sites.
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Indian Land
S.C
North Carolina
Edenmoor
Grand
Mell Nevils
Division of Land Resources
Environmental Protection Agency
District of Columbia
Hovnanian Enterprises
EPA
Oil spill looms over Pass Christian oyster fishery
In Pass Christian Mississippi commercial fisherman Richard Bosarge faces an uncertain oyster season as the Gulf oil spill threatens to devastate the local fishing industry. He laments the potential loss of a way of life and worries about his son joining the boat Royster amid looming economic and environmental damage.
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New York
New Yorker
al-Qaida
Manhattan
Wesam El-Hanafi
Brooklyn
Yemen
El-Hanafi
Sabirhan Hasanoff
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Toyota
Abu Omar al- Baghdadi
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
al-Rawi
Paradise
Qassim al-Moussawi
al- Baghdadi
al-Masri
U.S
Ralph Baker
Janelle Robbins
Waterkeeper Alliance
North Carolina
Pass Christian
Miss
Richard Bosarge
Bosarge
Gulf Coast
South Mississippi
Royster
Three dead as Arkansas tornadoes strike central region
Tornadoes tore through central Arkansas killing at least three people and injuring 25. In Van Buren County mobile homes were destroyed, and crews searched a damaged home in Center Ridge for possible missing residents. Sightings were reported near Culpepper and Oakland with downed trees and power lines along interstates.
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Clinton
Ark
Arkansas
van Buren County
Little Rock
State Department of Emergency Management
Renee Preslar
Center Ridge
Preslar
Culpepper
Oakland
Missouri
Maine topless protest shines spotlight on gender equality
In Farmington Maine nearly two dozen women marched topless to protest double standards allowing men to go shirtless. Men joined the protest and gawkers photographed the event as organizers push for social acceptance and broader rights.
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Farmington
Maine
Tia Jacques
West Gardiner
Charles Jacques
Charles
Andrea Simoneau
University of Maine At Farmington
Portland
Heidi Marshall
Weld
al Thurlow
New Vineyard
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David Kernell
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United States
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Morton
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Baghdad
al- Qaida
Mr. Milk
Munaf Abdul-Rahim al- Rawi
Associated Press
al- Rawi
Afghanistan
Islamic State of
Nouri al-Maliki
Joe Biden
AP File
David Merryman
ALA
L. Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Biloxi
Mississippi
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Pensacola
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FLA
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