December 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Associated Press published it’s Top 10 stories of 2007 today, so I decided to highlight Bob McCarty Writes posts related to those topics:
1. VIRGINIA TECH KILLINGS
2. MORTGAGE CRISIS
3. IRAQ WAR
4. OIL PRICES
5. CHINESE EXPORTS
6. GLOBAL WARMING
7. BRIDGE COLLAPSE
8. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
9. IMMIGRATION DEBATE
10. IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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Congrats to Noah Kunin, the Minneapolis blogger behind the Blanked-Out blog, on being interviewed this afternoon by John Gibson, host of Fox News’ The Big Story.
Gibson highlighted the fact that Kunin had photographed much of the disaster from his home near the disaster site. More importantly, however, he highlighted Kunin’s participation in rescue [...]
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During a briefing moments ago, Gov. Tim Rick Pawlenty (R-Minn.) described said Minnesota bridges would undergo emergency inspections as a result of the I-35W bridge collapse.
Among the state’s bridges, three are substantially similar in design to the bridge in Minneapolis which collapsed during the rush hour Wednesday evening. One, located on Hwy. 23 in St. [...]
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Tags: · Bridge Collapse, disaster, Emergency Inspections of Bridges, Gov. Rick Pawlenty, I-35W Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Mississippi River Bridge Collapse
During a media briefing that ended moments ago, Hennipin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said that the water recovery effort is his department’s top priority now following yesterday’s I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis.
Pointing to a map of the area, he said there are four vehicles that crews are trying to reach. Those efforts, however, are [...]
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Crane Durham, host of the Nothing But Truth radio program on 97.1 FM Talk, expressed wonder this morning about the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that terrorism was not behind the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Why? Because the announcement came before any official investigation had taken place to determine a cause.
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