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20 years after earthquake is the Bay Area safer?
SAN FRANCISCO - When an earthquake collapsed two 50-foot sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the 1989 World Series, the nightmares of hundreds of thousands of commuters who cross the Depression-era span each day were brought to life.
Nations:U.S. People:Gavin Newsom
2009-10-16
2 Utah areas on list of West's 'imperiled' land
SALT LAKE CITY - A sportsmen's group has placed two Utah wildlife areas on a list of the West's 10 most imperiled places to hunt and fish because of threats posed by oil and gas development, the Deseret News said in a story published Sunday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-13
Stimulus bill may add highway, transit funds
WASHINGTON - Top Democrats plan to add a big increase in highway and mass transit funding to President Barack Obama's economic recovery program Tuesday, even as others in the president's party hope to rein in the plan's almost $1 trillion cost to taxpayers.
Nations:U.S. People:Mitch McConnell Deval Patrick Barack Obama Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:Obama Stimulus Package 111th Congress Source:(AP)
2009-02-03
US roads, water and basic systems earn 'D' grade
WASHINGTON - America's roads, public transit and aviation have gotten worse in the past four years. Water and sewage systems are dreadful. The basic physical backbone of American society is barely above failing, a report by top engineers says.
Source:(AP)
2009-01-28
Panel wants fuel taxes hiked to fund highways
WASHINGTON - A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by a federal commission to finance highway construction and repair until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-01
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