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State picks southern NJ train route
Garden State officials have chosen a route to expand the Patco Hi-Speedline deeper into southern New Jersey. The Office of Smart Growth wants the train to run from Camden to Glassboro via Gloucester City. The Delaware River Port Authority, which...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Local Authority
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Cleanup from Tenn. ash spill could reach millions, and TVA customers might foot the bill
Associated Press WriterKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The tab for a toxin-laden ash flood at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, and ratepayers for the nation's largest public utility will probably be stuck with the bill. The total...Tags: Tennessee Valley Authority, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Electricity Production and Distribution, Martins Creek, Coal
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NJ asks for compensation for oil spill damage
New Jersey officials are asking the federal government for $19 million to try to reverse some of the damage caused by a 2004 oil spill on the Delaware River. The money would come from the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which gets money from a...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Water Pollution
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Barack Obama's holiday address
The SwampBy John McCormick HONOLULU - President-elect Barack Obama is using his holiday radio address to remember the nation's troops serving overseas and those at home struggling amid a troubled economy. "Many troops are serving their second, third, or even...Tags: Radio Industry, Armed Forces, Government, Holidays, National Government
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The Details
Of The Morning CallTHE FREE BRIDGE Official name: Northampton Street Bridge First opened: 1896 Designer: James Madison Porter III, an Easton native. Builder: Delaware River Bridge Co., which charged tolls. Span: 550 feet Current owner: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge...Tags: Hurricane Damage
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Easton's Free Bridge is made for walking
Of The Morning CallMore than two decades ago, during my first week of work in an Easton newsroom, one of my new co-workers suggested we go get some hot dogs for lunch. The next thing I know, we're walking across the Delaware River on what I was told was the Free Bridge. I...Tags: Engineering, Lafayette College, Foods and Beverages, Phillipsburg, Heavy Engineering
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One last look at year's top stories
All these year-end stories have left me a little groggy, so forgive me if my summary of the year's events strays from reality. January: Casino owner Louis DeNaples makes national news by wearing fuzzy lion slippers to his perjury arraignment....Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Executive Branch, Government, George Bush, Dalai Lama
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River activists want reservoirs lowered
Of The Morning CallWhen your home is invaded by floodwaters three times in two years, even a standard weather report can send your heart racing. ''We're scared to death,'' said Gail Pedrick, whose home along the Delaware River in New Hope was swamped repeatedly over a 21-...Tags: Floods, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Weather Reports, New Jersey
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Jones wants to Wade and see
In the wake of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' abject finish to the 2008 season — a winless December that cost the club a playoff spot — the opportunity was there Monday for Coach Jon Gruden actually to feel better about himself. He wasn't Wade...Tags: National Basketball Association, Football, Jessica Simpson, Troy Vincent, Brad Johnson
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Barack Obama's radio address
Tribune correspondentHONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama used a holiday radio address released Wednesday to remember the nation's troops serving overseas and average citizens at home who are struggling amid a troubled economy. "Many troops are serving their second,...Tags: Government, Holidays, Trips and Vacations, National Government, George Washington
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On this day in history
On Dec. 25, 336, the first recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome. In 1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England. In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy. In...Tags: James Brown, Government, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Heads of State, Humphrey Bogart
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Camden to get 2 new ferry terminals
More than $1.5 million in federal money will help fund the construction of two ferry terminals along the Delaware River. The Riverlink Ferry service will shuttle passengers to and from Camden and Philadelphia. The North Terminal will serve the...Tags: Robert Menendez, New Jersey, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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